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� <br />l5'�:i'_�LLS�k 4=�L`?rL�� <br />Tn�ether We Caia <br />June 20,2006 <br />]�� � � � Laude�dale <br />The Island in the Metro <br />VictoriaReir�harx <br />Committee Chair, Public Works, Parks and Solid Waste <br />Ramsey County Board Office <br />Room 220 Court House <br />15 W. Kellogg Blvd. <br />Saint Paul, MN 55102 <br />Dear Commissioner Reinhart: <br />We strongly encourage Ramsey County to take the needed steps to secure the future of <br />glass recycling in our county. We support Eureka Recycling's proposal that would <br />require a zero-interest loan of $500,000 from Ramsey County's Recycling Markets <br />Support Fund to purchase equipment that will ensure glass is recycled. <br />Together, our communities represent 71 % of the total population in Ramsey County. The <br />cities of Saint Paul, Roseville, Maplewood and Lauderdale are committed to ensuring that <br />all of the glass collected for recycling in our communities is actually recycled. By state <br />definition this means that glass is collected and processed in a way that will not prevent it <br />from being collected for recycling into glass bottles again and again. Our municipal <br />recycling programs were created to benefit the environment and our residents faithfully <br />put materials at the curb, expecting them to be recycled. Combined, these communities <br />currently recycle a total of over 4,800 tons of glass annually: Saint Paul residents recycle <br />over 3,800 tons, Maplewood residents recycle 430 tons, Roseville residents recycle 485 <br />tons and Lauderdale residents recycle 44 tons of glass each year. This accounts for over <br />16% of our combined recycling streams and nearly 65% of all the glass collected in <br />Ramsey County. <br />As you may know, the current situation for green glass has deteriorated to the point that <br />as of May 1,2006, Anchor Glass in Shaka�e:e is no longer accepting any green glass or <br />three-colored mixed glass. Anchor Glass has been the only market for recycling glass <br />bottles in our area for over the past two decades. Eureka Recycling is now the largest <br />supplier of recycled glass bottles to Anchor Glass, whereas before the onset of single <br />