Specifications include, but are not limited to: A secure contract with a qualified bidder to accept, process, market and recycle yard waste (exclusive of grass) from the Town's residential refuse district contract carters and municipal refuse vehicles. The bidder's yard waste processing and recycling efforts must be capable of affording the Town recycling credit, by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, towards the Town's Solid Waste Management Plan goals. Historical tonnage of residential yard waste collected by the Town's programs has been between 15,000 and 22,000 tons per year. The Town of Huntington reserves the right to determine yard waste quantities to be processed under this agreement.