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RELEVANT LINKS: <br />Cities must report revenue collected from the fees and use of the revenue <br />separately from other revenue and use of revenue in any required financial <br />report or audit. <br />Minn. Stat. § 115A.03, subs. <br />A city provides solid waste management and is subject to this requirement <br />36. <br />for a separate accounting and reporting if a city engages in any activities that <br />are intended to affect or control the generation of waste, or engages in any <br />activities that provide for or control the collection, processing, and disposal <br />of waste. State law defines waste management fees as: <br />Minn. Stat. § 115A.919. <br />Minn. Stat. § 115A.921. <br />• All fees, charges, and surcharges collected under sections 115A.919, <br />115A.921, and 115A.923 of the Minnesota Statutes. <br />Minn. Stat. § 115A.923. <br />• All tipping fees collected at waste management facilities owned or <br />For more information about <br />operated by the city. <br />these fees see Section 111. B., <br />City Fees. Minn. Stat. § <br />. All citychar for waste collection and management services. <br />charges g <br />115A.929. <br />• Any other fees, charges, or surcharges imposed on waste for the purpose <br />of waste management, whether collected directly from generators, <br />indirectly through property taxes, or as part of utility or other charges for <br />city -provided services. <br />Minn. Star. § 115A.945. <br />Any city that provides or pays for the costs of collection or disposal of solid <br />waste must, through a billing or other system, make the prorated share of <br />those costs for each solid waste generator visible and obvious to the <br />generator. <br />IV. Solid waste and recycling collection <br />A. Types of collection systems —open collection <br />and organized collection <br />Analysis of waste Collection <br />The two main types of collection systems for solid waste and recycling are <br />Service Arrangements, <br />Minnesota Pollution Control <br />commonly referred to as "open collection" and "organized collection." A <br />Agency, June 2009. <br />2009 study authorized by the MPCA estimated that the number of cities with <br />open solid waste collection was between 65 to 80 percent, and the number of <br />cities with organized solid waste collection was between 20 to 35 percent. <br />The same study indicated that the number of cities with open recycling was <br />estimated to be between 40 to 60 percent, and the number of cities with <br />organized recycling was estimated to be between 50 to 60 percent. <br />Open collection is generally defined as a collection system where individual <br />residents and businesses are free to contract with any collector licensed to do <br />business in the city. <br />Minn. Stat. § 115A.94, subds. <br />Organized collection is defined as a "system for collecting solid waste in <br />1, 3. See Section IV.D., <br />Procedural requirements for <br />which a specified collector, or a member of an organization of collectors, is <br />adopting organized <br />authorized to collect from a defined geographic service area or areas some or <br />collection, for more <br />information. <br />all of the solid waste that is released by generators for collection." <br />League of Minnesota Cities Information Memo: 6/9/2022 <br />City Solid Waste Management Page 11 <br />