EXHIBIT H Materials Sorting List (Established: March 8, 2011) The Materials Sorting List is a working document to be used in gaining clarity regarding acceptable materials and contaminants as the definitions provided in the Franchise Agreement do not, in all cases, provide the level of specificity needed to make sorting decisions. The document will ultimately serve the additional purpose of being a training and reference tool for sorters. The organization of the document including the “Yes’s” and “No’s” side by side helps in understanding (especially for sorters) that there are some subtle differences between certain items in the various categories (e.g., plastics). “Yes’s” refer to the items to the left. “No’s” refer to the items on the right, except in the Irregular and Combined materials section where the right column is for notes. Green is used to indicate organic materials and blue to indicate recyclable materials.

ORGANIC MATERIALS Acceptable? Food scraps including: • Meat including bones • Cooking oil • Fish • Vegetables YES NO • Fruit, including pits • Grains • Dairy • Egg shells products soiled with food including: • Coffee filters • Juice or milk made of poly-coated • Paper cups (e.g., chain store coffee cups) paper (i.e., standard milk cartons) • Paper plates • Juice or soy milk type with foil liner • Paper ice cream (e.g., Tetra-Pak) • Paper • Paper napkin and paper towels YES NO • Tissue paper including used paper • Paper tea bags • Greasy pizza boxes • Waxed cardboard and paper • Cardboard egg cartons • Wine corks (made from cork not plastic) Plant materials including: • Branches and brush • Palm fronds • Tree trimmings • Sod YES NO • Leaves • Cactus • Flowers and floral trimmings • Yucca • Grass cuttings and weeds “” including: • food service ware • Regular plastic trash bags or compostable bags including compostable clamshells, cups and which do not have a BPI-certified logo (These utensils clearly labeled “compostable” or large plastic bags containing organics will be “biodegradable” opened/broken to sort materials and the bags • Compostable bio-plastic bags (must have BPI- will be considered contaminants. Small bags YES NO certified logo) such as Safeway grocery bags with unknown contents will not be opened and will be considered contaminants in entirety) • Styrofoam or plastic “clam shell” containers • Utensils which are not clearly labeled “compostable” or “biodegradable.”

March 24, 2014 29 of 33 Prepared by Sloan Vazquez, LLC ______SBWMA BOD 04/24/2014 AGENDA ITEM: 5g ATTACHMENT B - p1 EXHIBIT H Wood pieces (unpainted, untreated) including: • Small scraps of lumber • Pressure treated and painted wood • Corks (made from cork bark) • Plastic corks • Popsicle sticks • Laminated or painted MDF or plywood YES NO • Chopsticks • Plywood (unpainted, non-laminated) • MDF/composite wood (unpainted, non- laminated) Other: • Animal excrement • Pieces of unpainted wallboard (also called • Diapers sheetrock and drywall) • Brick, concrete, rock, gravel, large quantities of dirt, concrete (If plant materials are combined with more than 50% inert materials such as YES NO dirt, the entire amount should be considered inert.) • Liquids and ice • Recyclable materials (e.g., , aluminum, paper, plastics 1-7) RECYCLABLE MATERIALS Acceptable? Paper including: • Office paper • Clumped, wet paper (“wringable”, exhibiting • Computer paper free-flowing liquid and drips is considered • Newspaper including inserts and coupons contaminated; dampness and sheets of paper • Newspaper in protective delivery loosely stuck together is acceptable.) • Magazines • Paper cups (e.g., coffee cups) • Junk mail • Juice, soup or soy milk boxes with foil liners • Catalogs (e.g., Tetra-Paks) • • Telephone books (e.g, “Yellow Pages”) • Books • Colored paper • Construction paper • Packing paper • Legal pad backings • Shoe boxes YES NO • (including those with plastic windows) • Sticky notes • Shredded paper (should be in labeled “shredded paper” but if in , bag will be opened, removed and considered a contaminant) • Wrapping paper (non-metallic) • Paper bags • Department store bags with nylon rope handle • Corrugated cardboard (non-waxed) • Cardboard egg cartons • Cereal and other similar food boxes • Paper milk and juice cartons (including those with plastic spouts)

