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CITY COUNCIL <br />AGENDA ITEM 6F <br />STAFF ORIGINATOR: Marty Asleson <br />MEETING DATE: February 26, 2018 <br />TOPIC: Textile Recycling/ Reuse <br />VOTE REQUIRED: 3/5 <br />INTRODUCTION <br />Previously submitted to the City Council, the Council requested that the contract agreement <br />between the City and Simple Recycling have language requiring a City Council approval for <br />each and every license renewal. <br />City Attorney Joe Langel reviewed the document and made changes requiring City Council <br />approval for each contract renewal. <br />BACKGROUND <br />EPA estimates 70 lbs. / person of clothing is thrown away each year. Eighty five percent of <br />textiles are not recycled or donated. <br />Simple Recycling is providing a free residential curbside pickup service to collect all types of <br />clothing, shoes, accessories, and household goods. A mailer will be sent out to residents <br />including specially designed recycling collection bags and informational materials. Residents <br />need to bag the acceptable items and place bags at the curb on the recycling collection day by <br />the recycling cart. Simple Recycling will collect the bags with a small truck (utility or <br />appliance repair-type truck). The drivers will leave extra bags after collection, either on the <br />recycling cart or by resident’s door. <br />Simple Recycling is an Ohio Corporation that grew out of a third generation thrift store chain; <br />the collected materials will be graded and a lot of the clothing and household goods will be sent <br />to thrift stores. The rest will be recycled and converted for reuse to industrial wiping rags and <br />home insulations. <br />The program is free for the city and the residents. The City will receive a tonnage report <br />quarterly, which can be included in SCORE tonnage report. Also, the city will be compensated <br />$20 per ton for the material collected by Simple Recycling. <br />Simple Recycling wishes to enter into agreement for the Collection of Soft Recyclables with <br />the City of Lino Lakes. The Simple Recycling Agreement is attached. The Simple Recycling <br />Agreement is a contract. This method of curbside recycling is different from city code <br />requirements. In City Code, (4) Curbside Solid Waste/Recycling companies are allowed to <br />operate in the City of Lino Lakes and must pay a yearly license fee. Simple Recycling has