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Sarasota County, Florida – MRF Processing Contract Monitoring Assistance
MSW Consultants principal John Culbertson provided semi-annual contract monitoring services to Sarasota County, Florida in support of their processing contract for the County’s residential curbside recyclables from over 100,000 households in the unincorporated area. Contract terms dictated maximum residual rates to be achieved by the processor, as well as maximum incoming material contamination rates to be met by the County. Beginning in 1996 and occurring semi-annually for three years, Mr. Culbertson audited MRF residuals and incoming contamination to assess contract compliance.
This project included the following tasks: writing the sampling and sorting protocol to test the composition of the residue and contaminant bales produced at the facility; organizing and directing a one-week effort to characterize the three residue and contaminant streams in the facility; tabulating the results on a material-by-material basis as well as plant-wide; and summarizing the results in a final report. In a related effort, Mr. Culbertson also tested the incidence of bagged recyclables—considered contamination per the terms of the contract—in incoming material. As a result of his work, the County successfully charged its MRF for liquidated damages because of the facility’s failure to achieve contractually specified processing efficiencies.