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From a zero waste perspective this suggests the need for factors that balance this increase in <br />consumption. More is not necessarily better unless the products we are manufacturing and <br />purchasing have been designed to be: <br />• Durable and last a longtime <br />• Repairable if they break <br />• Exchanged to others when they are no longer needed and not thrown away <br />• Made from materials that are free of toxins <br />• Completely re -usable, recyclable or compostable at the end of their lifecycles <br />• Made by local businesses that keep the revenue from the sale of these products within <br />the local economy creating local living wage jobs <br />Non -Preferred Items and Residual Rates in Single -Sort Recycling Programs <br />"Non -Preferred Items" refers to items that are not accepted in the program but end up being <br />mistakenly put in carts. There may, in some months, be markets for recycling but we do not <br />accept them in the program because they are not compatible with a mechanically sorted <br />curbside recycling program. These are items that cause damage to machinery or hazards to <br />staff in MRFs. Eureka has begun to sort and measure these items as they appear more regularly <br />in cart based collection systems where the driver cannot see the items before they end up in <br />the truck. The best method of reducing these materials is to do additional education to let <br />residents know they should not place them in with their recycling. <br />"Residual" refers to the amount of material collected from residents that is not actually <br />recycled. In 2017, the residual rate increased for the second year in a row. Although still good at <br />under 8% for a single sort MRF, it does indicate more effort may be needed to keep non - <br />recyclable items out of the recycling. <br />Typeo <br />2006 <br />2007 <br />2008 <br />2009 <br />2010 <br />2011 <br />2012 <br />2013 <br />2014 <br />2015 <br />2016 <br />2017 <br />Material <br />Non-Prefered Items <br />scrap <br />N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A <br />0.25% <br />0.31% <br />Metl <br />Bulky <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />0.02% <br />0.10% <br />Rid ids <br />SUB- <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />0.27% <br />0.41% <br />TOTAL <br />Residual <br />TOTAL <br />Process <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />1.04% <br />1.02% <br />Residual <br />Residual - <br />Possitive <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />3.13% <br />6.18% <br />Sort <br />Totall <br />1.13% <br />1 0.26% <br />1.20% <br />0.23% <br />0.19% <br />0.91% <br />0.47% <br />1.81% <br />2.47% <br />2.55% <br />4.17% <br />7.61% <br />For more information on the methodology of the composition analysis done by Eureka Recycling, please see Appendix B. <br />