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SECTION 10 <br />Transportation and Temporary Storage of Recvclable Materials <br />Contractor shall transport the collected Recyclable Materials to its Processing Site(s). Contractor <br />shall take title to the Recyclable Materials upon placement in the Recycling Container by Residents <br />and shall be responsible for the sale of such recyclable materials and all of the proceeds of the sales. <br />The newspaper, glossy magazine and telephone book portion of the Fiber stream shall not be <br />commingled with Containers without express permission of County. County shall not grant <br />permission for the commingling of these two portions of the recycling stream except in the case of <br />emergency or otherwise dire circumstances. <br />No uncontaminated Recyclable Materials collected by Contractor shall be landfilled. Landfilling or <br />incinerating recyclables shall result in Contractor paying County a $500 penalty per incident of <br />uncontaminated Recyclable Materials to a landfill or incinerator. <br />SECTION 11 <br />Labor and Costs <br />Contractor shall, at its sole cost and expense, except as otherwise provided herein, furnish all labor <br />and equipment required to perform curbside collection of Recyclable Materials pursuant to this <br />Contract. <br />SECTION 12 <br />Procedures and Penalties for Missed Pick-Ups /Failure to Collect <br />All calls relating to missed pick-ups or other collection problems shall be logged by County's <br />Department of Solid Waste Management and will be available for review by Contractor. - <br />a) Individually Reported Missed Collections <br />In case of a missed pick-up reported by County or a Resident (late set-outs excluded), <br />Contractor shall collect the Recyclable Materials from such point by 5:00 pm of the working <br />day following written or faxed notification of said missed pick up if point was accessible and <br />not blocked. If Contractor contends that the pick-up was missed because of a late set-out, the <br />Contractor has the burden of proving to County the late set-out to avoid penalties. <br />If containers which were recorded by County as not collected by Contractor are not collected by <br />5:00 pm of the working day (including Monday through Friday, but not Saturdays, Sundays, or <br />designated holidays) following written or faxed notification of Contractor by County, County <br />may asses a penalty equal to $25 per Residence per day not collected. To avoid the penalty, <br />Contractor must provide legitimate explanation for non-collection before 5:00 pm of the day <br />following the non-collection report if the container was unable to be collected for a certain <br />reason. <br />b) Instances of Five (5) or more Missed Collections in Any One Area <br />If County receives a report of five (5) or more missed collections in one area on a working day <br />that is followed by anon-working day, Contractor will provide collection by 5:00 pm the <br />10 <br />