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As of 01/07/08 19. Cleanup of spillage or blowing litter The Contractor shall clean up any material spilled or blown during the course of collection and/or hauling operations. All collection vehicles shall be equipped with at least one broom and one shovel for use in cleaning up material spillage. Designated recyclables shall be transported in a covered vehicle so that the recyclables do not drop or blow onto any public street or private property during transport. 20. Recyclable materials required to be transported to markets; Disposal prohibited Upon collection by the City's recycling Contractor, the City's Contractor shall deliver the designated recyclables to a recyclable material processing center, an end market for sale or reuse, or to an intermediate collection center for later delivery to a processing center or end market. It is unlawful for any person to transport for disposal or to dispose of designated recyclables in a mixed municipal solid waste disposal facility. The Contractor shall not landfill, incinerate, compost or make fuel pellets out of the recyclable materials. 21. Designated primary glass market The City and Contractor hereby agree that Anchor Glass Corp. (Shakopee, MN) shall be the primary market of choice for glass bottles and jars collected from the City's recycling program. The Contractor shall develop a proposed glass marketing contingency plan in writing for review, comment and approval by the City. This contingency plan shall be based on recycling glass into markets with the highest and best use of this commodity. The Contractor shall provide an annual assessment of the Anchor glass market as part of its annual report to the City. The Contractor shall provide as much notice as possible if the Anchor glass plant closes, stops accepting recyclable glass cullet, or otherwise becomes economically unfeasible as the primary glass market outlet. If Anchor is no longer a viable primary market for glass, and if the Contractor must adjust its glass processing and/or marketing operations, the Contractor may submit a proposed per ton fee amendment to the City. This per ton fee amendment proposal must include a detailed cost justification for any fee increase. Once the fee amendment proposal is submitted, the City shall have 30 days to negotiate a final fee amendment with the Contractor for approval by the City Council. 22. Processing facilities must be specified The Contractor shall assure the City that adequate recyclable material processing capacity will be provided for City material collected. The Contractor shall provide written notice to the City at least 60 days in advance of any substantial change in these or subsequent plans for receiving and processing recyclables collected from the City. 23. Estimating materials composition as collected The Contractor shall conduct at least one materials composition analysis of the City's recyclables each year to estimate the relative amount by weight of each recyclable commodity by grade. The results of this analysis shall include: (1) percent by weight of each recyclable commodity by grade as collected from the City; (2) relative change compared to the previous year's composition; and (3) a description of the methodology used to calculate 11