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Financial Incentives Some communities have found that money talks when it comes to convincing residents to recycle or recycle more. That talk also resonates with the pilot participants. They were asked in a survey what would get them to recycle more. Their number one response was a financial incentive, 39%. This was followed by 32% who said "larger bins," 27% that put weekly collection and 25% who listed "More information on how/what to recycle." What Roseville Does Currently all Roseville homeowners receive a recycling rebate whether they participate in the program or not. Roseville uses its annual SCORE grant to offset a portion of the cost .of curbside collection. SCORE funding comes from the State municipal solid waste tax. A portion oftl:1~tax is shared with counties to be used for waste abatement programs. Ramsey County redistributes rrlych (jf its SCORE funding to its municipalities based on their population. Roseville receives around $65,000. annually. Roseville's resident recycling rebate may not generate inform residents about the subsidy. to residentsb.ecause the City does not What Others Do There are several different types of programs that give money payments as incentives to recycle. either through rebates or direct Rebate Programs Two Minnesota communities that give rebates to resipenl~rep6q~()w~ the highest set out rates in the state. Minneapolis offers reside~t~$7Jlmonth credifqntheir SoligWaste Fee. Residents sign up for the program and staff will do randow checks. in selected neighborhoods to ensure that residents are indeed recycling. If residents who.sig~~pup do Il(jt put materialp~t for collection they are sent a warning letter. After a second offense the recyclingCreditisrevoked. Mipneapolis estimates 89% of its residents put recycling out for Officials with Residents participation is bill. aPBfRxiwately 82% of their residents are frequent recyclers. code stickers attached. Collection drivers scan in the bar codes and participate are given a price reduction on their garbage and recycling Tax Breaks Ramsey County instituted a Environmental Charge (CEC) in 2003. The CEC is applied to trash bills of County residents and but not to recycling bills. The State Municipal Solid Waste Tax is also applied only to garbage bills. When Ramsey County instituted the CEC it engaged in a major education campaign to inform residents that they could save money by recycling more and switching to a smaller size garbage container. In 2005 the County and State charges come to nearly 40%. We took the 2005 rates garbage haulers filed with the City and calculated the difference in rates for various size containers. There is an approximately $2 a month difference in price for each size of garbage container. By switching to a smaller container a resident could save approximately $2.80 a month or $33.60 a year. 41