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Currently Waste Management is the only company in Minnesota offering single stream recycling. While it reduces the labor costs for collection, Waste Management says those savings are eaten up by the increased cost of processing the material for sale. As a result Brooklyn Park, Brooklyn Center, Crystal and New Hope went from paying $2.05 per household per month for weekly collection of recycling in bins to paying $2.25 per household per month for every other week collection of recycling using carts. The cost of the carts is included in the recycling charge, however at the end of the contract Waste Management retains ownership of the carts. Some cities have found it more convenient for residents to have once a week collection. There are various ways to do this. Fridley, Plymouth and Farmington contract for once a week curbside collection. Fridley pays BFI $2.09 per household per month for weekly curbside collection while Plymouth pays Waste Management $2.23 per household a month and Farmington pays Lakeville Sanitation $2.77 per household a month. Other cities combine recycling and garbage collection under a system of organized collection. For instance, Little Canada, North St. Paul, Vadnais Heights and White Bear Lake contract with haulers to collect both garbage and recycling weekly. The cities then prescribe the details of the recycling program such as what is collected. North St. Paul and White Bear Lake contract with one company to serve the entire city. Little Canada and Vadnais Heights contract with a consor- tium of haulers. One hauler in Little Canada (Horrigan) does not offer curbside recycling collec- tion so it has worked out a deal with another consortium member to provide recycling collection in Horrigan's zone. Other cities such as Mendota Heights, Mounds View and Chaska have open collection. They require licensed garbage haulers to offer recycling service as well. Residents are then free to pick their garbage and recycling hauler and level of service with little oversight from the city. Options Considered: All would include exploring avenues to increase frequency and variety of recycling information campaigns that would include information on waste reduction, reuse and recycling. Monitor the recycling program for effectiveness in actual recovery rates, customer service standards and education of residents. 1) Continue current two-sort with biweelcly collection recycling system using City supplied bins. 2) Switch to a two-sort with weekly collection recycling system using City supplied bins at an increased cost of at least $.OS per household per month. 3) Switch to a program of a single stream with biweekly collection using wheeled carts at an increased cost of approximately $0.20 per household per month. 4) Switch to a program of two-sort with bi-weekly collection using wheeled carts at an increased cost of more than $0.20 per household per month. 5) Discontinue the City's curbside recycling program. Require all licensed garbage haulers offer recycling service to customers with details to be worked out between haulers and customers. 6) Switch to a system of organized collection of garbage and recycling in which hauler(s) would be required to provide recycling service. 7) Offer a senior discount on the recycling fee. 8) Initiate pilot programs on single stream and weekly collection. 61