CITY OF NASHUA DIVISION OF PUBLIC WORKS SGLID WASTE DEPARTMENT
" REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
SINGLE STREAM RECYCLABLE MATERIALS PROCESSING
REP1058-022318
SCOPE OF SERVICES
The successful BIDDER 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 eny residue; the
maintenance of records and provision of decuments and reports to the City; and the care and
maintenance of equipment furmished for this program and any other associated items. Upon acceptance
of recyclables, the successful BIDDER shall be responsible for all handling of said materials.
LA Operations
The successful BIDDER must accept all recyclables that are delivered during the term of its contract
The BIDDER shall provide to the City a list of materials and grades currently accepted at the BIDDER
facility, and any minimum quality specifications, including allowable contamination limits. The
BIDDER shall also provide a description of unacceplable 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 BIDDER.
The Nashua Recycling Center's current list of acceptable and unacceptable materials is listed below
and should be included in the Bidder*s proposal.
Acceptable Materials:
Newspapers
Magazines
Catalogs & Junk Mail
Coupons & Envelopes
Office paper/shredded paper
Soft Covered Books & Telephone Books
Corrugated Cardboard
Brown Grocery Bags
Boxboard -- cereal and shoe boxes
Milk and Juice cartons
Plastic Bottles/containers with a Recycling Cade #1-7
Exsmiple: water bottles, laundry detergent, m#k jugs, shampoo bottles, margarine & yogurt containers
Aluminum (pie plates/ trays/ foil)
Metal Cans (Tin/steel/aluminum)
Glass bottles & jars
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