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WS – Item 5 WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT Work Session Item No. 5 Date: December 4, 2017 To: City Council From: Marty Asleson and Maddy Pelon Re: Textile Recycling/Reuse Background EPA estimates 70 lbs. / person of clothing is thrown away each year. Eighty five percent of textiles are not recycled or donated. Simple Recycling is providing a free residential curbside pickup service to collect all types of clothing, shoes, accessories, and household goods. A mailer will be sent out to residents including specially designed recycling collection bags and informational materials. Residents need to bag the acceptable items and place bags at the curb on the recycling collection day by the recycling cart. Simple Recycling will collect the bags with a small truck (utility or appliance repair-type truck). The drivers will leave extra bags after collection, either on the recycling cart or by resident’s door. Simple Recycling is an Ohio Corporation that grew out of a third generation thrift store chain; the collected materials will be graded and a lot of the clothing and household goods will be sent to thrift stores. The rest will be recycled and converted for reuse to industrial wiping rags and home insulations. The program is free for the city and the residents. The City will receive a tonnage report quarterly, which can be included in SCORE tonnage report. Also, the city will be compensated $20 per ton for the material collected by Simple Recycling. Simple Recycling wishes to enter into agreement for the Collection of Soft Recyclables with the City of Lino Lakes. The Simple Recycling Agreement is attached. The Simple Recycling Agreement is a contract. This method of curbside recycling is different from city code requirements. In City Code, (4) Curbside Solid Waste/Recycling companies are allowed to operate in the City of Lino Lakes and must pay a yearly license fee. Simple Recycling is asking for a (5) year renewal agreement. Simple Recycling has agreed to an initial (1) year trial contract. If the Council is interested in perusing the agreement with Simple Recycling, then our City Attorney would need to review and make comments on the agreement. This program was reviewed at the February and March Environmental Board meeting, there was no action taken at both times. Recommended changes were made to the