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STAFF REPORT To:. Mayor and City Council Report No.: Rom: Kim Moore -Sykes, .Assistalit City Manager ann Date: June13,2006 Subject: Single Sort Recycling and Proposed Language Change to City's Garbage Hauler Ordinance BackWoun.d.: On. April 17'h, Staff tact with representatives of the garbage haulers that do' business in the City to discuss the possibility to change the City's Ordinance language to allow recycling pick up every other geek to accommodate single -sort recycling. All of the haulers agreed that the would like to have the Ci Council � y City consider a language change in. the Ordinance to allow for the biweekly pick up of recyclables. Garbage would continue to beP on a weeklyP icked ubasis. The meeting -with the haulers was the result of an, initial report from Waste Management that Walter's Recycling y g was violating the City's- ordinance. Waste Management had reported that Walters wa's not doing weekly recycling pick-up but were implementing a single s ort program and picking up their customer's commingled recycling materials every other week. In discussing this report with Mr. Sederstrona of Walter's Recych4g, he admitted that he was doing single sort pick-up every e was a couple y other week based on what htold " le of ears ago" by City staff indicating that he could do single -sort in St. Anthony. Staff advised. Mr. Sedexsttom. that according to the Ordinance, he was required to pick up recycling once a week, despite the method offered to and used by their customers for recycling. Mr. Sederstrom indicated that collecting the sin le -sort rec cling g y g every week is not cost effective and asked what he could do to change the ordinance. We discussed the -process involved in changing the ordinance and the haulers were told that proposing a change did notg guarantee that -the Council would approve the requested change. Mr, Sederstroiu was also advised that if and until the language is changed, Walter's would stfffi have to pick up his customer's recycling on a weekly basis. Mr. Sederstrom volunteered to survey bis customers in St. Anthony to deterr�ne the satisfaction level of his customers with Walter's single source recycling program. Copies of those surveys are available in the Assistant City Manager's office for your information.. SurnmaIT of Survev: Mr. Sederstrom mailed 706 surveys to his customers and received 429 back (61%). Poor Good Excellent No Response 1. Overall Convenience of program: 5(1%) 115(27%) 309.(72%) I"0W Good & .excellent Responses. 424(99%) 2. Opinion of Single Sort Cart: 6 (1%) 79 (18%) 277(65%) 67 (16%) Good.excellent Responses: 356(83%) 3. Bi -weekly Cart Capacity: 8 (2%) 118(28%) 268 (62%) 35 (08%) Good & Excellent Responses.• 386 ( 4. Program Easy to Understand: 5 (1%) 127(29%) 234(55%) 62(15%) Good & .excellent Responses. 348(84%) FAStaff Reports\05302006 Single Sort Recycling Ord R.ev.doc . 24