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The participation study spans six collection weeks. Each time the truck tips a cart, that collection is recorded for that specific address. This data allows us to analyze all collection during a specific study period, The percentage of all addresses in each day's routes that register a cart tip in a given week is recorded as that week's set out rate, which is then averaged over the course of the study. The reports are then sorted by address and duplicates are removed for households that set out more than once during the study period. The remaining list of addresses represents all households that participated in recycling at least once during the study, to arrive at the participation rate for the city. Recvclables Marketing Plan What is your plan to address the fluctuating market prices for Recyclables? Over the years Eureka Recycling has always focused on quality and prioritized local markets when possible. In 2020 82% of our material was sold to markets in Minnesota, 93% to markets in the Midwest and 100% to markets in North America. As a result we have a strong relationship with the WestRock Mill in Saint Paul for our paper grades and have a long term contract. We have a supply agreement with an additional paper market and strong relationships with other paper markets. We therefore have not had challenges in selling material despite the challenges of over -supply in the marketplace in the US due to the China National Sword policy. We have a culture of continuous process improvement and are always reviewing how our facility runs and what we can do to maintain high quality. This has resulted in a reputation for quality material and responsiveness that has ensured strong relationships with markets. Because of our continuous process improvement philosophy, we utilize a range of qualitative and quantitative data to bring together our operations team on a daily and weekly basis to review how the plant is running to meet efficiency goals and quality targets for our sorted material. Because of our operational philosophy and the long-term relationships we have with markets, we have not had to make any major changes to our operations to respond to National Sword. For example, we already had fiber grades that had low contamination. We also have never created 3-7 plastic bales or accepted all 3-7 plastics due to long-term concerns about the viability of that grade. Instead, we sort and market a Tubs and Lids grade for #5 and #4 plastics. This has led to us continuing to be able to sell our loads of plastic. ➢ Keeping Local Assets: Eureka Recycling's roots are in the community, which keep us accountable to the needs of our community. Research by organizations such as the Institute for Local Self Reliance shows that locally owned businesses and organizations keep more dollars in the local economy. By managing recyclables with a local, community -based company, about $ .68 of each dollar stays in the community to boost local economic activity, employment, and ultimately, tax revenue. With multi -national companies, less than $.30 of each dollar stays local. We market over 85% of our paper to the Saint Paul paper mill, WestRock (formally RockTenn), which uses 100% recycled paper to make new paper and has been in operation in Saint Paul for nearly 100 years, supplying over 300 people high -paying union jobs. A cereal box set at the curb for recycling in Roseville is recycled and made into a new cereal box in Saint Paul and is then back on grocery store shelves in approximately 3 to 6 weeks. This is a true demonstration of the possibility of closing the loop and keeping the material local, which RFP for City of Roseville Recycling Services • D-11