5. a. Operation
The successful vendor must accept all recyclables that are delivered during the term of its contract. The vendor
shall provide to the City 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 successful vendor.
If materials are rejected or downgraded by the successful vendor, the City 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 must be provided with an opportunity for on-
site inspection of materials in question.
If the successful vendor fails to pick up or accept recyclables because of facility or service failure, without
exclusion, even from a force majeure event, the successful vendor shall be responsible for providing alternative
recycling services and compensating the City 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 — 5500 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 will actually be provided by the City of Nashua.
Materials shalt be transported from the Nashua Recycling Center by the successful vendor's staff or contractor
and equipment; Solid Waste Department equipment and staff shalt 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 successful vendor and the City, 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 successful vendor and the
City.
5.b. Transportation
The successful vendor shall provide transportation of recyclable materials directly from the Nashua Recycling
Center to the MRF, utilizing vendor-supplied trucks and drivers to deliver materials to the vendor's MRF.
Pickup and hauling of loads of material by the vendor at the Nashua Recycling Center shal! be during the
hours of 8:00 am and 3:30 pm, Monday through Friday, and loading must be completed by 3:30 pm.
