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Residential Solid �� .�� Waste and Recycling Citizen Advisory Committee Report Executive Summary May 2002 Maior Findings O Since the 1991 report there have been many developments in the garbage and recy- cling industries. Those changes include: � The number of Roseville residents recycling and the amount they recycle have stayed about the same since 1992 8 Every Minnesotan is making more garbage (just over a ton a year) despite efforts at waste reduction, reuse and recycling � Garbage haulers are no longer required to take our trash to a facility that processes it into fuel for electricity plants 8 More of our garbage is being sent to out of state landfills � Consolidations in the garbage hauling industry resulting in fewer haulers serving Roseville residents O Residents surveyed are pleased with their garbage service. Sixty-three percent rated it excellent and 33% rated it good. Seventy-nine percent said the rates seem fair for the service provided; 16% said the rates were too high for the service provided. O Residents surveyed said they are con- cerned about where their garbage goes and would prefer garbage haulers talce trasb to a resource recovery facility instead of a landfill. Garbage being processed at a Resource Recovery Facility. O Residents surveyed said the most impor- tant part of a garbage collection system would be keeping it low cost. O Among the improvements in the recycling program residents would like are: to accept more materials and to improve the bin system by either making them bigger, covered or wheeled, or to provide more bins. O Roseville is not meeting goals set by the City Council to reduce waste and increase recycling. O Roseville is not meeting the State's hierar- chy that calls for waste reduction and reuse, recycling, composting, using resource recovery and avoiding using landfills to dispose of our trash. O Only about a third of Roseville apartment, condo and townhome residents can recycle where they live.