Citizens Waste Management Advisory and City Response

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.� � There is ongoing education on yard waste issues through the Minnesata Extension Service, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Ramsey County Board, Ramsey County Solid Waste Division, and the City of Roseville. Education is a valuable part of any waste control program. s Conclusions and Recommendations for City Council action are included at the end of this report. 2. INTRODIICTION RoseviiZe's Residential.Waste Management Citizens Advisory Cam- mittee was formed in February, 1990 by the City Council. The initial purpose of the Committee was to address issues of yard waste dzsposal restrictions enacted by the Minnesota State Legislature and make recommendations to the City Council for its � action. This report is the culmination of the Committee's research in the area of yard waste. Sections Three through Ten provide fact►.�al information gathered by the Committee through its meetings with representatives from Ramsey County's Solid Waste Division, Ramsey County's Extension Division Horticulturalist, Rosevi].le's ' licensed waste haulers, equipment manufacturers, City staff, and residents. Past and current practices were also researched. Section I1 contains the Committee's Conclusions and Recommenda- tions to the City Council on a variety of yard waste concerns which merit further attention. 3. LEGiSLATION The 1988 Minnesota State Legislature enacted a law regulating the land disposal of all yard wastes. It reads as follows: 115A.931 Land disposal of yard waste (a) Except as authorized by the agency, in the metropolitan area after January l, 1990, and outside the metropolitan area after January l, Z992, a persan may not dispose of yard waste: (1) in mixed municipa� solid waste, (2) in a disposal faci.lity, or (3) in a resource recovery facility except for the purposes of composting or co-composting. (b) yard wastes subject to this subdivision are garden wastes, leaves, lawn cuttings, weeds, and prunings. 2