PLEASANTON GARBAGE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT 2022

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