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Green to Go - 2026 updates <br />• Meet with businesses to review <br />materials and confirm compliance <br />• Respond to complaints <br />• Exemptions: <br />• Sauce cups and lids <br />• Foods pre -packaged by manufacturer <br />• Paper food wraps and liners <br />• Plastic films <br />• Any business can receive a case of <br />compostable utensils from the city <br />greinvas � 1 <br />t0 go <br />What is Required? <br />Any food and beverages prepared for immediate <br />consumption and meamto be carded out must be in <br />packaging that is: <br />Compostable (certified BPI) or <br />Recyclable or <br />Returnable or reusable <br />Who is Affected? <br />Businesses that provide take-out food packaging( <br />containers or utensils. This includes restaurants, but <br />also organizations prcvidingto-go food or beverages <br />(free or paid) at events that require a permit or license, <br />including: <br />Restaurants <br />Gas Stations <br />Grocery Stores <br />• Conv.nlence Stores <br />Schools <br />Who is Exempt? <br />Hospitals and nursing homes <br />Manufacturers, distdbutom, or other businesses <br />with no retail food or beverage business <br />Caterers <br />Why an ordinance? <br />Reduce non -recyclable single use plastic <br />Oiminate the use of Styrofoam <br />Increase awareness and usage of recycling and <br />compostingprograms. <br />promote Ramsey County% upcoming food scraps <br />pickup program. <br />Decrease thevolume of lancifillwaste and toxic <br />byproducts of inc irseration <br />Achieve a 75% recycling rate as laid out by <br />Minnesota State Statute by 2030. <br />CONTACT <br />Noelle Bakken <br />suminability spacialist <br />rroelle.bakkeracityofrosevil le.c a m <br />651-792-7057 <br />Allowed <br />Recyclable plastcs: <br />• #1 (PET or PETS) � ^ <br />• #2 (HOPE) Y <br />• #5(PP) BPI <br />Compostable plastics, paper, <br />or fiber products that meet BPI <br />or ASTM 06400/06868 standards <br />Aluminum products <br />Hot and cold plastic -lined paper cups <br />^ 1! L 1 A. <br />Not Allowed C 1 <br />Black plastic (even g Wit labeled #5 <br />- it's not recyclable!) <br />Styrofoam <br />Any other plastics (#4, #6, etc.) <br />Exemptions <br />Foods prepackagedby manufacturer <br />or distributor <br />Plastic films <br />Paper foodwraps and linen <br />sauce cups and lids <br />Collection Bins <br />ses <br />fo each the ofmat material <br />provide collection bins <br />for each type of material fir <br />used. <br />Recyclable materials <br />must be recycled <br />Compostable plastics must be collected <br />as organics and sent forcomposting <br />Utensils <br />Utensils, straws, andcondiments should <br />be given only when asked for. <br />Single use utensils (including forks, knives, <br />and spoons) must be Compostable <br />