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9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />City Council Regular Meeting Minutes <br />October 9, 2007 <br />Page 4 <br />Councilmember Thuesen stated he was surprised the single -sort numbers were not higher. <br />Assistant City Manager Moore -Sykes replied St. Anthony has always been forthcoming with <br />recycling. <br />Councilmember Horst asked how the single sort recycling affected apartments and townhouses. <br />Assistant City Manager Moore -Sykes replied multi - family units are required to recycle. <br />Ms. Torre Heiland, Municipal Marketing Manager, Waste Management, replied that <br />commercially it is up to the City Ordinance if they are included. She reported that Waste <br />Management offers recycling containers for paper and cardboard and another for other recycled <br />items. She stated there is a contract between the apartments and the townhome associations and <br />the waste hauler. <br />Mayor Faust asked why an apartment or townhome would not want single sort recycling. <br />Mr. Eric Sederstrom, Operations Manager, Walters Recycling and Refuse, Inc. replied they have <br />a hard time keeping the garbage out of the recycle. He stated they have struggled with this. <br />Councilmember Horst questioned whether the hauler could site a homeowner for contaminating <br />recycle bins with garbage. Mr. Sederstrom stated from his experience this is hard to do in <br />apartment or townhome complexes where it is hard to know who put garbage in with recycling. <br />Mr. Sederstrom commented that a homeowner would be notified if garbage was contaminating <br />the recycle and the hauler would not pick it up. <br />Councilmember Horst stated that as a new townhome owner, he noticed the recycling bins. <br />Mayor Faust asked all the haulers would provide single -sort recycling if an apartment or <br />condominium complex wanted it. He commented that it is really a case of accountability by the <br />apartment or condominium residents to recycle appropriately. <br />Mr. Sederstrom replied that was correct. He stated in many communities, multi dwellings are <br />requiring the residents to recycle. <br />Mayor Faust questioned why the single -sort is resulted in less tonnage than dual sort. <br />Ms. Heiland replied participation rate had increased by 20 %; however, they have lost homes, so <br />she could not really answer why the tonnage was low. <br />Mr. Sederstrom stated he was amazed at the tonnage results. He stated St. Anthony has always <br />had about a 98% response rate. He commented that perhaps the reporting formulas used <br />previously were not as accurate as they are now. <br />