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AGENDA ITEM –1C <br />material recovery facility(MRF)to be able to process materials from asingle stream <br />method. <br />Cities throughout the Twin Cities metro area, Minnesota and the country are continuing <br />to make the transition tosingle stream recycling collection.Single stream recycling <br />improves convenience toresidentsand therefore, increasesrecycling rates and <br />participation. The net result is an increase in the overall amount of materials recycled. <br />Transition to Single Stream <br />Staff has prepared two options for the Council to consider for implementing asingle <br />streamrecycling collectionsystem. <br />Option 1 <br />Transition the City’s recycling program to single streamcollectionwhile <br />continuing to use the recycling bins that are currently being used by City <br />residents. Other than moving to the single streammethod and adding additional <br />plastics,no other services provided by the recycling contract or the recycling <br />program would be changed. There would be no impact to the cost, frequency of <br />pickup, or route changes during the initial transition to single stream collection. <br />Before any official changes to the program take place the City and Eureka would <br />provide educational materials to residentsto ensure correct collection procedures. <br />Once thetransitionto single stream collection has been made,the City would then <br />begindiscussions on how to most effectivelyswitch the program from recycling <br />bins to recycling carts.Anew contract couldbe negotiated for the services <br />needed for a single stream collection system with the use of carts.TheCity <br />would decide if theyshould own the recycling carts or if the contractor should <br />own the carts.In either case, the contractor could be tasked with managing the <br />cartsand other tasks that include;conducting the cart roll-outand cart storage, <br />inventory,repairs, and replacements. <br />The City would also need to consider the frequency of collection, types and sizes <br />of carts, cart distribution,impacts to revenue share and recycling and processing <br />feesand other value added services such as multifamily recycling, public <br />education and organics collection. <br />Option 2 <br />Delay the transition from dual stream to single stream collection until a new <br />contract is negotiated between the City and arecycling contractor.At that time, <br />the City would need to determine if the recycling cartsshould be purchased by the <br />City or the contractor.The City would also need to consider the frequency of <br />City of Arden Hills <br />City Council Meeting for April 21, 2014 <br />P:\Planning\Recycling & Garbage\2014\Single Stream\Memos_Reports_Single Stream <br />Page 2of 3 <br />