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However, significant amounts of the fleets currently operating in Roseville do not have to meet the higher emissions standards. Roseville could negotiate with the haulers to ensure than only newer vehicles are used to service the City. 25) Can the city negotiate bulky item pick up? Yes. Little Canada allows residents to have up to two bulky items picked up at the curb each year. Other cities such as Robbinsdale allow residents to pay a small fee for bulky item pick up. Those fees are less than what Roseville residents are currently charged for similar service. 26) Can the city negotiate for organics collection? Yes. The City can negotiate rates and services to meet the needs of residents. Wayzata has curbside cart service for food scraps and non-recyclable paper. Anywhere from 25 - 35% of household trash in Minnesota is materials such as these that could be composted. Composting takes unwanted items and turns them into a valuable resource. Wayzata saw a 9% reduction in the amount of garbage collected in the first year of organics collection. As a result many households can switch to a smaller garbage cart. Wayzata even had 180 households switch to every other week garbage collection as a result of organics collection. 27) How would the City work with haulers to educate residents about waste reduction? The City and the haulers each have various coininunication tools they use. The City and the haulers would develop a communications plan that creates consistent messages and identifies the best means to send those messages to residents. 28) I get free yard waste pickup from Walter's will I lose that service? The City will negotiate rates and services with all the haulers that will provide service to Roseville residents. As a result individual agreements will no longer be in place. While the price for an individual service may go up, the net annual cost may go down. 29) Will the city be liable for any toxic material that is illegally disposed of in the trash? Any responsible party is liable for illegal dumping. The City does assume a portion of liability if toxic material were to be dumped and cause contamination. However, since the City would only be providing for residential service as opposed to business service, the likelihood that an individual homeowner will attempt to illegally dispose of large amounts of toxic material is slim. Additionally state and federal investigators would pursue the individual resident responsible. 30) The Newport Resource Recovery Facility is already operating at capacity. Actually the Newport is not operating at capacity. A few years back there was a dispute between the haulers and Ramsey and Washington Counties and the haulers decided to swamp the RRF with all the garbage they collected in Ramsey and Washington Counties. So for one year only, the RRF did have more material come in than it could process and ending up sending some garbage to landfills. Since then a private company, RRT, bought the Newport and Elk River processing facilities and operates them jointly. As a result there is capacity to process all garbage generated in Roseville.