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Annual Composition of Roseville's Material <br />Sonic notable things that can be seen in the composition of Roseville's material in 2013 are the <br />decrease on the proportion of the paper as compared to the containers (bottles and cans). This has <br />been a trend over several years in communities around the country. A decrease in newspaper is <br />one large reason. Fewer and fewer households have a daily newspaper subscription. <br />Roseville Has a Very Low Residual Rate. <br />Residual refers to the amount of material collected from residents that is not actually recyclable. <br />In 2013, the City of Roseville had a remarkable 1.81% residual rate, meaning that over 98% of all <br />the material collected in Roseville was recycled into new products. The fact that Roseville's <br />residual rate remains one of the lowest residual rates in the state of Minnesota is truly astounding <br />and something to be very proud of! <br />Engaging with residents through education, including the Guide to Recycling, educational tags <br />and postcards, continues to lead to a lower residual rate. This outreach and education also creates <br />buy -in to the program inspiring people to support their zero -waste recycling program. Regular <br />communications and household - specific education efforts make it easy for Roseville residents to <br />stay informed and be clear about what is and is not recyclable in their city. <br />Residual Rates in Single -Sort Recycling Programs <br />Eureka Recycling shares Roseville's concems that mixing all the recycling together will result in <br />less material actually getting recycled it is true that most single -sort recycling programs have a <br />much higher residual rate that Roseville's program does. <br />Eureka's role as the Zero -Waste Lab makes us committed to being the testing ground for how <br />single - stream recycling impacts our ability to get to zero waste. We're not going to just do single- <br />stream recycling; we will be tracking and reporting the impacts of single- stream on the materials <br />that we collect, process, and sell. With this information, we will improve our own single- stream <br />system and help others do the swineso that each bottle, can, and piece of paper that cannot <br />First be prevented can be recycled to its highest environmental use. This slows down <br />manufacturers' ever - increasing rate of natural resources consumption. <br />4 <br />