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<br />INFORMATION
<br />Utility Billing Information Taking Orders for Compost Bins & Rain Barrels
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<br />2012 water usage will be based upon these consumption figures. For more information and to order visit: RecycleMinnesota.org
<br />Billing will be as follows:
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<br />Benefits of Composting
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<br />Residential:
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<br />Water System Management Fee/Qtrly. Billing Permit $21.00
<br />Through composting, you can recycle fruit scraps, vegetable peelings, grass and
<br />Variable—Rate Per Thousand Gallons/Qtr. (0-90,000) $2.00/1,000
<br />leaves into a wonderful soil called humus.
<br />Variable—Rate Per Thousand Gallons/Qtr. (90,001-150,000) $2.20/1,000
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<br />Variable—Rate Per Thousand Gallons/Qtr. (150,001-XXX) $2.50/1,000
<br />1. You will enjoy healthier plants! Compost can be spread on your lawn, as top
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<br />dressing, or placed around plants, buyshes and trees as a mulch to help
<br />Commercial:
<br />retain moisture and inhibit weed growth.
<br />Water System Management Fee/Qtrly. Billing Permit $21.00
<br />2. Reduce your garbage by removing the organic material from your garbage
<br />Variable—Rate Per Thousand Gallons/Qtr. (0-500,000) $2.00/1,000
<br />and you may be able to have a smaller garbage can.
<br />Variable—Rate Per Thousand Gallons/Qtr. (500,001-XXX) $2.50/1,000
<br />3. Conserves water by placing compost around plants, bushes and trees and
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<br />Sewer: $65.00/Qtr.
<br />you will not have to water as much. Composting your food waste means you
<br />Drain Fee: $12.00 Residential/Qtr.
<br />don’t have to use your garbage disposal and the extra water it takes to flush it
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<br />down your drain.
<br />Commercial: $.00344 per sq. ft. of impervious surface and building with a maximum of 100,000
<br />4. Reduces the need for fertilizer.
<br />sq. ft.
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<br />Water Test Fee: $6.36—This charge is applied in the second quarter annually.
<br />Types of material that can be composted
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<br />There is a 6% late fee that will be applied to your account if paid after the due date.
<br />Vegetable scraps, green plant trimmings, fruit scraps, old flowers, leaves, tea
<br />bags, coffee grounds and filters, acorns, sawdust, grass clippings, rinsed egg-
<br />Co
<br />mpost Site
<br />shells, pine needles, garden waste and straw.
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<br />To prevent odors and keep pests away from your compost bin, DO NOT COM-
<br />Rice Creek Chain of Lakes Compost Site
<br />POST any of these items.
<br />7701 Main St, Lino Lakes, MN 55038
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<br />Meat or bones, pet waste, whole eggs, dairy products or animal by-products.
<br />Phone: 651-429-3723
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<br />Benefits of Using Rain Barrels
<br />Location Notes: Access to this site is through the Wargo Nature Center entrance.
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<br />Saves money
<br />Hours of operation:
<br />Conserves water
<br />Rainwater is naturally soft
<br />Monday closed
<br />Improves the health of lawns and gardens
<br />Tuesday 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. (or sunset, if earlier)*
<br />Storm water management/erosion control
<br />Wednesday closed
<br />Thursday 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. (or sunset, if earlier)*
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<br />Friday closed
<br />Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (or sunset, if earlier)*
<br />Sunday 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (or sunset, if earlier)*
<br />Closed Easter Sunday, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day
<br />What Can and Can Not Be Recycled
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<br />* Starting at the end of September, sunset occurs before 7:00 p.m. The compost sites are
<br />YES…
<br />not equipped with lights. For the safety of staff and users the site cannot be accessed after
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<br />sunset. Please allow at least 15 minutes before closing time to pay for and unload your yard
<br />Glass Bottles and jars
<br />waste. *
<br />Metal beverage and food cans
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<br />Plastic bottles, tubs and lids 1-7
<br />Fee:
<br />Paper from newspaper, magazines and junk mail. Dry non-coated food boxboard
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<br />and small flat pieces of corrugated cardboard box material
<br />Leaves and Grass (and other non-woody yard waste)
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<br />NO...
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<br />$4.00 for each load up to 4 cubic yards.
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<br />Garbage, food waste, diapers and paper plates
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<br />An additional 50 cents per cubic yard will be charged in excess of 4 yards.
<br />Meat or dairy plastic or paper packaging
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<br />Wax or plastic wrap or bags
<br />Tree Waste
<br />Freezer food packaging
<br />Plastic deli, product or take-out packaging or utensils
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<br />Plastic bags or wrapping film
<br />The price depends on the size and amount of the material. The loads are measured to
<br />Formed or pellet Styrofoam packaging
<br />determine the quantity that is being dropped off. Tree waste may be loose or bundled. The
<br />Window glass, ceramics, dishware, mirrors or lightbulbs
<br />more compact you make your load, the lower the fee.
<br />Branches 6 inches or less in diameter $6.00/cubic yard
<br />Please Remember That the City Has Banned Coal Tar-based Sealers
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<br />Branches or logs greater than 6 inches in diameter $10.00/cubic yard
<br />Please ensure that the sealer you are purchasing for your
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<br />driveway this year is asphalt-based rather than a coal tar-
<br />Trunks or stumps greater than 2 feet in diameter $40.00/cubic yard
<br />based sealer product.
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<br />Christmas trees $1.50/tree
<br /> LAWN & GARDEN WATERING REQUIREMENTS - COMMENCING MAY 1
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<br />Lawn and garden watering may only take place before 10:00 a.m. or after 6:00 p.m. The odd even rule applies for all watering. If your address ends in an even
<br />number, you may water only on even numbered days. If your address ends in an odd number, you may water only on odd numbered days. If you have newly
<br />installed sod, you are exempt from this lawn & garden watering requirements for a period of two weeks.
<br />Violations are subject to citation or an administrative fine.
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