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Many Roseville residents also donate old items to eharity. In the 2002 survey 49% of homeowners and 45% of multi-family complex residents say they donate old TV's and computers to charity, 53% of homeowners and 50% of multi-family complex residents donate old furniture to charity. Around 18 percent of homeowners and multi-family residents sell their old TV's, computers and furniture. However it is getting harder to donate certain items to charities because they are restricting what they accept. They began restricting donations because they would get broken or antiquated items they couldn't sell and had to pay to dispose of these items. According to a 2002 Roseville resident survey there appears to be sib'11ifi- cant interest in holding a clean up day in Roseville. Seventy-eight percent of homeowners and 70% of multi-unit complex resi- dents said they would be very likely or somewhat likely to take items to a clean up day. . Homeowners Multifamily Very Likely to use Clean up day 50% 39% Somewhat Likely to use Clean up day 28% 31% What Other Cities Do Thirteen of 17 ,cities in Ramsey County offer clean up days for their residents (Gem Lake, Lau- derdale and North Oaks are the others that don't offer them). Some such as Arden Hills and Shoreview, and Falcon Heights and St. Paul hold joint clean up days. Four cities hold the event in the spring; two in the fall and seven hold them in both the spring and the fall. Most encourage participation by paying a portion of the disposal fee. For instance Shoreview pays one-third of the disposal cost. Typical items collected (which vary from community to community) are: Appliances, Brush/Tree Waste, Car Batteries, Carpeting, Construction & Demolition debris, ElectronicsfBrown Goods, Fluorescent Bulbs, Furniture, Mattresses, Metals, Refuse, Reusable Clothing, Reusable House- hold Goods, Tires, Used Auto Fluids, and in some cases Recyclables that are typically accepted in curbside programs. Reusable items are either put in an area where residents may pick up an item for free or they are given to a charitable organization such as the Salvation Army. Most of the 13 cities contract with a hauler to collect and charge the residents and have some staff on hand to help coordinate the event. Some such as North St. Paul use City crews and volunteers to run the clean up day. It costs Shoreview between $10,000 and $12,000 in labor, disposal and communication to residents to run each cleanup day. It costs North St. Paul approxi- mately $5,000 not including labor to run its clean up day. Eleven neighboring communities offer brush drop off as part of their community clean up days. Shoreview, Arden Hills, Vadnais Heights and White Bear Lake even conduct extra clean up days 24