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Table 3-14 Recycling Rebates and Revenue Sharing Collection System Receive Do Not Receive Rebate/Revenue Rebate/Revenue Sharing Sharing Organized Recycling 13 15 Open Recycling 0 21 Of the 28 cities with an organized recyclable material collection system, 13 cities (46%) receive a rebate or revenue sharing from the sale of residential recyclable materials; 15 cities (54%) do not. Of the 21 cities with an open recyclable material collection system, none of the cities (0%) receive a rebate or revenue sharing from the sale of residential recyclable materials. Maple Grove (organized recyclable material collection system) noted that they will begin receiving a rebate for the sale of recyclable materials starting in January of 2009. Cities that organize recycling collection are more likely to benefit from recyclable materials revenue sharing. 3.5.5 Frequency of Curbside Recyclable Material Collection Frequency of curbside collection has been changing over time with the most recent trend changing to every other week with larger home storage containers, usually as part of a change to a single stream system. The municipal survey included a multiple choice question asking the frequency of curbside recycling collection. Table 3-15 summarizes the responses to this question. Table 3-15 Frequency of Curbside Collection Collection System Every Week Every Once Varies By Other Week Monthly Hauler Organized Recycling 13 12 0 2 Open Recycling 5 10 0 6 * One city did not respond to this question. Of the 27 responding cities with an organized recyclable material collection system, 13 cities (48%) have weekly recycling collection, 12 cities (44%) collect recyclables every other week, and two cities (7%) have varying frequencies of collection depending on the resident's hauler. Some cities contract with more than one hauler and they may have different recycling programs. Of the 21 cities with an open recyclable material collection system, five cities (24%) have cities (28%) have varying frequencies of collection depending on the resident's hauler. Farmington and Maple Grove (both have organized recyclable material collection systems) noted that they will be switching from collecting recycling every week to collecting every other week starting in January of 2009. This likely reflects a general trend across the United States in 70 •Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC R - Analysis of Waste Collection Service Arrangements.doc June 2009