Specifications include, but are not limited to: A. The Contractor shall be required to accept wastes for disposal and recyclables for processing and marketing at one or multiple acceptance facilities. The Contractor may offer a single acceptance facility for both wastes and recyclables or an acceptance facility for both wastes and recyclables separately. B. The Contractor shall furnish sufficient facilities, equipment, labor, financial capability, and experience to begin accepting materials from the Town by July 1, 2025. C. The Contractor shall provide or act as a recycling market outlet for the acceptable recyclables during the term of the Agreement with the Town regardless of market fluctuations. The Contractor shall not store or warehouse materials in violation of health and safety standards and shall conform to all requirements of the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and other state and/or federal agencies. D. The Contractor is encouraged to offer its capacity to coordinate additional diversion initiatives for other materials in the waste stream, including but not limited to scrap metal, leaves, yard waste, other organics and compostable items, tires, large bulky items, construction and renovation debris, white goods, electronic waste, batteries, fluorescent lamps, and any other material specified by the Town. E. All acceptance facilities shall have calibrated truck scales to record the weight of all delivered loads and must have a process to accurately record the weight and time of all deliveries so that material quantities can be accurately weighed and accounted for in reporting.
