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March 23, 2005 <br />Page 15 <br />As for the quantities of materials collected, Table 17 below reflects the weights of the quaniities <br />collected for each route. <br />Table 17 <br />Comparison of Dual Stream Bi-Weekly with l.arger Bins {Thurs) vs. Bi- <br />Weekly Control (Fridayj <br />7otal QUantities CoNected by Route During Pilot <br />Tharsday Friday <br />(Larger Bins} {Control) <br />Septem ber 9,150 10, 825 <br />Octaber 16,60Q S,Q75 <br />Mean 9,875 9,450 <br />_Standard Deviation 1,025 1,945 <br />Comparison of the Qua� Stream Co[lec�ion Me�hod Before and Dur�ng <br />the Pilot Program <br />Table ] 8 below compares the results of the dual stream collection routes before the pilot was <br />itutiated (July) to the results from the control route (I'riday) during tihe pilot program {Septernber <br />and October). <br />Table 78 <br />Comparison of Bi-Weekly Dua! 5tream Routes� <br />Before vs. Durin Pi�ot <br />Total Quantities <br />(Tons) Collected by Jufy September 8� <br />Ro�te (Beiorej October (During}� <br />Wednesday <br />Thursday <br />Friday <br />Mean � <br />SEandard Deviafion <br />6, 000 <br />6,80Q <br />s,�oo <br />6,433 <br />404 <br />8,8Q0 <br />9,875 <br />9,450 <br />9,375 <br />541 <br />� The weights from 7�esday's routes were excluded trom the comparison because they represent <br />weekly cdlec6on, whereas the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday rnutes provided more <br />corr�arable data as tl�ey were collected bi-weekly. <br />2 Average of fwo routes (Sept, and Oct) tor each day. <br />The above results appear to reflect that mvre recyclable materials, by weight, were collected <br />during the pilot compared to the same colJ.ec.tion day before the pilot. A1so, even though <br />residents in the control route presumably wez-e not aware of the pilot study, they did set out more <br />recyclable matez7ials during the pilot. <br />O1-OU253-10101-0101 � 07D001 � 13500 P:\13500 Ramsey Co. 20031RTA1RoscvillelFA�13I544 - Final Data Analysis <br />