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Enivornmental Board <br />April 24, 2019 <br />Page 2 <br />APPROVED MINUTES <br /> Ms. Sue Doll, Solid Waste Specialist from Anoka County, presented a certificate to Mr. <br />Asleson that stated “ The Anoka County Board of Commissioners acknowledges with <br />great appreciation the commitment to recycling of Marty Asleson. Thank you for 29 <br />years of improving waste reduction, recycling and composting programs for the residents <br />of Lino Lakes and Anoka County working with the compost and recycling”. Under Mr. <br />Asleson’s leadership the City of Lino Lakes started monthly Recycling Saturdays and <br />organics collecting. <br /> <br /> Ms. Doll discussion was about the benefits of recycling and what recycling items are <br />worth in today’s market. You should remember that recycling is a commodity, it goes up <br />and down just like anything else on the market. <br /> <br /> Great River Recycling opened in August of 1989 and closed mid January 2019, it was <br />where the area garbage was burned for energy at the Great River Energy at Elk River. <br />Now that garbage will be going to landfills. So recycling is even more important. <br /> <br /> The market still wants material but what they want is good, clean and marketable <br />material. <br /> <br /> Anchor Glass in Shakopee takes clean clear glass and makes new glass, Strategic <br />Recycling in St. Paul takes broken pieces of glass and mixed glass and comes out with <br />piles of different colored glass which then is marketable. <br /> <br /> Curbside recycling single sort bin items have to be separated either by machines or <br />people and are highlighted below – <br /> <br /> Plastics that are recyclable are #1, #2 and #5. <br /> #1 are mostly soft drink beverage containers or bottles with a neck, (take lids off <br /> jars and don’t crush the containers). <br /> #2 are cleaning products, shampoo, etc., <br /> #5 are usually dairy containers, yogart containers, and some to-go cups, etc. <br /> <br /> Boxes should be flatten <br /> <br /> Plastic bags should be taken to grocery stores not in your curbside recycling <br />container <br /> <br /> Shedded paper should be kept with other shedded paper. Don’t put it into the <br />curbside recycling container <br /> <br /> Communicate using highlights of the correct way to recycle and what should be in your <br />curbside recycling container, since there are some changes that people may not be aware <br />of. <br /> <br /> Mr. Schwartz suggested to email the organics participants since we have their address <br />just a reminder of how and what to recycle.