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Office of: JOSEPH G. CHLEBECK, Clerk 515 Little Canada Road Little Canada, Minn. 55117 484 -2177 CITY OF LITTLE CANADA RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA t1EMORANDUN TO: Little Canada City Council FROM: Recycling Committee DATE: May 15, 1988 RE: Organized Collection MAYOR Michael Fahey COUNCIL Beverly Scalze Bill Blesener Rick Conova Jim LaValle 4 RECE!VIO 16 1988 City of Little Canada Ramsey County has requested that cities look into the organized collection of refuse, recyclables and compostable materials as part of an overall program to meet waste abatement goals. Little Canada and all cities in Ramsey County are expected to initiate programs that will reduce the tonnage of waste sent to the RDF facility in Newport or to landfills. The 1987 goal was 5% abatement. In 1988 we are expected to abate 7.5% and 10% in 1989, with an ultimate goal of 16% after 1992. Recycling programs help meet these goals. Little Canada recycled 70 tons from July of 1907 through January of 1988. This amounts to 4.2% waste abatement which did not meet our goal. Better participation is needed. This can only be accomplished through education and publicity. Ramsey County has promised to help in that regard. The time line for negotiating contracts to organize collection services with haulers suggested in the Ramsey County plaster Plan for Solid Waste Management is "Cities negotiate contracts with haulers; Summer 1987 to Summer 1990. County negotiates with haulers in cities without contracts; Fall 1990 to Spring 1991" (Master Plan p. 76). In order to make an informed decision you should know that organized waste collection and curbside collection of recyclables are independent functions that can complement one another by minimizing the number of collection vehicles operating on a given residential street (One garbage truck, according to County figures equals 3,000 to 6,000 automobiles, in wear and tear to streets). Page 34