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-. v Sieve Dunn Twin Cltles MRF 1800 Broadway NE Minneapolis, MN 55413 Recycle America ALLIANCE A Subsidiary 01 Wasle Management. Inc. 0101: 612.379.1360 Fax: 612.379.1362 August 4, 2003 Mr. Gary Boyum 10050 Naples Street NE Blaine, Minnesota 55449 RE: City of Rosevitle Dear Gary; Thank-you for forwarding documents relating to discussions at the City of Roseville regarding single stream collection and processing. Frankly, I am surprised at some of the statements made in the document. In an effort to provide information relative to the Cornlnents, I have prepared the following points for our discussions with the city council members. These comments include information about produclion at the Twin Cities MRF (TCMRF), materials stream components and quality as well as "comments in response to statements in the CiIy's document. Production Information . The TCMRF has successfully recovered and shipped more than 80,000 tons of recyclables this year through July 31. This is approximately I 1,000 tons per month. . The recovery rate at the TCMRF is nearly 95 percent for the year through July 31. . The TCMRF reported a recovery rate of approximately 97 percenl to the State of Minnesota for 2002. The difference from year to year is largely the result more commercial and out-State material of lower qualtIy being delivered to the facility in 2003." " . The 1CMRF receives materials generated by both businesses and residents with materials being processed on three processing lines. . Residentially generated materials account for approximately 70 percent of the materials processed at the facility. Material Components and Quality . The largest component of residentially generated materials is paper, at approximately 73 percent of the total residential stream. Of Ihis component, newspaper is the largest contributor, representing 77 percent of the fiber component or 56 percent of the total residential stream. . Glass represents approximately 15 percent of the residential recycling stream. . . All of the newspaper recovered at the TCMRF is marketed as #8 deink news in contrast to the lower grades 01' #6 news or residential mixed fiber. 0"" 0 . Newspaper from lhe TCMRF is regularly tested for quality by bale audits. Multiple news mills conducting their own independeut audits have confirmed results from these audits. . Consuming mills have expressed a high degree of satisfaction with paper produced by the TCMRF, being on par or better lhan paper from other suppliers, including paper from two,stream collection programs. . The TCMRF actively partners wilh Bowater - Thunder Bay, the largesl newspaper mill in North America, to meel the highest quality standards for production. (See lhe attached letter)