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Also, it may be more difficult for smaller haulers and entry level companies to break into and grow their business in organized collection systems. 2.2 Occurrence of Each Type of Collection System Studies have been conducted to try and determine the prevalence of open collection systems and organized collection systems both locally and nationally. The following subsections present the findings from studies completed locally (in Minnesota), in Iowa, Colorado and one study completed across the United States and Canada. The findings show that there are variations in the prevalence of types of collection systems. 2.2.1 Minnesota 2.2.1.1 Eden Prairie In 2005, the city of Eden Prairie compiled a report titled "Report on Residential Municipal Solid Waste Collection."' The report surveyed 108 cities in the Twin Cities metropolitan area and provided a breakdown of their garbage and recycling collection systems according to open and organized collection. The report noted that the most common system in these 108 communities is an open system (77 of the 108 cities had open collection systems, 71.3% of the communities). There were 29 cities with a contract for garbage collection and two (2) cities that collect municipally. Of the 77 cities that had open garbage collection in this 2005 study, 22 cities have contracts for recycling collection. This leads to a percentage organized for recycling of 49.1%. 2.2.1.2 Twin Cities Metropolitan Area A separate report titled "Comparative Economic Analysis of MSW and Recycling Collection in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area" completed in September, 19942 shows in Table II-3 that based on survey responses, there were 155 municipalities with open systems for MSW collection and 42 municipalities with organized collection of which three (3) were municipal collection. The percentages in this report indicated 78.7% open; 19.8% organized by contract; and 1.5% municipal collection arrangements at that time. In the surveys completed as part of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area study, there were a total of 58 cities with a breakdown of their systems reported. All the cities were over 10,000 in population in this study. Of the 58 cities that completed the survey, 37 were open for garbage collection. This represents 64% as open systems for garbage collection. Of these 37 cities with open garbage collection, 12 cities are organized for recycling collection or 21% of the total 58 cities. There were 21 cities with both garbage and recycling handled in organized systems. The total percentage of cities organized for recycling was 57%. Based on these studies, it appears that the breakdown of percentage of cities in Minnesota organized versus open may range as follows: 'Barone, Michael. Dec. 2005. "Report on Residential Municipal Solid Waste Collection." City of Eden Prairie, MN. 2 "Comparative Economic Analysis of MSW and Recycling Collection in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area." Sept. 1994. GBB Solid Waste Mgmnt. Consultants. Falls Church, VA. R - Analysis of Waste Collection Service Arrangements.doc Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC • 7 June 2009