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results of the current campaign. More activities will be <br />conducted in 1989, as greater staff time will be available for <br />next year due to the hiring of a Recycling Information <br />Specialist. This staff person will be able to spend time <br />contacting groups, developing brochures and encouraging <br />commercial and industrial recycling. <br />Funding of. Curbside Recycling Programs <br />Policy Statement: Ramsey County will continue to provide 100% <br />funding for curbside recycling until cessation of funding on <br />December 31, 1990. <br />This policy is consistent with the current plans as shown in the <br />Solid Waste Master Plan. The purpose of this 'temporary' funding <br />is to demonstrate that curbside recycling can be successful while <br />county staff work with the cities to develop long-term funding <br />methods. The suggested method of long-term funding is an <br />integrated waste management system which includes organized <br />garbage collection. This would allow the use of avoided disposal <br />costs created by reductions in the residential waste stream. An <br />integrated system would provide permanent, effective funding for <br />recycling and yard waste programs, along with providing many <br />other benefits. <br />If a city fails to develop a long-term funding system by the end <br />Of 1990 (when the county grants cease) then Ramsey County's 1h <br />fallback position will be the policy on the Opportunity to <br />:Recycle, which states that Ramey County will operate recycling <br />program if a city fails to do so. This will require continuance <br />of the recycling service charge on the property tax statements. <br />Presumably, most or all of .he cities will not want the County to <br />run their programs for reasons of local self-control and <br />flexibility. Also, development of an integrated system would be <br />much less expensive to the residents of that city than a separate <br />:barge for recycling on the property tax statements. Ramsey <br />-ocnty staff will be working with the cities over the next two <br />years to develop integrated waste management systems. A separate <br />position paper on integrated waste management systems will be <br />developed and brought to the County Board soon. <br />Anti -Scavenging Ordinance <br />Policy Statement: Ramey County recommends that cities adopt <br />anti -scavenging ordinances. <br />Scavenging of materials set out by households for a curbside <br />recycling program harms the program by causing a loss of revenue <br />and so should be treated as a crime of theft. People who scavenge <br />materials take high -value aluminum cans, which causes a loss of <br />revenue for the collection contractors. This increases the <br />10 <br />