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The CONTRACTOR shall have the exclusive duty, right and privilege to collect, transport, process, Recycle, divert by means of compo sting, mulching, and/or transforming, retain and dispose of all Solid Waste, as defined in this Agreement, generated and/or accumulated within the CITY, except as provided below. CONTRACTOR recognizes that this grant of exclusiveness is subject to the restraints provided in Public Resources Code Sections 49520 et seq. (a) The grant of exclusiveness shall not include Construction and Demolition Solid Waste which has accumulated and/or been generated at a temporary construction site and which is being disposed of in roll-off containers or in bins. (b) This Agreement shall not prohibit the persons who generate Solid Waste, or the persons who own the premises upon which solid waste has been generated or accumulated, from personally collecting, transporting and disposing of their own Solid Waste so long as they dispose of such Solid Waste at a site permitted by the California Integrated Waste Management Board in accordance with all governing laws and regulations. (c) This Agreement shall not prohibit the persons who generate Solid Waste, or the persons who own the premises upon which Solid Waste has generated or accumulated, from: (1) selling their Recyclable Solid Wastes, or, (2) donating their Recyclable Solid Wastes; provided, however, that in both instances: (a) the person must, on its premises, personally segregate (by Waste Type) from other Solid Waste the Recyclable Solid Waste to be sold or donated, and (b) the person may not pay the buyer or the donee any sums, consulting fees or other fees in lieu of charging for collection, or other tangible consideration for collecting, Processing or transporting such segregated Recyclable Solid Wastes. A person who simply receives a discount of, or reduction in, the collection and disposal service rates of its unsegregated Solid Waste shall not be deemed to be selling or donating Recyclable Solid Wastes for purposes of this exception. (d) This Agreement shall not prohibit a gardener, tree trimmer or person engaged in landscape maintenance who has a business license to operate in the CITY from collecting yard waste or other organic Solid Wastes which it generates as an incidental portion of providing its licensed services. Any yard waste or other organic Solid Waste collected pursuant to the exception provided by this subsection must be transported by the gardener, tree trimmer or person to a compo sting facility permitted by the California Integrated Waste Management Board in accordance with all laws and regulations. ( e) This Agreement shall not prohibit collectors of Solid Waste originating outside the CITY from hauling such Solid Waste over CITY streets, provided such collectors comply with any governing laws or ordinances. (f) CONTRACTOR's right to collect and/or dispose of Solid Waste shall not be exclusive in the event of a failure to collect under Section 34 of this Agreement during which CONTRACTOR fails to maintain substantially complete regular collection services pursuant to this Agreement and the collection schedules then in effect, for any reason, including a strike by CONTRACTOR's employees or similar labor dispute. The CITY may provide for collection and/or disposal by persons other than CONTRACTOR during such periods and may permit the public to obtain collection and/or disposal 8 25A-16