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Brush There are no public drop off sites for brush in Roseville. Thus, most residents surveyed arrange a special pick up with their garbage hauler. Residents split almost 50150 on whether they would use a public brush drop off site. Recommendation: The committee recommends Roseville offer brush drop off as part of an annual clean up day. In addition the City should expand and enhance education campaigns to residents about what to do with brush during other times of the year as well as require haulers to annu- ally inform residents about services and rates as was mentioned earlier. Organics Some cities are starting or testing programs for residents to separate organic material from their trash so that it can be composted. An example is the City of Hutchinson that operates a curbside organics collection pro- gram. Each participating household is given a 90 gallon wheeled organics cart similar to a trash cart and special kitchen waste compostable bags. Residents can put in food waste; compostable cardboard such as pizza and freezer boxes; paper products such as paper plates, napkins and paper towels along with yard waste. A Food Waste Recovery truck picks up the organics and hauls them to the City run compost facility. The finished compost is a quality product that is then sold to offset part of the cost of the program. Hutchinson runs an actively used organics collection program. Wayzata and Burnsville are currently conducting pilot programs. St. Paul just finished an organics pilot program and is looking for a way to offer that service to residents. Recommendation: The committee recommends Roseville study organics collection as a way to meet the City's goals of reduced waste and increased environ- mental awareness of residents.