2. WORK TO BE PERFORMED. Except as otherwise provided in this contract, Service Provider shall be
responsible for all aspects of providing the requested service: the pickup and hauling of single stream
recyclables from the Four Hills Landfill / Nashua Recycling Center; the processing, marketing and shipping of
recyclables; the disposal of any residue; the maintenance of records and provision of documents and reports to
the City of Nashua; and the care and maintenance of equipment Furnished for this program and any other
associated items. Upon acceptance of recyclables, the Service Provider shall be responsible for all handling of
said materials.
2. A. OPERATION
The Service Provider must accept all recyclables that are delivered during the term of its contract. The
vendor shall provide to the City of Nashua a list of materials and grades currently accepted at the vendor
facility, and any minimum quality specifications, including allowable contamination limits. The vendor
shall also provide a description of unacceptable materials and shall be responsible for inspecting designated
recyclables upon delivery. Once said recyclables are accepted, they shall be the property and sole
responsibility of the Service Provider.
If materials are rejected or downgraded by the Service Provider, the City of Nashua must be notified as to
why; by the next business day following the day the rejection or downgrade occurred. Digital photographs
of the rejected or downgraded materials shal] accompany this notification. The City of Nashua must be
provided with an opportunity for on-site inspection of materials in question.
If the Service Provider fails to pick up or accept recyclables because of facility or service failure, without
exclusion, even from a force majeure event, the Service Provider shall be responsible for providing
alternative recycling services and compensating the City of Nashua for any additional costs.
Materials currently accepted at the Nashua Recycling Center, and which shall be included in the vendor’s
proposal, are:
Single Stream Recyclables:
Aluminum beverage cans
Tin / Metal cans
Clean aluminum foil and trays
Glass bottles and jars - all colors
Plastics containers: # 1 through #7
Newspapers
Cardboard — corrugated and chipboard
Magazines / phone books
Junk Mail
Mixed Paper / shredded paper
Current annual quantities are in the range of 5000 - 5509 tons of single stream recyclables.
Quantities of acceptable materials do fluctuate and shall not be construed as warranties or guarantees of the
quantity of recyclables that wil] actually be provided by the City of Nashua of Nashua,
Materials shall be transported from the Nashua Recycling Center by the Service Provider's staff or
contractor and equipment; Solid Waste Department equipment and staff shall be available for live loading
the vendor’s trucks. The pickup schedule shall be sufficient to keep the storage area for single stream
recycling reasonably clear.
During the term of the Agreement between the Service Provider and the City of Nashua, or any extension
thereof, Nashua may expand the definition of Acceptable Materials to include additional household
recyclable materials which are mandated to be recycled by any state or federal agency or which are agreed
to by the Service Provider and the City of Nashua.
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