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City of Roseville Recycling Pilot Program Executive Summary Overview The City of Roseville, Minnesota (City) conducted a pilot study in 2004 to help refine its curbside recycling program to capture more recyclable material. The pilot analyzed the impacts that various collection methods have on the quantity and quality of residential recyclable materials collected curbside, as well as impacts on customer participation. The project team of R. W. Beck, Inc. and Dan Krivit and Associates (Project Team) was retained by Ramsey County (County) to assist the City with this pilot project to: • Assist with the design of the pilot; • Conduct a recyclable materials composition assessment; • Analyze the results of the field evaluation; and • Produce a final recycling pilot project summary based on all available data and project reports produced by City staff, County staff, and the Project Team. Directed by City staff, the pilot study included field tests of different strategies for providing curbside recycling collection services, analysis of data gathered from recyclable material composition sorts, a survey of residents before and after the pilot, gathering of set -out and participation data, and an examination of contamination issues. Waste Management, Inc., the existing City recycling contractor, conducted the collection operations of the pilot project. Pilot Study Methodology It was determined that key program parameters could be tested in a pilot collection project by comparing different collection approaches in different neighborhoods within the City. The collection approaches that were tested are summarized below in Table ES -1. B1605 DRAFT