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3.2.2 Residential Hauler Licenses Licensing haulers provides a tool for cities and counties to require haulers to report data that can be used to monitor programs and better manage solid wastes within their municipality. The municipal survey included a yes/no question asking if the cities licensed residential MSW or recyclable material haulers. Table 3-2 MSW and Recyclable Material Hauler Licenses provides summary totals. The majority of the cities surveyed license waste haulers to provide residential MSW collection services in the city. Most cities that license residential MSW haulers also license residential recyclable material haulers. Also, most cities that do not license residential MSW haulers also do not license residential recyclable material haulers. Table 3-2 MSW and Recyclable Material Hauler Licenses License Do Not License Do Not Collection License Collection Recyclable License System Haulers MSW System Material Recyclable Haulers Haulers* Haulers* Organized 13 4 Organized 16 11 MSW Recyclable Open 30 2 Open 11 9 MSW Recyclable *Two cities did not respond to the recycling portion of this question. Of the 17 cities that have an organized MSW collection system, 13 cities (76%) license MSW haulers and four cities (24%) do not require haulers to be licensed. Some cities that have an organized residential MSW collection system license MSW haulers for commercial collection. Of the 32 cities that have an open MSW collection system, 30 cities (94%) license residential MSW haulers and two cities (6%) do not require haulers to be licensed. Of the 28 cities that have an organized recyclable material collection system, 16 cities (57%) license residential recyclable material haulers and 11 cities (39%) do not. Of the 21 cities that have an open recyclable material collection system, 11 cities (52%) license recyclable material haulers and nine cities (43%) do not. Note the percentages for licensing recyclable material haulers does not add up to 100% because two cities did not respond to the recycling portion of this question. Some of the cities that responded that they license MSW haulers but not recyclable material haulers mentioned that that they do not separately license recyclable material haulers from MSW haulers (thus the single license covers both). The licensed MSW haulers are expected to also provide recycling for residents. Participants with that comment were tallied as a "yes" response to licensing recyclable material haulers in the survey matrix. Other participants who answered no to this question but did not elaborate on their response could have misinterpreted the question in a similar manner. 50 •Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC R - Analysis of Waste Collection Service Arrangements.doc June 2009