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Contamination, damage and impact on visitor experience was shown to not be a major concern in the data gathered in this pilot. The amount of material collected is modest, but just over 7,000 pounds of material from one park in Roseville that was diverted from the trash is still an achievement. Especially when it comes without the difficulties that were imagined pre -pilot. Cost is still potentially a factor. However, this pilot shows that most park containers do not need to be emptied weekly, or even every other week. Adjusting the collection frequency for different types of cart locations is one way to reduce the cost of the program. Recommendations: Eureka Recycling believes that parks recycling collection can work in Roseville. The keys have been to understand the needs of different kinds of parks uses and recycling cart location. A cart in a pavilion requires much different service levels that a lonely cart off on a trail. Parking lot carts are subject to more dumping as people clean out their carts. Eureka has serviced recycling carts in parking lots at parks for many years. In 2017 we also added new cart locations that were a walk-up distance from lots near food stations, playgrounds, tennis courts, ballfields, and pavilions. Carts set out on trails would be the new part of this program. We are recommending the following collections frequencies for the different cart location types: • Parking lots —EOW • Food Station — EOW + • Tennis Courts and Ballfields — EOW + • Pavilions — EOW or Weekly (based on volumes) • Trails — Monthly+ EOW refers to every other week collection on the same routes and the residential recycling. EOW + means that it is every other week collection with the options of additional pick-ups if Parks staff calls in a request. Pavilions are the big generator. Based on what we learned in the pilot some can be EOW collection of they had extra carts added, but Parks staff could call in extra pick-ups if busy weekends occur. Other high traffic pavilions would default to weekly service, especially for the higher volume busy months of the summer in June, July and August. This pilot shows that weekly or EOW collection on the trails is not needed. We are recommending monthly collection for trail carts. Again with the stipulation that if as Parks crews are out collecting from trash containers they see a cart that cannot wait they can call-in extra collections for that park. These recommendations do not yet have pricing attached. This final phase will need to be negotiated between Eureka and City staff once the recommendations are approved.