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4.2.1 Open System Cities <br />Duluth <br />Duluth has an open collection system for both residential MSW and recyclable material <br />collection. The City ordinance requires every household to have MSW and recyclables <br />collection. To comply with this ordinance, residents may set up services with one of the nine <br />licensed haulers. Residents are billed for collection services directly by their chosen haulers. <br />Billing frequency varies by hauler. <br />Eagan <br />Eagan has an open collection system for both residential MSW and recyclable material <br />collection. The City ordinance requires every household to have weekly MSW collection. To <br />comply with this ordinance, residents may set up services with one of the seven licensed haulers <br />or they may take their own garbage to local licensed solid waste facilities. Recycling and yard <br />waste services are optional. Residents are billed for collection services directly by their chosen <br />haulers. Billing frequency varies by hauler. <br />Rochester <br />Rochester has an open collection system for both residential MSW and recyclable material <br />collection. The City follows Olmsted County ordinances for waste management practices. The <br />County ordinance requires weekly disposal of MSW and requires licensed haulers to offer <br />recycling services. Residents are billed for collection services directly by their hauler. Billing <br />frequency varies by hauler. <br />Woodbury <br />Woodbury has an open collection system for both residential MSW and recyclable material <br />collection. The city of Woodbury requires that residents recycle. City ordinance requires <br />residents to have both MSW and recyclable material collection services. City staff and the <br />Woodbury Environmental Education Commission (EEC) manage the solid waste program in the <br />City. The EEC is made up of seven Woodbury residents. The EEC advises the City council on <br />policies and procedures related to environmental education issues of the City. Residents are <br />billed directly by their haulers for collection services. Billing frequency is dictated by the <br />haulers. <br />St. Paul <br />The City reported that 23 haulers are licensed to provide residential collection service, but not all <br />of them are reported to currently be serving customers in the City. Ramsey County reported that <br />17 haulers report having residential customers in St. Paul during 2008. Eureka Recycling is the <br />contract hauler for curbside recycling collection. The City ordinance requires haulers to offer at <br />least three levels of volume based fees for garbage collection service. Recycling is mandatory <br />for at least three materials and residents are required by the ordinance to have solid waste <br />collected by a licensed hauler or coordinate service with a neighbor. <br />R - Analysis of Waste Collection Service Arrangements.doc Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC • 75 <br />June 2009 <br />