01/26/2022 Environmental Board Minutes

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Enivornmental Board January 26, 2022 Page 3 APPROVED MINUTES Ms. Leverty mentioned that there are a lot of new boaters, so there is a lot of education that is being provided. Zebra mussel spotting is done by volunteers. Aqua weed stick stations were installed at 5 boat launches in Anoka County. They were used over 1731 times, so the County is looking at expanding because they were used so often. Early weed detection and monitoring is also done by volunteers who are checking the lakes and beaches for weeds that are invasive. IX. UPDATES A. Recycling and SCORE Grant Updates Mr. Davis presented that at the last Saturday, January 15th, recycling day there were 120 participants recycling and 44 participants with paper shredding. The Recycling Ambassador Class will be held March to early April. Check out the Anoka County Recycling page for more information. There will not be a Fix-It Clinic, there were not enough volunteers. Score reimbursement for 2021 was $68,721.13 and this past July through December we are being reimbursed $37,889.39. Mr. Sullivan wanted to know what expenses are for the Saturday recycling event. Mr. Davis stated that the expenses for Saturday recycling cover the cost of All Appliance Disposal which runs the event and also 1st Choice Document Destruction that provides the paper shredding service. Also what the residents pay on Saturday goes to All Appliance Disposal which they use for the disposal of mattresses, etc. All Appliances accepts some materials that other vendors can’t process. Each Municipality has a recycling goal established by the County based on population. The tonnage goal for 2021 was 2,334 tons. We reached 95.47% of that goal which was 2,228.41 tons. Mr. Schwartz asked if there is data on COVID impacting tonnage numbers. Mr. Nelson will be reaching out to Anoka County for data on past goals and if we had meet them or not, and to learn what resources are available for increasing tonnage diverted from landfills.