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Attachment 1 . • ' Dedicated to demonstrating that waste is completely preventable, not inevitable. Proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer City of Roseville 2023 Year -End Recycling Report Roseville's recycling program continues to be a leader in the country. Outreach and education elements of the program are an important part to ensuring good participation and helping residents understand the benefits of recycling. Participation continues to be at or among the highest in Ramsey County at 96%. Despite the continued lightening of packaging, the tons of recycling collected in Roseville in 2023 stayed steady with only a small decrease. Roseville residents demonstrate a genuine desire to support the program, understand what can truly be recycled, and recycle as much as possible. In the current recycling climate, it is even more critical to work to keep Roseville's recycling clean and free of contamination, which is one of the reasons Eureka Recycling decided to launch a recycling app in 2018. By working with a company called ReCollect, we launched a recycling app that Roseville residents can use online at eurekarecycling.org or can download to their mobile device for free by searching for "Eureka Recycling" in their app store. The app allows residents to look up individual items to find out if they are accepted in their recycling program or not, and can also be connected to Ramsey County listings and resources for guidance in handling hard to recycle items like electronics, scrap metal, and appliances. The app also allows residents to see their recycling schedule and sign up for reminders to support their participation in Roseville's recycling program. In 2023 we saw a continued increase in the number of Roseville residents using the app. Overall, 5,803 unique Roseville addresses have been searched through the app, and over 21,454 materials have been looked up to see if they can be recycled. There are currently 1,346 Roseville residents signed up for recycling day reminders: 60% of those residents are signed up through a mobile app and the rest are signed up for email, text, or phone call reminders. We look forward to working with the City to further promote this new app and expand on this success. This year-end report contains information on several areas that Eureka Recycling tracks to monitor the success of Roseville's zero waste recycling program over the course of each year. As a non-profit social enterprise, we believe tracking and reporting this data is an essential way to ensure program transparency. It also gives Eureka Recycling and city staff the tools needed to successfully manage the program. www.eurekarecycling.org 2828 KENNEDY STREET NE I MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55413 1 612-669-2783 Eureka Recycling is an affirmative action , equal opportunity employer. It is our policy to hire without discrimination based on race, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, Page 17 of 69 ancestry, age, disability, genetic information and familial, marital or public assistance status.