2005 Recycling Pilot Program Report

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Apri128, 2005 Page 6 ■ Without including mixed glass in processing residuals; and ■ With mixed glass as processing residuals. The Eureka report s#ates: And.. . "Eureka Recycling does not consider the use of mixed glass as an aggregate material or daily landfill cover as a recycled material." "Mixed color glass is not suitable for marketing to most traditional glass bottle recycling markets, and 99 percent of St. Paul residents surveyed do not consider use of glass in Iandfill operat�ons (a typical alternative market, along with sandblasting and paving) to be recycling. Therefore, witli a lack of suitable markets, mixed color glass is considcred a residual in St. Paul's prograxn. This significanlly increases the siugle- stream collection method's materials processing residual rate in this study to 27.2 percent." R.W. Beck conducted an initial stady for the American Forest and Paper Association (AF&P1�) in October 2002. The results indicated that single stream old newspapezs (�NP) contained a noticeably higher percentage of pro}ubiti.ves (33 percent pro}ubitives in ONP from single stream vs. 2.0 percent in dual stream systems). Also, the single stream residential znixed paper {RMP) had more prohibitives than dual stream RMP (1.8 percent prolubitives in single stream RMP vs. 1.1 percent in dual stream RMP). Jaakka Poyry Consulting (JPC} and Skumatz Economic Research Associates, Inc. (SERA) prepared a second report for AF&PA in January 2004. The results from this study, as summarized in the executive stunmary, uadicated that "there is an increase of about one to three percentage points in net recycled tonnage after collection and pracessing" due to single stream recycling pragrams. The Citty of Fridley (Minnesota) zecently amended its recyclivag contract with Allied WasteBrowning Ferris Indttstries (BFI) for dual stream collection. The contract amendment provides for a revenue share formuJa that specifies an cstimate of non-targeted materials (dcfined by the City of Fridley and BFI as "trash contamination") as 3.47 percent: The "trash contamination" compasition estimate shall be based upon the Contractor's audits from similar residential collection routes. The confractor must provide adequate supporting docuxnen#ation for the trash contamination estimated figures from similar routes annually to the City, however, the City zxxust approve any change to the trash contatnitiation percentage during the term of t]�is agreement. The City reserves the righ� to require the Contractor to conduct a City-specif c composition analysis, including iield sorts, as a future task within the Service Exchange Fund." The City of Shoreview (Minnesota} executed a recycling services con�ract with Waste Max�agement, Ine. that provides for a maximum processing residuals rate of five percent for 0 1-00253-i0101-OlOI � 070001 � 13500 P:\I350{1 Ramsey Co. 2003�RTA1Roseville�Ft#1DraftRcsidualsMemo942$OS.doc llT2A1�7'