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Recycling Manager — The City Staff person responsible for managing the Recycling Program. Recyclable Materials or Recyclables — Aluminum Cans, Steel Cans, Glass Jars and Bottles, Plastics #1, #2, and #5 (excluding those that contained automotive fluids or cleaning products), Newsprint, Magazines, Mixed Paper/Mail, Boxboard, telephone books, paperback books, notebooks, brown paper bags, office paper, Corrugated Cardboard, Cartons, and any other materials mutually agreed upon by both the City and the Contractor. Recycling Program — The collecting of all Recyclable Materials accumulated in Recycling Carts at Residential Properties located within the City and the transporting of the Recyclable Materials to a site where they can be processed for the marketplace as determined by the Contractor. Residential Property - All single family and other residential dwelling units where a separate driveway and/or garage exist for each unit or group of units within City limits. Multi -unit apartment buildings and residential dwelling units above commercial businesses, which, for the purposes of this contract, are not defined as Residential Property, are specifically excluded from this Contract. Rigids — Aluminum Cans, Steel Cans, Glass Bottles and Jars, and Plastics #1, #2, and #5 (bottles, containers, cups, tubs, etc.). Single Sort Recycling — Placing all Recyclable Materials in the Recycling Carts without needing to sort by type of material. Source Separated Compostable Materials (also known as Organics) — Has the meaning given in State Statutes. Steel Cans — Disposable containers fabricated primarily of steel or tin and used for food and beverages. SECTION 3. SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED A. For recycling purposes, the City is divided into two collection areas: an east side and west side. The dividing line is Sunfish Lake Boulevard and Nowthen Boulevard. The Contractor shall collect at Curbside all Recyclable Materials from every Residential Property in the City on a Bi-Weekly schedule, with the east side collected one week and the west side collected the next week. The Contractor will infoini the City of the current Collection schedule and update the City if the schedule changes. If the Contractor desires to change the Collection day for any Residential Property, or group of Residential Properties, the request must be submitted in writing to the City. Changes in Collection days cannot be made without advance approval of the City. The Contractor is responsible for educating residents of any day change with at least two education notices prior to changing the Collection day. B. The Contractor shall not be required to make regular Collections on State of Minnesota legal holidays; provided, however, that collection shall occur on the routes reasonably