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Yard Waste, Brush and Organics }Gstoryf' ends: Ywd Waste Minnesota banned burning yard waste effective January 1, 1971 and banned putting yard waste in with your garbage effective January t, 1990. Prior to the Bay residents were allowed to dispose of yard waste as they disposed of my other garbage However the yard waste contributed greatly to overburdening Recalls and staining the Resource Recovery Facility in Newport . As a result of the bans Roseville and Ramsey County enacted programs and policies to deal with yard waste disposal. In response to the ban on putting yard waste in with other solid waste Roseville required all licensed garbage haulers to offer separate yard waste harbor brush collection . In this report we will define yard waste as grass clippings and other soft bodied plants. Brush is considered to be tree branches and other woody materials. Twenty percent of homeowners said in a 2002 survey they arrarage a special yard waste pickup with then hauler. Forty three percent arrange a special pickup for their brush. Some residents set out separate bags containing their yard waste harbor brush, others have separate wheeled carts they use to hold their yard waste harbor brush Some residents use the service infrequently and pay per pickup. Others contract yearly or seasonally one hauler, Walters, does not charge extra for yard waste disposal and one homeowner in the resident survey said that is why he chose Walters to be his garbage hauler . One resident in a focus group of homeowners said he switched garbage haulers because the one he originally had refused to arrange a special pickup of his yard waste Haulers take that yard waste and bash to a variety of locations that they list on their annual licens e applications. Four send all or part to S %B. Environmental in St Paul, two to the NRG compost facility in Rosemount, two to Burbed Compost in Stillwater, one to Nick Ries Farms in Hastings, one to J&J Recycling in St Paul, one lists only Compost Facility and one does not list where yard waste and bash are taken. In 1983 Ramsey County opened seven compost sites where residents may drop off yard waste for free Bash and food waste are not accepted at these sites. Bush decomposes too slowly to managed Cat ough composting at these sites. The sites were not designed to manage too d waste as it done at private food waste compost sites. In 2000, there were 353,000 drop offs at the sites. Eleven percent of Roseville homeowners surveyed in 2002 said they used a County compost site to drop off their leaves, 14% used the sites to drop off then yard waste Material is compo sted on site at Cat ee locations. Material collected at the other four sites is taken to commercial compostyand application sites. The yard waste sites are in danger of running out of room or of losing their leases. An eighth compost site in Maplewood that opened in 1984 was cio sed in 2000. Mounds View wants Ramsey County to dose the site there The Midway site is in danger of losing its leas e when it