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Multi- Family Complex Recycling }GStory/' mils: Roseville has an organized collection system for recycling collection at single -family homes, duplexes, triplexes and four- plexes. Roseville has never included multi - family complexes in the City recycling program. The Qty has traditionally treated ninth family complexes more as businesses instead of residential dwellings. This has led to some confusion in City policy the most glaring example of which is that multi family complexes are charged for the City's curbside recycling program but not provided with the service Roseville s potty of [ate la multi Ramile complexes as a business is also law requires State oproviand Ramsey Counts sewmsto Minnesota law wrlaceth rtesmprovidefor recycling renames nc all residents at the family place they live RamseyCwvtyivteryretsthattoivcludemulti - family complexes. Ramsey County monitors Roseville 's compliance with State law. Ramsey County has informed Roseville that the Qty's annual SCORE grant may not be awarded ifRoseville does not have a system to assure on site recycling service to ninth family complex residents (additionally the service must collect four distant categories such as glass, aluminum, cardboard and newspaper). The SCORE grant of more than $60,000 is used to offset the cost of the curbside recycling program thus reducing the quarterly charge assessed The 1991 report Options for Residential Waste Collection and Recycling for Roseville recom- mended establishing a committee of multi -family complex residents, building owners/managers, and haulers to explore and recommend ways and means for separating and collecting recyclables generated by these residents. To the best of our knowledge that committee was never established Cunently 25 complexes with 2,601 units contract with private haulers to offer recycling services to their residents. Seventy -five complexes with 4,444 units do not Mo st collect newspaper and commingled containers. Afew also collect cardboard Bass two percent of multi - family complex residents surveyed in 2002 said they would like to join the Roseville recycling program. The survey shows that residents of multi - family complexes say they recycle a significantly lower percentage of then waste For instance only 28% recycle junk mail while 63% of homeowners re cycle junk maid That is just one yeas on why paper products make up 35% of our garbage by weight Concerns Multi family residents are traditionally more transient that home owners. Sias percent of the ninth family residents in the 2002 survey have lived in Roseville six years or less. Twenty percent are 25 years old or younger While it s dewed that more residents get the opportunity to recycle it can be difficult to get multi family complex resident to use recycling programs. Because they may be new to the area