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<br /> RFP for City of Roseville Recycling Services • 5
<br />23 Background and History
<br />Roseville has contracted for curbside recycling of Single Unit Dwellings (SUDs), duplexes,
<br />triplexes, and four-plexes since July 1987. Once-a-month collection occurred from July 1987 to
<br />July 1988, twice-a-month collection from August 1988 to December 1998, every-other-week
<br />collection from January 1999 to April 2006, weekly collection from April 2006 to February
<br />2014, and every-other-week collection has occurred at SUDs since March 2014.
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<br />The program began with collection of old newspaper (ONP) and aluminum cans. Over the years,
<br />commodities have been added to include collection of old magazines (OMG), old corrugated
<br />containers (OCC), household office paper and mail, boxboard (OBB), phone books, carrier stock
<br />cardboard, aseptic packaging, glass bottles and jars, steel food cans, polyethylene terephthalate
<br />(PET) and high-density polyethylene (HDPE) plastic bottles, pizza boxes, and clothing and
<br />textiles.
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<br />In 1999, Roseville switched from a multi-sort (aka “source-separated”) recycling system to a
<br />two-sort system. In 2014, Roseville switched to a single-stream program, using Recycling carts
<br />that isowned and managed by the contractor, collected every other week.
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<br />Participation rates reported by Respondents the City’s current contractor were between 56% and
<br />71% from 1999 to 2007, between 74% and 82% from 2007 to 2012, between 76% and 93% for
<br />2013 and 2014, and between 92% and 97% for 2015 through 2019. City-wide recycling tonnages
<br />were fairly constant, ranging from 2,900 to 3,300 tons collected annually since the program
<br />began. (See Contract Exhibit C for details.)
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<br />Multi-Unit Dwellings were added to the program in 2003. Currently there are 103 buildings with
<br />a total of 6,574 units in the program. All new multi-unit buildings are required to join the
<br />program. There are currently 9 new multi-unit buildings under development in the City, with
<br />approximately 1,252 new units coming online over the next few years.
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<br />Municipal buildings have been serviced under the contract since 2005, at no additional collection
<br />cost to the City. Historically the City included City Hall, multiple fire stations, License Center,
<br />Cedarholm Community Building, and multiple parks where walk up service was required.
<br />Currently the City has 7 buildings with weekly service, and the License Center is on-call. In
<br />total, there are 42, 96 gallon carts, and two 4-CY dumpsters to service at these locations (Exhibit
<br />D). Other mutually agreed upon municipal facilities can be added as needed.
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<br />The City expanded recycling services into the park system in 2017, where 34 stops were added
<br />for a Ppilot Pprogram. The pilot helped the City analyze the usage service level needs, and help
<br />determine ideal spots for rRecycling carts, and have an estimate of annual determine the
<br />optimum seasonal collection schedule. through the parks. Currently there are 23 City pParks and
<br />114 carts with weekly, or every other week, service around the City. Collection of the
<br />recyclables varies between drive up, walk up, and servicing carts on a pathway (Exhibit D).
<br />Other mutually agreed upon collections at Pparks can be added as needed.
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