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City of Pleasanton Article 5. Collection Services <br /> Franchise Agreement with Pleasanton Garbage Service <br /> <br />City of Pleasanton Page 49 June 7, 2022 <br />Organic Materials Processing Facility and to what degree, if at all, it is able to accept Compostable 1712 <br />Plastics. If Compostable Plastics are accepted in the City’s Organic Materials Collection program in 1713 <br />the future, Contractor shall update its education materials as needed to reflect such change, in 1714 <br />accordance with Section 5.17. 1715 <br />C. Processing Standards. The following Processing standards shall be met by the Approved Organic 1716 <br />Materials Processing Site: 1717 <br />1. Pre-Processing activities shall include, at a minimum, the inspection for and removal of 1718 <br />Hazardous Waste and removal of plastic bags. 1719 <br />2. Composting shall be accomplished by the use of recognized Composting methods, which have 1720 <br />been demonstrated to be able to consistently produce stable, mature Compost Product that is 1721 <br />suitable for general purpose use, similar to the U.S. Composting Council’s Class 1 rating. 1722 <br />3. Post-Composting Processing activities shall include screening to remove plastics and other 1723 <br />contaminants from the Compost Product. 1724 <br />4. The Approved Organic Materials Processing Site Owner and/or operator shall cooperate with 1725 <br />the City or its agent(s), including StopWaste.Org (also known as the Alameda County Waste 1726 <br />Management Authority and Alameda Source Reduction and Recycling Board), if the City wants 1727 <br />to collect data, perform field work, conduct capacity planning studies in accordance with 14 CCR 1728 <br />Section 18992.1, and/or evaluate and monitor program results related to Organic Materials 1729 <br />Collected in the City by the Contractor. 1730 <br />5. The Approved Organic Materials Processing Site shall maintain an average monthly Residue 1731 <br />level from Organic Materials delivered by Contractor less than five percent (5%) where the 1732 <br />Residue level shall be calculated as 100 multiplied by the monthly Tonnage of Processing or 1733 <br />Composting Residue requiring Disposal divided by the total monthly Tonnage of Organic 1734 <br />Materials Collected. If the Contractor does not provide these services, it shall contractually 1735 <br />require of the third party processor that it achieve this Residue level. If Contractor cannot 1736 <br />obtain such contract provision, so notifies City Contract Manager, and provides evidence, 1737 <br />reasonably satisfactory to the City, that such terms are not commercially available, the City 1738 <br />Contract Manager shall waive this obligation. 1739 <br />D. Transport. The Contractor is responsible for Transporting Collected Organic Materials to the 1740 <br />Approved Organic Materials Processing Site by large-capacity Transfer vehicle haul. If the 1741 <br />Contractor plans to change its Transport method, Contractor shall obtain written approval from the 1742 <br />City prior to making the change; pay all costs; and shall not be reimbursed for any additional costs. 1743 <br />The City shall approve the Transport method and the duration the Transport method is expected to 1744 <br />be in use. 1745 <br />E. Marketing. Contractor shall market the resulting Compost Product to agricultural growers or other 1746 <br />interested parties. Materials shall be used for Compost, Mulch, or soil amendment and none shall 1747 <br />be deposited for Disposal or used as Alternative Daily Cover or Alternative Intermediate Cover. 1748 <br />Contractor shall prepare and maintain a City-approved marketing plan for all Organic Materials 1749 <br />Collected in the City. The plan, which shall be approved by City Contract Manager or their designee, 1750 <br />shall be in place on or before the Commencement Date of this Agreement. The marketing plan shall 1751 <br />fully describe the Contractor’s marketing methods and approach, targeted primary and contingent 1752