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City of Roseville 2015 Year -End Recycling Report Attachment A This year-end report contains information on several areas that Eureka Recycling (651) 222 -SORT (7678) tracks to monitor the success of Roseville's zero waste recycling program over www.eurekarecycling.org the course of each year. As a non-profit social enterprise organization we believe tracking and reporting this data is an essential way to ensure program transparency. It also gives Eureka Recycling and city staff the tools needed to Our mission is to reduce successfully manage the program. waste today through innovative resource This report covers the following categories ofinformation: management and to reach • Tonnage collected - page 2 awaste-free tomorrow • Resident participation in the program - page 3 by demonstrating that waste • Composition of the materials being recycled - page 4 is preventable, not inevitable. • Revenue earned from the sale of recycled material and shared with the city - page 6 • Environmental benefits from the material recycled by residents - page 10 • Tonnage recycled by each multifamily building and city building - Appendix A • Recycling Composition Study Methodologry - Appendix B • Participation Study MethodoloM, - Appendix C • Education and Outreach Activities - Appendix D • Taste of Rosefest Zero Waste Event Summary - Appendix E Introduction Residents in Roseville have had two years to become familiar with the new single sort cart recycling program and with the amount of recycling they generate, and 2015 saw a definite decline in the number of calls from residents. The high level of engagement residents have with their recycling program can be seen in the right sizing of containers and the continued high participation levels. Since 2014 over 2500 households have called to adjust the size of their cart to better meet the needs and space limitations of their home. (That represents more than a quarter of all households in the ciry.)This year Roseville continued to have a 93% participation rate. An affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. Q Printed on 100% postconsumer recycled paper that was processed without the use of chlorine.