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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 in 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 description of Stage Two.) 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 minimum of 200 Households within one Collection Day) —Once interest in participation reaches at least 200 households in a single collection day section, a 64 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 items not to include. The carts will have an in -mold label on the top (similar to the recycling carts) that provides this information as well. Stage Three: Citywide Program (Over 30%Participation Citywide) —Once more than 30% of households in Roseville have opted -in to the organics collection program, we will begin negotiations with the City to launch the program citywide. Upon this change, every resident will receive a cart and information about preventing waste food, backyard/worm composting, and how to participate in the citywide organics collection program. The price for citywide collection will be different than the opt -in phase and negotiated based on information gathered during the opt -in phase. • Documented Performance: In 2011 and 2012 we conducted an organics pilot program that included curbside collection in the Macalester-Groveland neighborhood of Saint Paul. The program used the same zero -waste model where wasted food prevention and backyard/worm composting education was given before the launch of curbside collection. The program was opt -out so everyone received a cart and educational materials and called us if they did not want to participate. The participation rate in the area where curbside collection was offered was over 63%. The program was well received by residents. In addition, Eureka Recycling was the first hauler in the metro area to provide organics collection for commercial entities starting in 2008. We grew this service from a pilot with five restaurants to over 80 customers that included retirement homes, schools, restaurants, and institutions. We sold this business unit in 2008 as we felt that the marketplace had matured enough to provide ample offerings from other haulers for food waste collection. RFP for City of Roseville Recycling Services • D-16