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Special Education and Outreach Outreach at Roseville Events In 2013, Eureka Recycling and the City of Roseville partnered once again to give Roseville residents an opportunity to learn about recycling and to experience that waste is preventable at three events this year. Eureka Recycling provided Zero -Waste Event Services, including sending staff to help monitor the zero -waste stations and educated residents about recycling and zero - waste issues at these events. At the Roseville Living Smarter Fair on February 16, 2013, we were able to have several conversations about backyard and wonn composting. Living Smarter participants had many great questions regarding what types of materials can be placed in backyard compost bins. Our display compost bin also drew a lot of people in who were interested in getting started with backyard composting, giving us an excellent opportunity to show Roseville residents how easy it is! People were also interested in the Twin Cities Free Market and were glad to hear they have this option available when they need to get rid of their usable items. Preventing Wasted Food and Backyard Composting Workshops Eureka held a preventing wasted food and backyard composting workshop at city hall. The workshop was very well received and about 6 people attended. On April 20, 2013, at the Roseville Earth Day event, Eureka Recycling and the city had a table of information about recycling, backyard composting, and Eureka Recycling's other zero -waste programs. We engaged with people attending the event with information about composting and the kids played the bean bag recycling game. Residents also came to us with many questions about plastics recycling, and we distributed recycling bins and other infornation about the recycling program. Roseville Residents Experience Zero Waste For Themselves! This year Eureka Recycling's continued sponsorship of zero -waste events in Roseville provided residents with the opportunity to have a personal experience seeing zero waste in action. Eureka Recycling supported making all of the following events zero - waste: • The Living Smarter Fair (93 %) • The Earth Day Celebration at Hairier Alexander Nature Center (99 %) • The Wild Rice Festival (98 %) The percentage listed after each event above represents the total percentage ofitems discarded by event attendees that was either recycled into new products or composted into nutrient -rich soil. Public events tend to be huge waste generators. Roseville's efforts to address this problem, and the 93 -99% diversion of waste from these public events, continues to show the city's incredible leadership. Eureka Recycling receives consistent requests from other cities to help them develop the knowledge and build the commitment to waste reduction that would make them as successful as Roseville. 5