March 24, 2014 30 of 33 Prepared by Sloan Vazquez, LLC ______SBWMA BOD PACKET 04/24/2014 AGENDA ITEM: 5g ATTACHMENT B - p2 EXHIBIT H Glass including: • Glass and (and metal ) of any • Drinking (made of glass) color including: brown, blue, clear, and green • Mirrors, windows and any glass that is not a (must not contain free flowing liquid or food YES NO or clumps) • Light bulbs • Glass bottles and jars containing free flowing liquid or food clumps Metal including: • Aluminum cans including food and beverage • Wire, metal banding, chains, cables and containers automotive parts • Aluminum foil and trays (if clean) • Cans and aluminum foil and trays containing • Small pieces of scrap metal weighing less than free flowing liquid or food clumps 10 pounds (NO chain, cable, wire, banding, YES NO • Lidded cans that, as determined by hand tools, and automotive parts) “shake or weight,” have dried or liquid • Steel, tin and bi-metal containers including residuals (Cans will not be opened.) paint cans (if empty and dry) • Spray cans that, as determined by “shake or • Metal jar lids weight,” have residual contents (Cans will not • spray cans (if empty) be sprayed.) Plastics including: • Plastic bottles, tubs and other containers • Stryofoam (e.g., Styrofoam egg cartons even if including clam shells stamped with SPI code labeled #6) #1 through #7, except black plastic (must not • Black plastic even if labeled 1-7 or PET, HDPE, contain food clumps or be more than ¼ full PP with liquid) • Any not indicated as 1-7 but labeled • Plastic bottles, tubs and other containers LDPE, PS, or V. (except black plastic) including clam shells not • Plastic forks, knives and spoons (cutlery) stamped 1-7 but which clearly can be identified • Plastic bags including those used to contain as PET, HDPE, and PP. recyclables • Caps and lids from plastic bottles, tubs and • Plastic films ( wrap, , bubble other containers whether attached to the wrap, food wrappers, etc.) container or not but which can be identified • Juice pouches YES NO • Plastic buckets • Condiment packages • Plastic coffee cup lids • Plastic milk creamer containers • Strawberry baskets (even if not labeled 1-7 or • Plastic corks (and any other corks) PET, HDPE or PP) • Plastic protective seals/wraps for containers • Plastic cups include red “ cups” and clear • Plastic drinking straws plastic cocktail cups (if labeled) • Garden hoses • Rubber bands • Diapers • Black plastic flower and nursery pots (colored, labeled are OK) • Plastic bottles and containers containing free flowing liquid or food clumps • Toys Inert Materials including: • Ceramics NO • Concrete, asphalt, stones, bricks, rocks, sand, etc.

March 24, 2014 31 of 33 Prepared by Sloan Vazquez, LLC ______SBWMA BOD PACKET 04/24/2014 AGENDA ITEM: 5g ATTACHMENT B - p3 EXHIBIT H Other: • Hangers (plastic, metal, or wood) • Automotive parts and products NO • Tires • Batteries and cell phones • Wood • Household

IRREGULAR AND COMBINED MATERIALS ORGANIC MATERIALS Acceptable? Handling / Sorting Notes Compostable , lined with foil and with Reject all as contaminated NO mustard packet inside Materials in a non-BPI certified yet compostable bag YES Bag should be broken open and sorted Small Safeway plastic grocery bag loosely tied with Plastic bags obviously meant for compostables will what appears to be various compostables and be broken and sorted. Bags such as the one NO possible non-compostables described or bags which contain obvious mixed contaminants and compostables will be rejected. Clear-bagged paper janitorial products including Bag will be opened and accepted as long material is what was presumed to be partially spent rolls of not soiled with excrement or combined with cleaning YES toilet paper generated when janitorial staff swap out products. partially used rolls for new, large rolls Unopened, bagged loaf of bread NO Ziplocked bag of uncooked chicken NO Book NO Milk cartons stuffed with food scraps Milk cartons are often used to hold kitchen scraps YES before transferring to toter, but are not included on Recology’s acceptable compostable list. Plant with a large root ball composed mostly of dirt YES Large 8”x10”x24” block of wood that still fits in toter NO Candle (paraffin, soy, beeswax) NO Bananas with plastic branding banding YES Poison Oak If encountered, a determination will be made whether to reject the load or the sample for a new NO load or alternative sample in order to ensure the safety of the sorters. Vegetables with rubber band (broccoli) YES Vegetables with wire band (lettuce) YES Cheesecloth (textile) YES Soiled dish towel (textile) YES RECYCLABLE MATERIALS Acceptable? Handling / Sorting Questions Partially-filled glass jars and bottles from refrigerator clean-out (e.g., peanut butter jar with residue and NO half-filled salad dressing bottle) with paper mashed inside of it NO This is a “composite” material not easily processed. Plastic soda bottle capped with residual liquid inside NO not exceeding ¼ of volume of container Cardboard covered with packing tape YES Newspaper with paint (used for paint masking) YES Notepad with wire spiral binding NO

March 24, 2014 32 of 33 Prepared by Sloan Vazquez, LLC ______SBWMA BOD PACKET 04/24/2014 AGENDA ITEM: 5g ATTACHMENT B - p4 EXHIBIT H Pasta with clear plastic window YES Pasta box with residual pasta NO Greeting cards that may contain audio electronics NO Book with shrink wrap NO Plastic container with obscured/destroyed NO symbol Newspaper in plastic delivery bag NO Pharmaceuticals in recyclable containers NO Magazine with infused glass (magazine was once NO wet, but dried, twisted and infused with glass fines) Cardboard cereal box with plastic bag lining Though cardboard box acceptable, platic bag is not. NO Entire item will be considered a contaminant. Mostly glass fines commingled with other small During the dry run, for example, the residential recyclable and contaminating fines on the tarp after recyclables sample had 13 lbs of commingled fines larger items are sorted which were mostly glass but contained various small YES contaminants. Obvious contaminants will be sorted and the remaining fines will be considered recyclable.

March 24, 2014 33 of 33 Prepared by Sloan Vazquez, LLC ______SBWMA BOD PACKET 04/24/2014 AGENDA ITEM: 5g ATTACHMENT B - p5