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Little Canada City Council May 15, 198E Page 2 In Little Canada there are presently six licensed haulers whose trucks crisscross the City. Haulers can cut their costs by servicing every house on a street. It saves them time and labor costs. Organizing collection in this way allows haulers to offer lower rates, increased services and provides residents with safer streets, lower street maintenance costs, reduced air and noise pollution, and improves aesthetics. The amount of money that can be saved by organized collection can be measured in different ways. Environmental costs may be more difficult to measure, but are none the less as real as direct costs. Environmental costs include the depletion of natural resources and the cost difference between the production of a product from recycled vs. virgin materials. The real cost of production will increase as the scarcity of resources becomes more apparent. Pollution costs are often remedial or cleanup actions. These costs often shift to future generations or to populations close to the source, such as persons living in areas with groundwater contamination from old landfills. Heirloom costs are the costs of loss of land used for landfills; sometimes 100's or even 1000's of years. Direct costs of collection are more easy to calculate. These costs include the weekly pickup of a specific amount of garbage, recyclable materials, and seasonal pickup of compostables. The open hauling system now in place in Little Canada costs residents between 811 and $12.50 per month for pickup of general trash. Construction materials and white goods are extra in all cases. The curbside recycling program, which is now being funded by the County and ?Metro Council, costs $1,025 per month for a once a month pickup. This amounts to .25 per household in Little Canada. This program will be funded until 1990 at which time Little Canada is expected to have a permanent funding source in place. Information from local communities who have contracts with haulers for organized collection tell us that organizing can give residents more services for less money, and assure that our County abatement goals are met. A brief summary of a few cities follows: White Bear Lake - single hauler for entire city (Knutson) volume based $10.51/90 gal. (3 cans or bags) 9.51/50 gal. (2 cans or bags) .25 /bag for yard waste in season with free leaf pickup Free weekly pickup of recyclables (newspaper, metal, and clear glass), $1.00 fee for each bag beyond the contracted amount, sticker book sold to residents who wish to have compost picked up or use occasional extra bag. Resident puts sticker on bag at pickup time. Page 35