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.9k Residential Solid Waste and Recycling Citizen Advisory Committee Report Executive Summary Islay W02 Ma'nr Find'n_g O Since the 1991 rep Grt in ere have been many developments in the garbage ar�d very - dingindustries. Those charges Nclude ® The number of Roseville residents recycling and the amount theyreryde have staged abouttlde samesmce 1992 ® Every Minnesotan is making more garbage Oust over aton a year) despite ef! rts A wane reduction, reuse and recycling ® Garbage haulers are no longer required to take our tr ash to a facility tiia pro ceases it into fisel for electricity plants ® More of our garb age is being sent to out of stare landfills ® Consolidwons in the garbage hauling industry resulting in fewer haulers serving Roseville resdents O Readents surveyed are pleased world their garbage service Sea -that ee percent rated it excellent and 33 %rated it goo of Seventy nine percent sad themes seem fair for the service provided, 16% said the rates were too high for the service provided. O Readents surveyed sad they are con - med am out where their garbage goes and would prefer garbage haulers take tr ash to a resource recovery facility instead of a landfill. u.g w"esp,mmzama Resource RermvryFadhry O Residents surveyed sad the most impor that part of a garbage collection system would be keeping it low con. O Among the improvements in the recycling program residents would like are to accept more materials and to improve the bin system by either making them bigger, covered or wheeled, or to provide more bins O Ro seville is not mcering gods set by the City Council to reduce waste and increase recycling O Roseville is not meeting the State a werar - envthatcallsforwas to reduction and reuse recycling comes oAm& using resew cc recovery and avoiding using landfills to dispose of our trash O Only about a third of Roseville apartment condo and townhome residents can recycle where they live