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Mearlwnle Roseville is not meeting goals set <br />by the City Council to reduce wane and in <br />creaserecrecling Each Minnesotan produces <br />more man atop Gf trash ay err up 23% since <br />1993. And recycling participation rates and the <br />account collected have shown no pitem of <br />consistent growth since 1992 (see graphs 9 <br />right) <br />Using the knowledge gained from our activi- <br />t es, Committee members determined what we <br />saw as me elements of an effective solid wane <br />and recycling system and then ranked them in <br />order of imp ortance (see deemed list inAppen- <br />box A) <br />wale and rerytling syslnn? <br />Rank Elvnm[ <br />1 Enviromnentally preferred <br />management of waste <br />2 Reasonable cc <br />2(he) Go of Customer Service <br />4 Education <br />5 Simple and Convenient <br />5(he) Access to Service <br />7 Customer Choice <br />0 Expanded Opportunities for <br />Disposal of Difficult Items <br />9 ReduceTaffic <br />Committee members used me City Councils <br />enveronamental goes as well as met list of <br />demerits of an effective solid waste and ucy- <br />ding system and their knowledge of solid <br />waste and recycling policies and programs as <br />they deliberated various options that could be <br />mcom orated into Roseville a recycling and <br />garbage systems. <br />Clean Up Day <br />Cities matron Clem up days organize them as <br />an aririt event residents can plan on to die <br />pose of items that typically cannot be put in <br />with their regular tr ash such as appliances, <br />Roseville Recycling <br />soOD <br />TWO <br />IWD <br />MD <br />,mg, <br />100,000, <br />1987 ten 1993 leas 199? IM 2001 <br />F eia <br />uwap.ru xm.Wv <br />m�.PM1hnufl�px ®un.P^mMPwnv�.. <br />4 wwa� <br />furniture and bush. <br />According to me Committee a 2002 Roseville <br />resident survey there appears to be significant <br />interest in holding a dean up day in Roseville <br />Seventy eight percent of homeowners and 70% <br />of ninth unit complex residents said they <br />would be very likely or somewhat likely totake <br />items to a dear) up day <br />Raarmameatimis: <br />The committee recommends Roseville <br />re inatimm an arlwal dean up day run by a <br />private comes myin which me City pays one <br />mvd ofthe &soisn cost (approximately <br />$12,000 ayear). The committee Use amm- <br />mends me clean up day have a reuse area <br />where residents can swap reusable items, and <br />have electronics collection where me company <br />guarankes me pro ducts will be dismanned and <br />recycled in the United States. <br />