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& ~~ Residential Solid Waste and Recycling Citizen Advisory Committee Report Executive Summary May 2002 M' Eind' llJor mgs o Since the 1991 report there have been many developments in the garbage and recy- cling industries. Those changes include: llii The number of Roseville residents recycling and the amount they recycle have stayed about the same since 1992 llii Every Minnesotan is making more garbage (just over a ton a year) despite efforts at waste reduction, reuse and recycling I!i Garbage haulers are no longer required to take our trash to a facility that processes it into fuel for electricity plants I!i More of our garbage is being sent to out of state landfills llii Consolidations in the garbage hauling industry resulting in fewer haulers serving Roseville residents o Residents surveyed are pleased with their garbage service. Sixty-three percent rated it excellent and 33% rated it good. Seventy-nine percent said the rates seem fair for the service provided; 16% said the rates were too high for the service provided. o Residents surveyed said they are con- cerned about where their garbage goes and would prefer garbage haulers take trash to a resource recovery facility instead of a landfill. Garbage being processed at a Resource Recove,y Facility. o Residents surveyed said the most impor- tant part of a garbage collection system would be keeping it low cost. o Among the improvements in the recycling program residents would like are: to accept more materials and to improve the bin system by either making them bigger, covered or wheeled, or to provide more bins. o Roseville is not meeting goals set by the City Council to reduce waste and increase recycling. o Roseville is not meeting the State's hierar- chy that calls for waste reduction and reuse, recycling, composting, using resource recovery and avoiding using landfills to dispose of our trash. o Only about a third of Roseville apartment, condo and townhome residents can recycle where they live.