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