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102 and approved by the County. See Section V, Subsection I for greater detail of County's requirements for routing. Service Provider shall assist in collection effectiveness by ensuring that any materials spilled in the process of recycling collections, or any overflowing recyclables, are collected and placed in the truck. Collectors shall carry a broom and dustpan to sweep up any broken glass or litter that occurs in the process of recycling. Failure to clean up verifiably spilled recyclable materials on the day of report of said spillage may result in the assessment of penalty fines by County. This penalty may be assessed at the amount of $25.00 per day for each verifiable occurrence of spilled recyclable material that is not cleaned up within the following timeframe: if the Service Provider is notified of spilled materials before 10:00 am of a scheduled collection day, the Service Provider must have the material cleaned up by 5:00 pm of the same working day. If Service Provider is notified of the spilled material after 10:00 am of a scheduled collection day, the material must be cleaned up by 10:00 am the following collection day. Provider's collection vehicles must also carry a spill kit to manage any spills or leaks of vehicular fluids, such as oil, hydraulic fluid, transmission fluid, fuel etc. Any spills or leaks will be the responsibility of the Provider, including the management of subsequent cleanup and abatement and compensation for damages if necessary. The Service Provider shall immediately notify County of any and all damage claims, incidents, accidents or spills that occur during the course of the collection activities that involve the Service Provider. Any and all accident, incident, damage or spill claims shall be investigated within the following timeframe: If the Service Provider is notified of any damage claims including spills before 10:00 am of a scheduled collection day, the Service Provider must start the investigation by 5:00 pm of the same working day. If Service Provider is notified of the incident after 10:00 am of a scheduled collection day, the investigation must begin by 10:00 am the following scheduled collection day. The Service Provider shall provide County with a full explanation of the disposition of any complaint involving a Customers claim of damage to public or private property as the result of actions of the Provider's employees, agents, or sub Service Providers prior to the customers next regularly scheduled service day. Provision of photographic evidence of the damage by the Service Provider when the damage occurs is highly encouraged. No uncontaminated recyclable materials collected in this program shall be landfilled. Landfilling or incinerating recyclables shall result in a penalty of $500 per incident of unauthorized disposal to a landfill or incinerator. Service Provider shall, at its own cost and expense, furnish all of the labor, equipment and associated costs required to perform Urban Curbside Recycling Services as outlined in this RFP. Municipal service area collection performed by Service Provider may be expanded or contracted as budget and other constraints permit. Service Provider is encouraged to use non - petroleum based fuels or blends such as biodiesel or B -20 that contain a blend of vegetable oil and diesel fuel in an effort to minimize particulate and sulfur emissions. C. Recycling Carts, RFID Data Management and Service Verification After a thorough investigation of several types of recycling containers /carts and associated cart management programs, service verification programs and data management programs the County declares its intent to recommend purchase of 95 gallon Rehrig recycling carts (containers) with imbedded RFID inlay with specifications that includes passive UHF and have an optimal operating frequency of 860 - 960 MHz and have an operating temperature of -40 °F to +149 °F. The dry inlay will meet ISO /I EC 18000 -6C and EPC global C1 G2 protocol. RFP #5199 Page 10 of 26