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