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~c:~', S'irA1~. Tk~)~~~~T~ EX~LCHS~VE~ ONLY'IN YOUR-SUNDAI' CAPER' g- ° or a 30- or GO-gallon con- ~ ~ tamer, those honie9wn- ~ ® ~® _ '~-" ers typicailypay at least a0 percentmore for gates ~ It's a rrustaken notion that l~iring 3~our baae service thazi resi- own llauier is cheaper, an MPCA study says. dents in conxmttnities like Min- n~3polis :with organized 'sys- By CFIltiS HAVENS and DAVID PE'I'EIZ5ON terns, the study found. There are other costs tioo. 51irr 1Yif~tme stmt uri€ers , City engineers worry about V~Then Bill and Maly Simms gat a bill'for $1,504 ttie price of f"txing roads dam- to fix the street outside their home, xhey knew aged by garbage acid recycling' whom to blame -all those garbage trucks. trucks. Residents complain . ` Each `veelc, at leash five t€•ticks nunble past to about the racket, the danger±* collect trash in; their Fridley children, and the eniis~ons. neighborhood. They show up PAYTt~G P4ORE But 'azry~ime offcials taut as early as 6:40 a.m., t,yal;ing I-Iomeowners about ch~;e, mey confront the retirees. who contract far angry Cati5tituents. Not bne . Bill. Simms, G7, doesn't garbage services ' coinununityhas retakensontrol understand wlty his coFnmu- typically pay 50 of trash coilectian in nearly%20 Wiry needs sa many haulers 'peicentmore years, according to the LvIP~,'.A. when people in nest-door thanxesiderEts study. Colun~liia Heights get by v<2th with organized Marl:. Campbell; mayor ~f just one. And lie's furious he systems; accord- ~ Sauk Rapids, vas stiutncdwhen has to-pay to fix streets'worn ingtotlte 1V[in- local officials debated lio~ti -.~, down: by all that tonnage. "I'm neso#a Pollution reduce the ntunber of garbabz fed up;' Sinuns said. Control Agency ; trucks oxtcit<~ streets last spring. It's a common complaint in He said it was the``ugliest nieei- the "itvin Cities, where: most Tntcks lake a toll ing I've ever participated uL" conununities leave it to rest- an roadsAl2 "People were." screaming," dents to lire theiz• o«rrt trash recalled Canpbell, who later collectors. In St. pain, which is served byl7 haulers, apalogiaed for opposing he officials could vote on changes this moltrh move, wluch he thinks made Macy homeowners prefzr to pick their own haul- seztsa. "It was so emotional! I'm ers, believing that they're getting the best rate. But sitting there thinl~dng,'My Gad: they're wrong, a study coraunissioned by the Muv3e- all we're talking about is, `Will it sata Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) concludes. be a blue can or a ~ een can?!"' Waste haulers believe their ... ~' ich r~r+ ~ ti.~ :~, ~,~2 ~ ~ cx~tics are' misinformed. They. L say the mast valuable sen~ice isn't always the least expensive,: and that competition fasters in- novation aud' more envimn- ' mentally sound practices. "~~e custom-tailor our'ser- vices; ' said ?vIarlc 5toltriian; who runs Randy's Sanitation, one of. thelar~estindependenthaulers in Minnesota. 'y1r-d a customer who isn't haPPY cart talk direct- ly to me -- or can grit and go #o someone else." y~ Z ~~ ~