Jurisdictions should not receive recycling credit for contaminated recycling or unmarketable recycling that is rejected by the MRFs and landfilled or incinerated.   DEQ Form 50-30 should be modified to require jurisdictions report the tonnage of recycled materials that are contaminated and rejected by MRFs, or otherwise landfilled or incinerated.   That amount should be subtracted from the total recycling.   A 2019 DEQ report "Recycling in Virginia: An evaluation of recycling rates and recommendations (Chapter 615, 2018 Acts of Assembly" estimated that 23% of recycling in Virginia is contaminated.   Local planning units should not receive recycling credit for materials that are contaminated, rejected by the MRFs, and ultimately landfilled or incinerated.  https://rga.lis.virginia.gov/Published/2019/SD7/PDF