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separately from mixed municipal solid waste; and (3) are comprised of food waste, fish <br />and animal waste, plant materials, diapers, sanitary products, and paper that is not <br />recyclable. <br />Paper: <br />3.27Paper includes the following: newspapers including inserts (ONP); household <br />office paper and mail; boxboard; carrier stock cardboard; old corrugated cardboard (OCC) <br />including boxes for delivery and take out pizzas; phone books; kraft bags; and <br />magazines/catalogs (OMG). <br />Participation Rate: <br />3.28A record of which specific households on a recycling route set out <br />recyclable material at some point during one calendar month as a percentage of the overall <br />number of eligible households. <br />Plastic Containers: <br />3.29Bottle and rigid plastic containers made of PET (plastic type #1), <br />HDPE (plastic type #2), and PP (plastic type #5). <br />PET: <br />3.30Plastic bottles and non-bottle plastic containers made from polyethylene <br />terephthalate (e.g. soft drink, water,other bottles, deli clamshells, etc.). <br />Process Residuals: <br />3.31The normal amount of material that can not be recycled due to <br />material characteristics such as size, shape, color, cross-material contamination, etc. which <br />must be disposed as mixed municipal solid waste. Process residuals include (but are not <br />limited to):bulky items, contaminants, sorted tailings, floor sweepings and rejects from <br />specific processing equipment (e.g. materials cleaned from screens, etc). Process residuals <br />do not include clean, separated products that are normally processed and prepared for <br />shipment to markets as commodities but which are of relatively low value because of <br />depressed market demand conditions. <br />Processing: <br />3.32The sorting, volume reduction, baling, cleaning, containment or other <br />preparation of recyclable materials delivered to the processing center for transportation or <br />marketing purposes. <br />Processing Fee: <br />3.33Agreed upon unit fee allocated towards Contractor’s cost of processing <br />various types of recyclables. <br />Residential Dwelling Units (RDUs): <br />3.34Single-unit households, duplexes, triplexes, four- <br />plexes and townhomesserviced under the recycling Contract. <br />Set-Out Rate: <br />3.35The number of RDUsthat set out recyclable material each week as a <br />percentage of the number of eligible RDUsin the City. <br />Steel cans: <br />3.36Metal containers fabricated primarily of steel and/or tin used to contain food <br />or beverages. <br />Walk-Up Service: <br />3.37A service where the Contractor’s crew will walk up to the resident’s <br />garage door, stoop or other designated spot to collect recyclable material for collectionat <br />City of Arden Hills, Recycling RFP <br />October 2014 <br />Page 7 <br />