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5) Switch to a system of organized collection that preserves choice by having two haulers per zone in the City (that may or may not include collection of recycling) that manages waste using a variety of inethods according to the State's hierarchy in order to minimize landfilling. 6) Switch to a system of organized collection in which the City negotiates with a consortium of haulers and allows the haulers to divide the City into service zones that manages waste using a variety of inethods according to the State's hierarchy in order to minimize landfilling. Recommendation: Committee members unanimously recommend a garbage system that meets the City's environ- mental goals and the members' top priority of environmentally preferred management of waste. That system should also follow the State hierarchy that prefers waste reduction, reuse and recy- cling; yard and food waste composting; and resource recovery with landfilling as the least pre- ferred means of management. Of the methods studied by the Committee, an organized collection system run by private haulers appears to give the City the best, and perhaps only, means to meet the City's and State's environmental goals and balance citizen interests and concerns. Given the current economics of the waste collection industry, the majority of Committee mem- bers believe the best way to achieve environmentally preferred management of waste is through a contract with a consortium consisting of all the current haulers in Roseville (as was done in Vadnais Heights and Little Canada). These consortiums typically divide the cities into zones with one hauler assigned to each zone. However, Roseville may require more than one hauler per zone in order to preserve customer choice. Such service may cost residents more than a single hauler per zone system. That contract is the only way where the City can specify that waste be managed using what is currently the environmentally preferred waste method: a resource recovery facility. Additionally, and in light of the ever changing waste management landscape, the Committee strongly believes the City should monitor developments by the State, County and private sector to determine if a future alternative might better meet the City's and State's environmental goals and balance citizen interests and concerns. Furthermore, the Committee believes a waste management system consisting of a consortium of current private waste haulers in collaboration with the City could also provide the following benefits to Roseville residents: O Negotiated lower rates to customers (the top priority of the majority of residents surveyed — 53%) O Preserve customer choice (the second highest priority of residents surveyed — 40%) O Limited truck traffic that reduces wear and tear on streets, thus reducing or delaying property tax assessments for road maintenance or replacement 46