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Pratt said current levels of participation and tonnages of recycling collected <br /> have been relatively stagnant over the past ten years. A recent study by the City <br /> of St. Paul indicates making recycling more convenient increases participation <br /> and tonnages. The St. Paul study also found that the more recyclable material is <br /> processed in order to get it ready for sale, the more material is damaged and <br /> can't be recycled. This damaged material is called residual. The St. Paul study <br /> examined participation, tonnages collected and the amount of recyclable <br /> material successfully processed in flue target areas and corresponding control <br /> areas. The report concludes that the largest increase in all three categories was <br /> in the area where residents used wheeled bins for every other week collection of <br /> two-sort material. The second largest increase was in the area where residents <br /> used bins and had weekly collection of two-sort material. The third largest <br /> increase was in the area where residents used single-stream collection with <br /> every other week service. Every other week collection of two-sort materials in <br /> bins was fourth and St. Paul's current seven sort system was fifth. <br /> Each of the vendors was invited to speak. E-Z Recycling CEO Chris Reinhardt <br /> stressed that his prices were the lowest. He also noted that his is a family <br /> owned business and he lives in Roseville. He has contracts for Falcon Heights, <br /> New Brighton and Arden Hills so Roseville would be a natural extension of his <br /> business. He said all the material is taken to their own two-sort processing <br /> facility — a facility that has a lower rate of damage to material than does a <br /> single-stream facility. <br /> Waste Management Municipal Marketing Manager Gary Boyum said that his <br /> company is the current recycling provider for Roseville. Service has gone well <br /> with few complaints and prompt responses to inquiries. He stressed the <br /> convenience of single-stream recycling and said his company is the only one <br /> that can provide the service city-wide. He said cities with single-stream <br /> recycling have increased participation rates and increased tonnages collected. <br /> Boyum said Waste Management has opened a brand new single-stream <br /> recycling processing facility with up to date equipment that will have a lower <br /> residual rate than previous single-stream plants. Manager Ron Manning said <br /> that damaged material (called residual) is taken to the burn plant in <br /> Minneapolis. <br /> BFI General Manager Craig Seim stressed his company's years of experience <br /> offering recycling service. When asked why his company's price for multi- <br /> family complex recycling was so much higher than the others, Seim said he felt <br /> the price they quoted was more realistic. <br /> Two members of the Residential Solid Waste and Recycling Citizen Advisory <br /> Committee were present: Judy Wood and Joe Wozniak. Wood said she believes <br /> single-stream collection is more convenient and would get more residents to <br /> participate. She said she would be willing to pay more for it. Wozniak said he <br /> saw some serious drawbacks to single-stream. First was the higher rate of <br /> residual at the single-stream facility. Second was that there was only one <br /> vendor offering the service. He was concerned that, if the City found it had <br /> Page 3 of 4 <br />