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Ce gda CXemagat 515 Little Canada Road, Little Canada, MN 55117 -1600 (651) 766 -4029 / FAX: (651) 766 -4048 www.ctlittle-canada.mn.us TO: Mayor Blesener and Council Members FROM: Dotty Norgard, Refuse and Recycling Coordinator SUBJECT: Single Sort Recycling DATE: June 9, 2006 MAYOR Bill Blesener COUNCIL Jim LaValle Rick Montour Barbara Allan John Keis ADMINISTRATOR Joel R. Hanson Our city's refuse and recycling contract for organized collection with our haulers is up for renewal at the end of this year. Joel and I have been meeting and negotiating with Rich Hirstein from BFI/Allied Waste, Jennefer Klennert from Waste Management, Gene Wegleitner with Gene's Disposal and Bill Honrigan with Horrigan's Hauling since the middle of February. One of the major changes to be considered in our new contract is changing from two sort to single sort recycling. Single sort recycling is the easiest way to recycle. No sorting or separating of items is necessary- everything is put into one cart. The recycling pickup would be on an every -other week schedule vs. the current weekly pickup. The hauler would supply a 68 gallon cart to every residence. After 90 days residents have the option to trade the 68 gallon cart for a larger 90 gallon cart or decrease the size to a 30 gallon. They have typically seen a 10 -12% rate of residents increase to the 90 gallon, while 5% go down to the 30 gallon size. They estimate about a 10 year life span on the carts. If they become damaged or destroyed, the hauler would replace them at no cost to the residents. Waste Management currently supplies 200,000 households with a one -sort cart (see attached insert of cities currently using single sort). They have seen a 10# per house per month increase in tonnage of recycling products. Less than 1% of all of the Anoka residents, the test market city for BFI /Allied Waste, called to have the carts picked up and refused to recycle.