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should be more convenient. Multi- family Complexes Roseville is not providing recycling service to most apartment, condo and townhome resi- dents. Owners can contract with a private company if they wish, but only about a third do. Roseville has traditionally treated apart- ments, condos and townhomes differently than houses. But the State and Ramsey County include these multi - family complexes in their recycling requirements for cities. Additionally Roseville has been charging multi- family complex owners the City's recycling fee while not providing any service. Recommendation: Committee members believe the City should meet its goal to improve recycling efforts in Roseville by including all apartment, condo and townhome complexes in the City's pro- gram. To ease the transition the committee suggests this expansion be phased in adding condos and townhomes first with apartments to follow. And that complexes not be charged until they receive service. Residential Curbside Recycling Committee members found two main ways to do that based on resident needs: collect recycling more often or offer better bins. Residents surveyed asked that bins be larger, wheeled, covered or just more of the current bins. An intriguing program of putting all recycling into a single, wheeled cart is just starting here in Minnesota. While the program shows great potential, there are some significant drawbacks that must be overcome. Single stream recy- cling processing has a higher rate of material that is damaged and can't be recycled (called residual). This can result in less material that is actually recycled into new paper, cans or jars even though more material may be collected. Recommendation The committee believes Roseville should do all it can to meet its environmental goal to im- prove the City's recycling efforts. However the committee could not reach a consensus whether the City should continue with the current system while expanding and enhancing public education campaigns, switch to every week collection or should proceed with single stream recycling collection. A list of the pros and cons of each system is included in the full report and Appendix B. Members wish to leave it to the Council or a future committee to decide. Yard Waste Minnesota banned putting yard waste in with your garbage effective January 1, 1990. In response to the ban Roseville required all licensed garbage haulers to offer separate yard waste and /or brush collection. Most Roseville residents surveyed mulch their grass and don't have to dispose of it. Twenty percent compost yard waste in their back yard, 20% arrange a special pickup with their gar- bage hauler and 14% take it to a free County compost site. Recommendation: This system is working well and the committee recommends the City continue requiring garbage haulers offer yard waste pick up, while enhancing and expanding education campaigns to residents about the benefits of low mainte- nance lawn care, mulching and composting.