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attended and helped monitor the zero -waste stations and educated residents about recycling and zero -waste issues at these events. At the Roseville Living Smarter Fair on February 19, 2011, we were able to have several conversations about backyard and worm composting. Living Smarter participants had many great questions regarding what types of materials can be placed in backyard compost bins. Our display compost bin also drew a lot of people in who were interested in getting started with backyard composting, giving us an excellent opportunity to show Roseville residents how easy it is! People were also interested in the Twin Cities Free Market and were glad to hear they have this option available when they need to get rid of their usable items. On April 23, 2011, at the Roseville Earth Day event, Eureka Recycling and the city had a table of information about recycling, backyard composting, and Eureka Recycling's other zero -waste programs. We engaged with many people attending the event around how they can help their families begin backyard composting their kitchen food scraps and yard waste, and gave them information on how to get their own compost bin. Roseville Residents Experience Zero Waste For Themselves! This year Eureka Recycling's continued sponsorship of zero -waste events in Roseville provided residents with the opportunity to have a personal experience seeing zero waste in action. Eureka Recycling supported making all of the following events zero -waste: • The Living Smarter Fair (95 %) • The Earth Day Celebration at Harriet Alexander Nature Center (96 %) • The Wild Rice Festival (98 %) The percentage listed after each event above represents the total percentage of items discarded by event attendees that was either recycled into new products or composted into nutrient -rich soil. Public events tend to be huge waste generators. Roseville's efforts to address this problem, and the 95 -98% diversion of waste from these public events, continues to show the city's incredible leadership. Other cities are constantly asking Eureka Recycling work with them to help develop the knowledge and build the comnutment to waste reduction that would make them as successful as Roseville. Night to Unite In 2011, we again joined the City of Roseville in their Night to Unite celebration. Together, we recognized it as an opportunity to connect with Roseville residents on a night where the community gathers. The city and Eureka Recycling thought it best to bring resources to residents as well as take the time to build connnunity and answer questions. The mission was to talk with residents at area block parties, answer questions they had about recycling, talk to them about the environmental and economic benefits of recycling, and distribute recycling bins to anyone that didn't have one or who needed an extra to help recycle more. With a full truck of recycling bins, Roseville city staff and Eureka Recycling staff headed out to at least 10 neighborhood gatherings and distributed approximately 130 recycling bins. Residents were very excited not only to get recycling information and more recycling bins but also to have conversations about composting, ways to influence producers to make more sustainable products and packaging and other zero - waste topics as well! 5