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Pratt said current levels of participation and tonnages of recycling collected <br />have been relatively stagnant over the past ten years. A recent study by the City <br />of St. Paul indicates making recycling more convenient increases participation <br />and tonnages. The St. Paul study also found that the more recyclable material is <br />processed in order to get it ready for sale, the more material is damaged and <br />can’t be recycled. This damaged material is called residual. The St. Paul study <br />examined participation, tonnages collected and the amount of recyclable <br />material successfully processed in five target areas and corresponding control <br />areas. The report concludes that the largest increase in all three categories was <br />in the area where residents used wheeled bins for every other week collection of <br />two-sort material. The second largest increase was in the area where residents <br />used bins and had weekly collection of two-sort material. The third largest <br />increase was in the area where residents used single-stream collection with <br />every other week service. Every other week collection of two-sort materials in <br />bins was fourth and St. Paul’s current seven sort system was fifth. <br /> <br /> Each of the vendors was invited to speak. E-Z Recycling CEO Chris Reinhardt <br />stressed that his prices were the lowest. He also noted that his is a family <br />owned business and he lives in Roseville. He has contracts for Falcon Heights, <br />New Brighton and Arden Hills so Roseville would be a natural extension of his <br />business. He said all the material is taken to their own two-sort processing <br />facility – a facility that has a lower rate of damage to material than does a <br />single-stream facility. <br /> <br /> Waste Management Municipal Marketing Manager Gary Boyum said that his <br />company is the current recycling provider for Roseville. Service has gone well <br />with few complaints and prompt responses to inquiries. He stressed the <br />convenience of single-stream recycling and said his company is the only one <br />that can provide the service city-wide. He said cities with single-stream <br />recycling have increased participation rates and increased tonnages collected. <br />Boyum said Waste Management has opened a brand new single-stream <br />recycling processing facility with up to date equipment that will have a lower <br />residual rate than previous single-stream plants. Manager Ron Manning said <br />that damaged material (called residual) is taken to the burn plant in <br />Minneapolis. <br /> <br /> BFI General Manager Craig Seim stressed his company’s years of experience <br />offering recycling service. When asked why his company’s price for multi- <br />family complex recycling was so much higher than the others, Seim said he felt <br />the price they quoted was more realistic. <br /> <br /> Two members of the Residential Solid Waste and Recycling Citizen Advisory <br />Committee were present: Judy Wood and Joe Wozniak. Wood said she believes <br />single-stream collection is more convenient and would get more residents to <br />participate. She said she would be willing to pay more for it. Wozniak said he <br />saw some serious drawbacks to single-stream. First was the higher rate of <br />residual at the single-stream facility. Second was that there was only one <br />vendor offering the service. He was concerned that, if the City found it had <br />Page 3 of 4 <br /> <br />