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Current Solid Waste Collection System <br />How is our trash collected now? Where does it go? <br />Trash <br />The vast majority of trash produced in both counties is collected by trash haulers <br />About 100 haulers operate in the counties, but almost 2/3 of the trash is picked up by just three <br />haulers <br />All businesses in the two counties select their own trash hauler <br />0 Most residents in the two counties select their own trash hauler. Eighty -seven percent select <br />their own waste hauler ( "open" trash collection) and 15 of 51 cities /townships, about 13% of <br />residents in the two counties, contract for residential trash collection through public collection. <br />CO A small number of residents and businesses haul their trash directly to transfer stations or other <br />solid waste facilities <br />0 About 71% of trash produced in the counties is delivered to the Ramsey /Washington County <br />Resource Recovery Facility in Newport, MN. At the Facility most waste is processed into fuel; <br />Xcel Energy burns this fuel at power plants to produce electricity; metals are also recovered for <br />recycling. <br />About 29% of the trash produced in the counties is delivered directly to landfills, mostly in <br />Iowa and Wisconsin. <br />a Some illegal dumping and open burning of trash occurs, posing a threat to the health and safety <br />of the community. <br />Page 2 of 4 <br />Recyclables <br />Residences: Private haulers provide curbside recycling service to all single- family homes. <br />Often, this is done via a contract with the City. Many multi - family residents also have <br />: ecycling services available at their building /complex. <br />Businesses: Most businesses recycle some materials. The majority of these businesses have <br />their trash hauler or another hauler collect these materials, but some businesses haul recyclables <br />themselves. <br />0 Some recyclables from both residents and businesses are delivered directly to manufacturing <br />plants (such as newspaper and cardboard to a paper mill that produces new cardboard), and <br />some are delivered to intermediate facilities where they are prepared for shipment to <br />manufacturing plants. <br />Yard waste <br />Most residents deliver yard waste themselves to county, city or private composting sites, or they <br />compost the waste in their own compost bins. This material is converted into compost, for use <br />in garden and landscaping projects. <br />0 Most trash haulers will pick up yard waste, for an extra fee, from residents for delivery to <br />private composting sites. <br />(4 Lawn /landscape firms may also collect yard waste. <br />Brush /branches <br />tp: / /www.co.ramsey.mn.us /recovery /fact_sheet_Current Solid_Waste_Coll_Sys.htm 1/18/02 <br />