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Waste management goals for coznbined cammercial, industrial, and <br />residentia� wastes by Ramsey County for 1990 and beyond are: <br />Waste Reduction 4% <br />Source Separation 19 (23% tor residential) <br />Resource Recovery 77 <br />Total generated lOQo <br />Using the data in Table 4 of Ramsey County's Master Plan, the <br />composition of res�dEntial wastes is: <br />Recyclables <br />* Yard wastes <br />Nonrecyclables <br />Total <br />34.6a <br />17.4 <br />48.0 <br />100.0% <br />�Fifiy to seventy-five percent of which are estimated to <br />be grass clippings. <br />Roseville's residential community generates a calcula�ed annual <br />average waste at the rate of forty-five tons per day, of which <br />five tons are estimated to be grass clippings. <br />Source separation goals established by Ramsey County for <br />Ros�ville by 1990 are 3,554 tons/year. Ramsey County has the <br />authority to adopt a mandatary source separation ordinance for <br />cities that have nat achieved their abatement gaals. <br />i <br />Methods of waste r�duction and source separation are not new, but <br />are receiving considerab].e attention and action. Was�e reduction <br />methods are basically backyard composti.ng and turf management. <br />Saurce separation methods have iwo basic forms: drop-off <br />centers and curbside collection. <br />A number o� drop-of� centers have been in opera�ion for the past <br />several years. Usual practi.ce is for the ci�y to pzovide th� <br />site, a charitable/volunteer group to operate the center, and a <br />waste hauler provides the coniainers (dumpsters) and hauls the <br />collected recyclables ta the market place as a goodwill effort. <br />Mast drop-off centers are open on Saturdays only, but others may <br />be open six days a w�ek if the site area is common with other <br />regular city work activities. <br />Proceeds from the sale of the recyclables is nominal, and usually <br />goes to the operating group. The city, however, would be eligible <br />for the $4/ton reimbursement from the Metropolitan Counci�. <br />To encourage its residen�s to recycle, the City of Robbinsdale <br />includes a waste abatement fee on its utility ball and issues a <br />credit against that fee for recyclables�braught to the drop--off <br />center by residents. Charitable organizations in the City of <br />Shakopee operate a curbside pickup program for recyclables in <br />that city. The City of St. Louis Park provides speciai plastic <br />containers for x'ecyclables to be curbside co�lected by a <br />contractar with specialized equipment. <br />Ir <br />� <br />� <br />� <br />� <br />� <br />� <br />