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Exhibit A Attachment F - Value Added Plan Item 1 Claim: Curbside Collection of Residential Organics How will this add value? Organic material like kitchen scraps currently makes up over 30% of what is in the trash in Minnesota. Giving residents a convenient program to divert that waste out of their trash has great benefits to the community such as reducing the volume and therefore the cost of trash service and turning this organic material into a valuable amendment for our soils rather than burying or burning it and creating harmful pollution. Removing the smelly component of what is in the trash also means that trash pick-up can be reduced significantly, and finally, offering this program will meet the recommendation of the County to increase diversion of organics. We propose the following program for the collection of curbside organics in Roseville: The most cost effective, environmentally and socially beneficial composting program incorporates prevention of wasted food first, then backyard composting education and training, and as a final step, curbside collection of meat, bones, paper napkins and other scraps that can't be backyard composted. The cornerstone of the composting program we propose will emphasize prevention and backyard composting first. The curbside collection program will begin with a city-wide announcement. We will design, produce and mail an invitation to join the program to all curbside households in the city. We will also have information about the program on our website and provide information for the city website and city publications, like the newsletter. All our zero -waste hotline staff will also have information about the program to share with residents who call, and will track households that are interested in taking part in the program. The program will be managed by collection day (i.e. Monday blue and green zones for recycling will be one compost collection section). Collection of organics will be provided weekly. Roll -out for the program will happen as follows: Stage One: Recruitment (Prior to launch of collections) —As soon as a household expresses an interest joining the program they will be placed on the pending list. (Once 200 households in any Collection Day have opted -in, collections will launch. See Below.) During this recruitment period each household will be provided with educational information on preventing wasted food and on backyard and/or worm composting. These tools can help to reduce the amount of edible food that a household wastes, enabling up to $96 per month in savings from preventing wasted food. They will be given tips and tools to help them shop smarter, store foods so they last longer, and be creative with leftovers and the bumper crops of things like zucchini. They will also receive education and support for backyard composting and worm composting so they have the ability to begin some composting right away. All of these households will be invited to attend preventing wasted food and backyard/worm composting workshops. Stage Two: Opt -In Collections Launch (Participation of a minimum of 200 Households within one Collection Day) Once interest in participation reaches at least 200 households in a single collection day section, a 35 gallon organics cart will be delivered to the interested households and we will begin weekly collection. With their cart, each household will receive education about what types of material can be placed in the organics cart and what 85