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Contamination Reports May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Grand Total West Parking Lot Entrance 1 1 Ball Field N 1 1 Amphitheater 1 1 West Side Southern Path 1 1 East Side Lower Pavilion 3 1 1 2 East Side Lower Pavilion 4 1 1 2 East Side Lake Path 1 1 1 1 3 Tennis Courts 2 1 1 East Side Upper Pavilion 1 1 1 East Side Upper Pavilion 2 1 1 2 East Side Upper Pavilion 3 1 1 Total: 2 1 5 2 4 2 16 Percent of Contaminations by Location Type: • Pavilions = 50% • East Side Path 1= 19% • All Others = 31% The number of reports of contamination were much lower that pre -pilot concerns suggested would occur. The levels as reported here are not sufficient to create problems for the program and would not affect the routing of parks. The primary contaminants seen were: • Food Waste (almost all from pavilion carts) • Party Supplies (plates, plastic forks, pinatas, banners, etc.) • Other (random non -recyclable items with no pattern) • Grocery bags filled with random trash (people cleaning out their cars) Note on Animal Waste: Both Parks staff and Eureka Staff expected to see animal/pet waste as a major contaminant. Based on the information from this pilot animal waste was not much of a problem. We believe the reason is that we had a recycling container set out in the same location as existing trash containers. If both are available the park user usually will choose the correct container for their pet waste. Visitor Experience Impact: At the beginning of the pilot we asked the collection driver, parks field staff and parks office staff who answer phones to keep track of any feedback received from visitors to the parks when recycling collection was occurring. There were no parks users who had anything negative to say about the small recycling truck being in the park on trails. The driver reported a couple visitors waving and smiling. Parks staff reported a small number of users saying they were glad the city was trying to expand recycling in parks. No other feedback was received.