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7. Eureka Annual Report <br /> Christopher Goodwin, Director of Customer Relations & Education with Eureka <br /> Recycling reviewed the mission and educational commitment of Eureka, and <br /> updated the PWETC for 2013 Year-End, prior to the implementation of the <br /> single-sort system. <br /> Mr. Goodwin noted that Eureka had been the recycling collection and processing <br /> provider in Roseville since 2006, with a previous dual stream, and <br /> implementation of the single sort system in February of 2014. Mr. Goodwin <br /> noted the unique situation available for Roseville in data gathering through those <br /> years, and determining trends, which most cities were starved for in order to <br /> monitor their programs. Mr. Goodwin opined that an important part of their <br /> mission was to make that information available as a measurement tool. Mr. <br /> Goodwin noted that the Roseville program was seen nationally as one of the best <br /> programs in the country; and would serve as a model during ongoing discussion <br /> about extended producer/manufacturer legislation. Mr. Goodwin noted that the <br /> positive model of Roseville's process was due to its high participation rates and <br /> the highest and best use of end-market recycled materials. <br /> Mr. Goodwin reviewed the three reasons Eureka made the decision to move <br /> toward the efficacies of a single sort system. <br /> 1) Convenience; <br /> 2) Moving toward curbside composting in every metropolitan city, with the pilot <br /> programs indicating that the most cost-effective way was to use the same <br /> vehicle for pick-up with one part used for composting and the other used for <br /> single sort recyclables, and anticipated in the near future; and <br /> 3) Better control of what happens to materials and better education of the public <br /> provided through single sort recycling and how the program can be improved. <br /> Mr. Goodwin highlighted the 2013 report, and responded to questions and <br /> comments of the PWETC, including increased tonnage during 2013 following a <br /> downward trend based on economics in several years prior to this; fiber versus <br /> container collection and equalization of those products due to reduced paper <br /> usage; and the low rate of residuals of Roseville compared to the rest of Ramsey <br /> County. <br /> Mr. Goodwin briefly reviewed the methodology in determining the residual rates <br /> for Roseville through consistent but random collection analysis over a week and <br /> separate from other collections to determine its composition and part of Eureka's <br /> value system and information gathering. <br /> Mr. Goodwin also reviewed participation rates, still very high in Roseville (page <br /> 6); ongoing blind study area for sampling 200 households weekly over a month to <br /> verify set-out rates; and impacts of the economic downturn in 2009 that happened <br /> rapidly and negatively impacted multiple commodities traded in market with <br /> Page 8 of 12 <br />