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<br />3!Background and History
<br />Roseville has contracted for curbside recycling of Single-Dwelling Units (SDUs), duplexes,
<br />triplexes, and fourplexes 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 SDUs since March 2014.
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<br />The program began with collection of old newspaper and aluminum cans. Over the years,
<br />commodities have been added to include collection of old magazines, old corrugated containers,
<br />household office paper and mail, boxboard, phone books, carrier stock cardboard, aseptic
<br />packaging, glass bottles and jars, steel food cans, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and high-
<br />density polyethylene (HDPE) plastic bottles, pizza boxes, and clothing and textiles.
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<br />In 1999, Roseville switched from a multi-sort (a.k.a., source-separated) recycling system to a
<br />two-sort system. In 2014, Roseville switched to a single-stream program, using Recycling carts
<br />owned and managed by the contractor, collected every other week.
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<br />Participation rates reported by the Citys current contractor were between 56% and 71% from
<br />1999 to 2007, between 74% and 82% from 2007 to 2012, between 76% and 93% for 2013 and
<br />2014, and between 92% and 97% for 2015 through 2019. City-wide recycling tonnages were
<br />fairly constant, ranging from 2,900 to 3,300 tons collected annually since the program began.
<br />(See Contract Exhibit C for details.)
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<br />Multi-Dwelling Units were added to the program in 2003. Currently there are 103 buildings with
<br />a total of 7,486 units in the program. All new MDUs are required to join the program. There are
<br />currently 9 new MDUs under development in the City, with approximately 1,252 new units
<br />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
<br />(Exhibit 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 pilot program. The pilot helped the City analyze the service level needs, determine ideal
<br />spots for Recycling carts, and determine the optimum seasonal collection schedule. Currently
<br />there are 23 City Parks and 114 carts with weekly, or every other week, service around the City.
<br />Collection of the recyclables varies between drive up, walk up, and servicing carts on a pathway
<br />(Exhibit D). Other mutually agreed upon collections at Parks can be added as needed.
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