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<br />7 <br /> <br /> <br />~ <br />t.~ <br /> <br />RECYCLING AND <br />REFUSE INC. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~ <br />:' , .'. .0- <br />- .,. "".- <br />;. ~"~" ,', ,.~ <br /> <br />P.O. Box 67' Circle Pines, MN 55014' (763) 7BO-B464' Fax (763) 7BO-5620 <br /> <br />Dear'Customer: ' <br /> <br />We' feel that it is important to update you about a serious . proposal being considered by <br />Washington and Ramsey Courities that would radically change how your waste hauling <br />, . 'services-arE'provided. . <br /> <br />Counties' Proposal will Hurt Consumen; <br />The proposal by Washington and Ramsey Counties would likely eliminate the current system' <br />where you select the waste hauler that best meets your needs for service and price. lnstead, the <br />counties want to impose government-managed/public collection where the counties would <br />likely detennine who hauls your waste and set the rates consumers will pay. <br /> <br />Although the counties say this change is for environmental reasons, we believe the real issue is <br />the counties' desL-re to control the garbage volume going to the Newport waste processing <br />facility. A move to a government trumaged system would allow the counties to control the . <br />amoUnt of Waste sent to the. Newport waste prOcessing facility, but may result in a substantial <br />cost increase to taxpayers. <br /> <br />We Have a Better Plan <br />The waste mdnstry believes there is a better solutioIL Our proposal includes the following four <br />points: <br /> <br />. i. PreserVe Customer Choice., Allow consumers to continue to choose who provides , <br />waste service .to their home or busIDess. Consumers would also be able to continue to <br />negotiate the rates they pay and the services they want to receive. <br /> <br />2 Environm..,ntal Protection., Haulers certify that we will utilize waste disposal facilities <br />that meet or exceed strict" state and federal environmental standards, regardless of the <br />type of waste disposal method used. <br /> <br />3. Protect County Contracts. Haulers have assured the counties, that we will supply <br />enough waste volume to the Newport waste processing facility to payoff the remaining <br />contract obligations.. <br /> <br />4. <br /> <br />, Increase Recycling. Haulers are willing to work together in a public-private partnership <br />to reduce the challenges associated with waste disposal. We want to strengthen Hie <br />partnership between state and lbCal government, waste haulers and consumers to <br />achieve our common objective to. reduce, reuse and recycle. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />C)-I <br />