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Recyclable packaging: food or beverage packaging that is separable from solid waste prior to collection for the purpose of recycling. Recyclable packaging must be accepted by the local material recovery facilities (MRF) receiving and processing the materials and have existing robust recycling markets as determined by Ramsey County. This includes glass bottles, aluminum cans and plastic food and beverage packaging. Plastic food and beverage packaging that is acceptable as determined by Ramsey County. Mobile food unit shall mean "mobile food unit" as defined in Roseville City Code. Non -packaging food service items shall mean items that are not packaging, but are used to consume food, including straws and utensils. Reusable packaging shall mean food or beverage packaging that is capable of being refilled at a retail location or returned to the distributor for reuse at least once as a container for the same food or beverage. Single -use shall mean an item designed and intended for a single use DIVISION 2. ON -SITE COLLECTION FOR RECYCLABLES AND COMPOSTABLE PACKAGING Sec. 4XX.03. Rules. (a) No person owning, operating or conducting a food establishment or any person or organization providing free food or beverage products within the City of Roseville in a manner which would require a permit or license, shall do or allow to be done any of the following within the city: (1) Provide or possess for sale any packaging which is not green to go. Presence of food and beverage packaging other than Green To Go will be presumed as non-compliance with this article. (2) This subparagraph shall not apply to manufacturers, brokers or warehouse operators, who conduct or transact no retail food or beverage business. (b) To reduce contamination in recycling and organics, mobile use -food establishments and all other food establishments shall implement the following: (1) Single -use cups and containers that are utilized with lids shall have lids of the same category of packaging. (2) Recyclable packaging shall only have recyclable lids. (3) Compostable packaging shall only have compostable lids. (c) Compostable cups shall be labeled to clearly indicate to the consumer that the cup is compostable. Labeling must include at least one of the following: (1) The words "certified compostable," "commercially compostable" or other language which meet ASTM standards. "Made from plants," "bio-based," or "biodegradable" are not acceptable alternatives on their own. (2) The logo of a third -party certification or testing body indicating the cup meets commercially compostable standards, as approved by the City of Roseville. (d) All food establishments shall implement the following in relation to non -packaging food service items: (1) Single -use utensils including, but not limited to, forks, spoons, and knives shall be compostable. (2) Single -use straws of any kind shall only be provided to consumers upon request. Front -of -house straw dispensers, which allow for customers to self -serve, meet this requirement. (e) A food establishment which utilizes single -use compostable and/or recyclable food packaging to serve consumers on -site shall have on -site collection for recyclable and/or compostable packaging. Page 48 of 77