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Evaluation and Measurement Ramsey County Evaluation and Measurement Policies Ramsey County believes that measuring and reporting results is integral to managing solid waste. High quality data are important to identify gaps, acknowledge successes, make improvements, and support policy positions in solid waste management programs. Ramsey County supports accurate measurement of state, regional and county waste management progress, in order to improve overall accountability. 2. Ramsey County will provide required data to the State of Minnesota for the purpose of measuring progress toward achieving the objectives set forth in the Metropolitan Policy Plan. However, because measuring results depends on accurate data collected efficiently and consistently, and recognizing that current methods to collect solid waste data are inefficient, cumbersome, inaccurate and in need of revision, Ramsey County will focus on gathering and reporting data of high quality. Ramsey County will provide the public with progress reports on solid waste management. Ramsey County supports more efficient methods to collect solid waste data, and will work with the MPCA, SWMCB and other entities to create data gathering and evaluation methods that are more efficient, consistent and accurate. Ramsey County will support the MPCA's efforts to develop tools for measuring solid waste management through hauler and facility licensing /permitting. 4. The chart below depicts the Policy Plan's percent* of total MSW objectives for 2010 -2030. Recognizing that these are regional objectives, Ramsey County, working jointly with the SWMCB, will use these as targets as it carries out the strategies in this master plan. Management 2010 Region 2015 State 2020 State 2025 State 2030 State Strategy Actual Objective Objective Objective Objective Source - 1 -2% 2 -4% 3 -5% 4 -6% Reduction & Reuse Recycling 40% 45 -48% 47 -51% 49 -54% 54 -60% Organics 4% 3 -6% 4 -8% 6 -12% 9 -15% Resource 28% 32 -34% 32 -33% 30 -31% 28 -24% Recovery Landfilled 1 28% 1 20% 17% 1 15% 1 9% *2010 Regional Data Presentation to the SWMCB -June 22, 2011. Note: recycling does not reflect source reduction and yard waste credits. Ramsey County Evaluation and Measurement Strategies 1. Ramsey County supports the regional plan, Policy Plan and MPCA's SCORE Implementation Report and legislative efforts to work collaboratively to develop a standard commercial recycling data collection program, as articulated in the 2011— 2030 Regional Solid Waste Master Plan. Ramsey County Solid Waste Master Plan 2011 -2030 Page 116 Approved by the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners on 3120112