65B - INITIATION OF NEW SOLID WASTE SRVS CONTRACT PROCESS

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(e) The CONTRACTOR shall administer a Residential Mail -Back Service, providing containers approved for safe disposal of used medical sharps by residents. When the container is full, the resident will mail it for incineration at an authorized facility. This program will be offered to residential customers who, for medical reasons, require the use of medical sharps. 14. COLLECTION, RECYCLING, YARD WASTE DIVERSION AND DISPOSAL, (a) CURBSIDE SERVICE: CONTRACTOR shall provide each Curbside Service Unit within the CITY with a minimum of three (3) Solid Waste collection and Recycling plastic carts. Any provision of less than three (3) such plastic carts to any Curbside Service Unit shall be approved by the Executive Director. Each Solid Waste plastic cart shall be a different color as described in Section 12 above. CONTRACTOR shall be required to collect contents of each Solid Waste plastic cart once per week and CONTRACTOR shall be required to process the contents of said plastic carts as follows: (1) Non -Recyclable Solid Waste Collection and Recycling Plastic Carts: Contents of plastic carts containing Solid Waste shall be hauled directly to a legally authorized Disposal Site pursuant to subsection (e) herein. (2) Recyclable Solid Waste Collection and Recycling Plastic Carts: The contents of containers containing Recyclable Solid Waste shall be hauled to a Material Recovery Facility ("MRF"), which MRF shall be acceptable to the CITY, for Processing and diversion. All Solid Waste transported to said MRF shall be processed and the portion thereof which is recyclable shall be recycled by Waste Type in amounts so as to comply with CIWMA and the CITY'S Source Reduction and Recycling__Element_("SRRE"). In_ the event that the MRF_ _ _, approved by the CITY is not operated by the CONTRACTOR, CONTRACTOR will be responsible to subcontract for the use of such a facility so as to ensure the CITY'S compliance with CIWMA. (3) Yard Waste Collection and Recycling Plastic Carts: The contents of the plastic carts containing Yard Waste will be transported to a Composting Facility which meets all state, federal and local laws for Yard Waste Diversion and which is acceptable to the CITY. CONTRACTOR shall be responsible to ensure that the Yard Waste collected by CONTRACTOR is diverted in compliance with CIWMA and the CITY'S SRRE. (b) BIN SERVICE: CONTRACTOR shall operate a Recycling program as described herein for Bin Service. Such Recycling program shall require that CONTRACTOR take the Solid Waste in bins which have clean "dry" loads to a MRF which is acceptable to the CITY for Processing and diversion. CONTRACTOR shall guarantee that, at a minimum, fifty (50%) percent of the tonnage of Solid Waste which is contained in bins and which is determined to have a high recyclable content will be transported to a MRF. All Solid Waste which is transported to said MRF shall be processed and the portion thereof which is recyclable shall be recycled by Waste Type in amounts so as to comply with CIWMA and the CITY'S SRRE. In the event that the MRF approved by the CITY is not operated by the CONTRACTOR, CONTRACTOR will be responsible to subcontract for the use of such a facility so as to ensure the CITY'S compliance with CIWMA. CONTRACTOR shall be permitted to transport directly 11 65B-21