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173 174 Member Misra asked if there was any recommendations or suggestions to the City 175 of what could be done to help clean up the stream, increase more separation. 176 177 Ms. Davenport thought there were some campaigns the City could do around what 178 the benefit of recycling is and really promoting it. She thought some of the stuff 179 that is already happening in Roseville such as multi -family recycling and recycling 180 in the parks, the community is leaps and bounds ahead of other communities in 181 terms of providing access to recycling across the board. She indicated there are 182 opportunities for education of recycling as well. 183 184 Member Hammer asked if Eureka has seen any impacts in communities that have 185 banned plastic or Styrofoam and things like that. Has it impacted the Styrofoam 186 and plastic industry. 187 188 Ms. Davenport explained from the research Eureka has done there has been a 189 decrease in plastic bag usage when banned. She noted the City of Minneapolis, St. 190 Paul and St. Louis Park all passed an Ordinance called "To Go Packaging" which 191 is anything that is take out needs to be recyclable or compostable and Eureka 192 thought that has a positive impact in terms of what is seen in the stream. She noted 193 she did not have numbers as to what the impacts have been yet. 194 195 Member Joyce stated in the past there were recyclable bottles and he wondered 196 what shifted to stop that. He understood that glass was heavy and does not last as 197 long including reuse. He wondered if there could be a return to that in terms of 198 reuse. 199 200 Ms. Davenport indicated there are conversations about that going on, even at the 201 circularity conference. There is a joint partnership between a company called 202 Terracycle and Unilever that was announced at announced this year at the World 203 Economic Forum, those two companies are launching a ship call Loop which is 204 piloting in Paris, New York and Washington D.C. right now reusable packing 205 through home delivery. There is some interesting reuse for reusables for the past 206 twenty years that have been pushed aside because it is not convenient and only a 207 small percentage of people will go to the grocery store with their container or 208 whatever. With the advent of home delivery, it creates a unique opportunity to 209 rethink that. She noted the Loop Partnership was a billion -dollar investment. There 210 were advocates across the Country for reduction and reuse. 211 212 The Commission thanked Eureka Recycling for coming to the meeting to present 213 their annual report and answer questions. 214 215 6. Water Rate Discussion 216 Mr. Freihammer stated over the past two years the Public Works, Environment and 217 Transportation Commission (PWETC) has discussed the water rate structure of Page 5 of 10