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strategic reasons, our team has moved away from supporting dozens of large-scale events each year as there are now others providing those services, and we feel our resources are better spent focusing on afew community events each year in the cities we serve. We have partnered with the city of Roseville to provide zero waste services for city events for many years and would love the opportunity to continue to do so. Community events like the Earth Day Celebration, Run for the Roses, Taste of Rosefest, and the Wild Rice Festival provide an opportunity for Roseville community members to not only gather with their neighbors but also to experience the possibility of a world without waste in a tangible and memorable way. Recvcline Contamination as Collected List the Recycling contamination rates (as collected) from your top performing communities referenced. Describe the methods used to measure contamination (as collected) in each instance. For example, summarize Recyclables composition sorts that include measurement of contamination rates. Summarize the reasons each community program has been successful in reducing Recyclables contamination (as collected) and your role. Our two top performing communities in terms of maintaining a low residual rate are the City of Shoreview, with an average residual rate of 9.27%, and the City of Roseville, with an average residual rate of 8.44%. The City of Minneapolis is 9.32% and the City of Saint Paul is 9.80%. Single stream residual rates across the US average between 15 and 20%, so consistent residuals below 10% are some of the lowest in the industry. Success of recycling in communities is based upon a strong partnership between the City and the contractor. For single family homes and multi -family buildings, collections is done with automated side - load trucks in which the driver uses a mechanical arm on the truck to lift and tip each cart into a low mounted hopper in the side of the truck. The truck then compacts the material prior to the next cart being tipped. Our trucks have an onboard computer system which includes a hopper mounted camera. As material falls into the truck the driver will monitor the contents for contamination. If contamination is seen (for example, plastic bags) then the driver will make note in the computer system and then will leave an education tag on the cart to educate the resident. If the driver sees that there is contamination before tipping the cart, such as plastic bags sticking out, the driver will leave the cart behind with an educational tag and make a note in the computer system. The onboard computer is connected to the customer service software at the office so the hotline team can see the information in real time should the resident call about any issue, like receiving a tag. Multi -family buildings that require dumpsters will be collected with a rear -load style truck that will have the same type of onboard computer system. We calculate the contamination rate annually when we do the City's composition study. For the composition study we hold all the recycling for one week and run it through our MRF separately from other material. We weigh all the different categories that we sorted the recycling into, including contamination. During this composition study we also take note of common contamination issues to aid our future education regarding what can and cannot be put in a cart for recycling. See Attachment Ql: Sample Education Tag. RFP for City of Roseville Recycling Services • D3