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Article 5. Collection Services Section 5.9.1 Community Drop Off Events amended to comply with SB 1383 as follows: "Contractor shall ensure that all Yard Trimmings received during the community drop-off events are kept separate from other Discarded Materials and deliver the material to the Organic Materials Processing Site for Processing, in accordance with this Agreement and SB 1383." Section 5.13.3 B. Organic Materials Processing added information outlining SB 1383 compliance requirement as follows: "Contractor shall observe and comply with all regulations in effect at the Approved Organic Materials Processing Site and cooperate with and take direction from the operator thereof with respect to delivery of Organic Materials. Contractor shall actively work with the Approved Organic Materials Processing Site operator throughout the Term of this Agreement to ensure that contamination of the Organic Materials Collected under this Agreement and delivered to the Processing Site remains below the limits established by Applicable Law including, without limitation, SB 1383." Also added to this section is the process for use of compostable plastics in the organic stream. Compostable plastics such as bags and foodware are no longer allowed at many Processing Facilities, and, as such, are not currently accepted for collection in the city. The amendment instead outlines the process to be used if the City decides to allow use of Compostable Plastics in the future, in alignment with facility notification requirements under SB 1383 related to these materials. "If City requests that Compostable Plastics be included as an Organic Material Collected under this Agreement, Contractor shall make commercially reasonable efforts to locate an Approved Organic Materials Processing Facility that will accept Compostable Plastics, subject to City approval. Contractor shall notify the City in writing at least six (6) months prior to the commencement of the Agreement, and annually thereafter, of the acceptable materials requirements of the Approved Organic Materials Processing Facility and to what degree, if at all, it is able to accept Compostable Plastics. If Compostable Plastics are accepted in the City's Organic Materials Collection program in the future, Contractor shall update its education materials as needed to reflect such change, in accordance with Section 5.17." Another addition made to Section 5.13.3 B. Organic Materials Processing is to address concerns regarding capacity to process organics materials and new regulatory requirements at organic processing facilities. The Agreement stipulates that if PGS requests a change or addition to an Approved Processing Facility, that PGS would encumber all related costs of this change at no additional cost to the Rate Payer. There is a potential that the Commercial Organics will no longer be accepted at the current Approved Processing Facility and the cost estimates per ton are significantly higher Page 8 of 22