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Comparisons and Rankings by Community: <br /> Pounds per Household & Pounds per Person per Year <br /> • Overall, Arden Hill's recycling performance ranks higher than for most communities in Ramsey <br /> County. As summarized below, out of 16 Ramsey County communities, during 2010 and 2011 <br /> Arden Hills ranked 1"and 2nd, respectively, in pounds of recycling per household. <br /> • In pounds per person Arden Hills only ranked 81h and 12th during 2010 and 2011, respectively. <br /> However, when persons in group quarters(Bethel University and Presbyterian Homes, where <br /> recycling is not reported as residential) are subtracted, Arden Hills ranked Vt and 4th in pounds <br /> per person. <br /> Performance Measure 2010 2011 <br /> Ibs/year Ranking Ibs/year Ranking <br /> Recycling per household served: Ibs/hshd/yr 726 1 633 2 <br /> Recycling per capita: Ibs/person/yr 199 8 174 12 <br /> Recycling per capita: Ibs/person/yr; without persons in group quarters 262 1 229 4 <br /> Note: Ranking is of 16 communities in Ramsey Co., with "1"as highest ranking. Pounds are calculated from total annual tons of <br /> recycling reported by community into ReTRAC database for combination of single family/curbside,multi-unit,drop-off,&clean-ups. <br /> • The attached tables show the rankings by Ramsey County community for both measures for <br /> both 2010 and 2011. Both years are shown in the event that a significant recycling program <br /> change (or data anomaly) might change rankings significantly for a community. Both per <br /> household and per person measures are shown, because recycling is collected at the household <br /> level,while significant differences between communities in average household size might affect <br /> average recycling pounds per household per year. <br /> • For most communities, calculating pounds of recycling per person per year using total <br /> population is a reasonable comparative measure. However, Arden Hills is unique because such <br /> a large portion of its residents reside in group quarters (2,298 of its 9,552 residents in 2010) <br /> where recycling services are not reported as residential. Thus, the second attached table shows <br /> pounds of recycling per person per year by community with population in group quarters <br /> subtracted. <br /> • Also attached are per household and per person comparison tables for 2011 that include a <br /> variety of demographic and recycling program characteristics for each community. For <br /> characteristics that can be ranked, darker colors show a higher ranking for a particular <br /> characteristic for a community. Some overall observations can be gleaned from these tables: <br /> • In terms of community rankings for pounds of recycling per household per year: broadly <br /> speaking, communities that rank higher in demographic variables, including income, <br /> education, and home-ownership and value, tend to have higher quantities of average <br /> recycling pounds per household as well. (This trend is less pronounced for rankings per <br /> person.) Thus, at least some of the factors that appear to affect recycling performance <br /> are out of a community's control. <br /> • However, it appears there is little correlation between active efforts of communities in <br /> public education, citizen commissions, or recycling coordination with recycling <br /> performance. <br /> • Also, for communities in Ramsey County there is no apparent correlation between <br /> recycling performance and recycling program characteristics, such as weekly vs. every- <br /> other-week collection, single vs. dual sort, or selection of a particular recycling collector. <br /> Arden Hills Recvclin2 Performance, throuLh 2011 Pate 2 <br />