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Appendix B <br />Stu esi <br />The study design included the following critical steps: <br />Select the material categories; <br />Define the recyclable materials sort protocol; <br />® Develop a Health and Safety Plan; <br />Conduct the sampling and sorting events; <br />Compile the collected data; and <br />^ Develop the results using a statistical model. <br />Material Categories <br />The Project Team and City staff discussed and agreed upon the composition analysis <br />categories for the recyclable materials sorts.. During the sorting events, each sample of <br />recyclable materials was sorted into thirteen categories listed below in Table 2. For <br />reference, the definitions of the composition analysis categories can be found in <br />Attachment B-1. <br />Table 2 <br />City of Roseville <br />Composition Analysis Categories <br />1. Old Newspaper (ONP) <br />2. Household Office Paper and Mail <br />(HOPM) <br />3.OId Magazines/Catalogs (OMG) <br />4. Phone Books <br />5. Uncoated Old Corrugated Cardboard <br />(OCC) and Brown Paper Grocery Bags <br />6. Old Boxboard (OBB) <br />7. Metal Cans <br />8. Glass Bottles and Jars <br />9. Plastic Bottles <br />10. Beer, Pop & Water Boxes <br />11.Other Paper Trash <br />12. Plastic Bags and Other Film Plastic <br />13.Other Trash (i.e., non-recyclable items <br />such as twine, foam packaging, <br />ceramics, mirrors, aerosol cans, <br />medical waste, etc.) <br />ecca le terials Sort roc <br />The Project Team developed a recyclable materials composition sort protocol. The <br />detailed composition protocol is included in Attachment B-2. The protocol addresses <br />the following: <br />Planning & Equipment/Facilities Preparation; <br />Truck Weighing & Load Tipping Operations; and <br />B-2 Bros <br />