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(Waste Management, EFL Superior and Walter s) collected 71% of the total tons of trash in He two counties in 2000 compared with 42% in 1995. While the four smaller haulers that serve Roseville (Gene's, Highland, Homgan's, and Mudek) collected 3.1% of the total tons of trash in the counties compared to 2 5% in 1995. In 1991 Superior was not doing business in Roseville The other three held 86% of the residential routes. According to He 2002 resident survey 98% of Roseville homeowners contract with one of the big four haulers. Waste }hierarchy Minnesota Waste Management In 1980 Hehm erota Legislature $ established an order of preference for Hierarchy' managing waste in order to protect the state's envronment and public health Reduction and Renee This preferential order is shown on the Hart at left. Recycling Food and Yard! Waste CnmpoeNng Recognizing that solid waste pro ses a risk to the environment no matter how it is Resource �wvery managed, the Legislature placed waste reduction and recycling at the top of the LandfllDiiscal� m hierarchy. The less waste pro duced and He more material recycled the less the Landfill Dic�oeA need for processing or Gsposal .Laudeell disposal is at the bottom ofthe hierarchy Laed d because of pollution and related liability concerns and the lost opportunity to use waste as a resowcc However this waste management order of preference is not being met The mount of garbage produced by each Minnesotan has increased 23% since 1993 to more than a ton per person in 2001. Meanwhile the ate of recycling in So seville and Minnesota has been stagnant over He past ten years. And the mount of garbage being sent to landalls is increasing. This comes even though Minnesota leads the nation in the amount of garbage processed at resource recovery facilities that turn garbage into a fuel to be burned at electricity generating plants. In addition to He State hierarchy, Ramsey County has a Solid Waste Management Plan in which it seeks to minimize waste, prevent pollution, promote efficiency, and provide a sustainable innastmcture for solid waste management To do that, Ramsey County has established five goals ® Manage wastes to protect the environment and public health, and to conserve resources ® Manage wastes using a variety of methods according to the State's hierarchy, in order to minimize landftlling ® Manage wastes cost effectively and minimize potential liability for citizens businesses and taxpayers ® Encourage waste generator responsibility for environmentally sound waste management ® Allocate costs fairly to users. 34