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Appendix B <br /> RECYCLING OPTIONS <br /> Recycling Separate From Garbage Recycling Collected by Haulers <br /> (Organized Recycling) with Garbage (Current System) <br /> Standardization of • Everyone in city would have same • Recycling day is dependent upon <br /> Recycling Services pick up day which hauler is used <br /> • Same materials collected at each • Same materials collected at each <br /> household household (per Ordinance, after <br /> • Material separation method same September 1) <br /> for each households • Material separation methods <br /> differ by hauler _ <br /> Improvement of • Contract and billing method • Many multiple family complexes <br /> Recycling Participation could be constructed such that do not have recycling available to <br /> multiple family homes could be tenants;would need to pass <br /> included in the city program ordinance to make this available <br /> • If hauler is paid by weight, there • Haulers do not have an incentive <br /> is an incentive for haulers to work to take recyclables, as they <br /> with city to improve participation represent an added cost to them <br /> (especially plastics) <br /> Reduction of Street This method would result in only Street wear and pollution resulting <br /> Wear, Noise Pollution, one recycling truck going down each from multiple recycling trucks will <br /> and Air Pollution street, resulting in some reduction continue at current levels <br /> of pollution and street wear <br /> Reporting of Accurate There would likely be an increase in Accuracy of recycling tonnage <br /> Recycling Data tonnage accuracy (after the city is reports and time needed to prepare <br /> collected, materials are weighed them will continue at current levels <br /> separately) and reporting would be <br /> simplified since only one company <br /> would need to submit reports to the <br /> city <br /> Costs to City and • Households would be charged a • Recycling costs are hidden in <br /> Residents new fee on their taxes for recycling; garbage fees; residents don't know <br /> garbage fees will-n--otgo—down-by a -that-recycling costs money <br /> like amount • Enforcement of the various <br /> hauler recycling programs is <br /> difficult - city doesn't always know <br /> if haulers are abiding the code <br /> unless they get a complaint <br /> • Types of recycling programs <br /> differ by hauler (co-mingled vs. <br /> source separated programs) More <br /> difficult to do city wide education <br /> • More difficult to do "pilot" <br /> programs - add experimental <br /> materials to collection list <br />