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• At a minimum, the third-party certifying organization conducts an on-site visit of the facility for the first-year certification, with subsequent site visits occurring at least once every two years, unless additional visits are deemed necessary by the certification organization. The site visit will examine:

o How materials enter, are measured, deposited, processed/sorted, and exit the

facility.

o Conduct interviews with key personnel and discuss how materials are managed after

they leave the site.

o Confirm equipment types and capacity.

o Observe and verify load/materials sorting and accuracy.

o Verify use and accuracy of scales including calibration frequency.

• Diversion rates shall adhere to these requirements:

o Measurements must be based on weight (not volume), using scales.

o Diversion rates must be available on a website and viewable by the public.

o Methodology for calculating diversion and recycling rates must be publicly available

and applicable to national or country-level accounting standards for construction and demolition waste recycling facilities.

• Facility recycling data submitted to certification program will be analyzed for recycling rates using a mass balance formula or quarterly sorts completed and verified by an independent third-party entity.

• Final recycling rate will include overall facility diversion rates with and without ADC/Beneficial Reuse and will include separate recycling rates by material type as well as combined average including wood derived fuel/bio-fuel separate from other waste to energy or incineration end markets.

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