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services, including pick-up of materials, administration, and public education. 2. Recycling System for Apartment Buildings The EQTF recommends that the City Council see to it that ALL apartment buildings in the City have a recycling program provided. Smaller apartment buildings are able to do curbside recycling in much the same way as single family homes, i.e. with green recycling bins. However, larger apartment buildings need to use a centralized collection container, such as a dumpster. The preferred method of getting all apartments to have a recycling program is to include these types of buildings in the city-wide program with single family homes and duplexes. Funding for apartment buildings may be obtained in the same manner as for the single family/duplex program. An alternative method would be to change the current City code to require that an apartment building owner provide a recycling program to its tenants and to exempt recycling dumpsters from the City's dumpster enclosure ordinance. 3 . Recycling System for Mobile Homes The Task Force also' stresses the importance of having curbside pick-up available to residents of mobile home parks. Currently, two of the three mobile home parks in the City offer residents curbside service and the other offers a centralized drop-off area. From the standpoint of pick-ups, mobile homes can be serviced in the same way as single family/duplex units. However, if the City chooses to use the Ramsey County Property Tax method to fund the pick-ups, mobile home parks cannot be required to participate in the City's program. They can, however, choose to contract separately with the City for service. 4. Day and Number of Recycling Pick-Ups It was deemed absolutely essential that recycling be picked up on the same day as garbage and that recycling day be the same day for every type of living unit in the City. The rationale behind this decision was that people will be more likely to remember to put out their bins if they only have to remember one pick-up day for both garbage and recycling. The EQTF also felt that, while likely to be more expensive than bi-weekly service, weekly collection of recyclable materials must be provided. Again, it was felt that by setting up the system so that garbage and recycling could be put out at the same time, residents would be more likely to set out their bins.