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landfill. Member DeBenedet summarized that subcategory by stating that unless <br /> the materials were reused, you were not actually recycling anything. <br /> Member DeBenedet opined that"multi-family service" should also be a <br /> requirement of the RFP with not assigned weighting. <br /> Chair Vanderwall reiterated his emphasis on "ease of participation," "flexibility <br /> of co-mingling for residents," and "more materials picked up," along with <br /> "frequency of service." Chair Vanderwall opined that a more frequent pick-up <br /> and smaller bins would make it easier to get recycling to the curbside. Member <br /> Vanderwall suggested a vendor should be able to provide proactive ways to make <br /> it easy for recycling. <br /> Member Felice expressed her on-going confusion with what the PWETC had <br /> originally considered "co-mingling," questioning if co-mingling without <br /> separation that she took to mean single-sort, would as much be recycled. Member <br /> Felice put a high value on "materials are efficiently recycled..." as well as <br /> "impact on street..." and "frequency of service." Member Felice spoke in support <br /> of a once/week pick-up as being ideal from her perspective. Member Felice also <br /> supported "ease of participation." <br /> Regarding the "co-mingling" aspect, Chair Vanderwall opined that it was <br /> addressing single sort; and questioned whether or not there was a higher <br /> percentage of drop-out because of co-mingling and people not using it; or vice <br /> versa; and the need to seek proof from various vendors of the most effective <br /> method. <br /> Member Gjerdingen spoke in support of"multi-family service," "more <br /> materials..." and specifically more types of plastics from#1 - #7 similar to that <br /> currently available in the City of Minneapolis. Regarding organics, Member <br /> Gjerdingen questioned how that would work with smaller bins. <br /> Member DeBenedet sought additional information from Mr. Pratt on how <br /> organics would be managed and stored by residents between pick-ups. <br /> Mr. Pratt advised that when organic collection had been initiated in the Linden <br /> Hills neighborhood in Minneapolis, a separate bin was used for organics. In the <br /> City of Wayzata they also used separate bins for organics, with Randy's (a <br /> vendor) having a contract with that city for organic collection, along with a <br /> subscription service in other cities. However, Mr. Pratt advised that to-date, their <br /> 20% estimated participation rate was not sufficient enough to make it work, so <br /> they had switched to a co-collection system, and moved the subscription and City <br /> of Wayzata over to that. Mr. Pratt noted that this was feasible since Randy's had <br /> both the garbage and recycling contracts. Mr. Pratt advised that they had started <br /> the "blue bag" program providing the compostable bags for organic materials to <br /> residents to put in their garbage carts. At the material receiving facility (MRF), <br /> Page 7 of 14 <br />