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PARTICIPATION <br />Roseville is one of the few cities in the metropolitan area in which the actual city -specific <br />participation trend information is gathered and made available. 94% participation is the <br />highest of any city in Ramsey County that Eureka has data for. <br />In previous years the study was conducted manually with staff going out to the routes <br />before the truck collected and counting set -outs, marking on a map which houses were <br />setting out material and which were not. This was done in one 200-250 household sample <br />section in each route with the same section being used each year. This method yields <br />information to study the trends year to year in the number of people that set out in any <br />given week and also the percentage of households that participate in the program at all. <br />Taking advantage of new equipment installed in the fall of 2016 on our trucks and our <br />customer service hotline, we are now able measure set -outs and participation every <br />collection day throughout the year. Each time a cart is tipped the system logs that tip for <br />that address. On a quarterly basis we can run a report detailing what percentage of <br />households set out recycling in any given week. We can also run a report that details if and <br />how often all households in the city participate in the recycling program. <br />This new method of collecting participation information should make the process of <br />monitoring who is participating in the program easier and more accurate as a human being <br />making marks on a map is less accurate than a computer counting tips. <br />Participation and Set -Out Trends <br />A <br />Eureka Recycling conducted the annual participation and set -out rate trend study in the fall of each year. (See <br />Appendix C for the definitions, and methodologies of the participation, and set -out rate studies.) <br />COMPOSITION OF MATERIALS <br />Each year Eureka Recycling conducts a composition of the material collected in Roseville. <br />While this is certainly not an industry standard, Eureka Recycling believes that this <br />information is important for cities to have as they plan their budgets, make decisions on <br />