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50000 <br />45000 <br />40000 <br />m <br />35000 <br />} 30000 <br />a 25000 <br />c 20000 <br />0 <br />. 15000 <br />10000 <br />5000 <br />Figure 3 <br />Trends in Residential Recycling in Ramsey County Communities, <br />1989 -2010 <br />V01 V 9 9119 9319 9 319 919 01011 3131,0 sl 10 <br />■ Curbside <br />■ Multi -unit <br />■ Total <br />Municipal recycling programs use SCORE grants* and long -term financing mechanisms to fund <br />residential recycling programs. The County is able to offer SCORE grants to cities to support a basic level <br />of service for residential recycling. Each municipality maintains long -term financing mechanisms for <br />recycling. Six cities have a joint agreement with Ramsey County for the collection of a municipal <br />recycling fee while the other cities collect funds through other means such as utility bills. <br />*SCORE grants originate from the SCORE (Select Committee on Recycling and the Environment) program administered by the <br />Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, and funded by the State Waste Management Tax assessed on garbage bills. <br />The vast majority of recycling activity in the non - residential sector occurs by private- sector <br />arrangement. Most commercial waste haulers in the County offer some kind of recycling service to their <br />customers, although the types of materials collected and collection arrangements vary significantly. A <br />number of material brokers and businesses specializing in recycling services also provide recycling <br />options for a wide variety of materials. There are specialty recyclers as well, such as confidential records <br />destruction firms that recycle paper, metal recyclers, electronic recyclers, and carpet recyclers. <br />The Twin Cities are fortunate to be home to manufacturing firms that use recycled materials as <br />feedstock for new products. From the Rock -Tenn paper mill to Anchor Glass, there are local markets for <br />many of the recyclable materials generated in Ramsey County. Since the mid -1980s Ramsey County has <br />assumed a role in helping guarantee market availability for recyclable materials collected in municipal <br />programs. After providing a County recycling center from 1984 — 2000, the County has provided this <br />role through a Recycling Market Support Fund to assume some of the risk faced by municipalities in <br />collecting and marketing recyclables. The County also provides on -going technical assistance for <br />recycling available to municipalities. In addition, the County supports the Minnesota Pollution Control <br />Agency's efforts to develop new, local recycling markets. <br />The County Environmental Charge (CEC - see "Cost and Finance' below) was partly developed as an <br />incentive, especially for non - residential waste generators (businesses, schools, colleges), to increase <br />recycling. Both traditional recyclables and organic waste are exempt from the CEC when recycled. With <br />the development of the CEC in 2003, Ramsey County through the Ramsey /Washington Counties <br />Resource Recovery Project greatly expanded work on food waste and organics management to provide <br />Ramsey County Solid Waste Master Plan 2011 -2030 Page 139 <br />Approved by the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners on 3120112 <br />