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Solid Waste Leader and Innovator in Solid Waste St Solid Waste Leader and Innovator in Solid Waste St. Louis Park has continued to expand efforts to promote Solid waste includes garbage, recyclable materials, organic waste reduction and reuse and increase the materials materials, yard waste, appliances, bulk waste and other collected for recycling, including: solid waste from residences or commercial properties. » Being an early adopter of organics collection when it Disposal of this enormous amount of waste has the added residential curbside service in 2013 and organics potential to negatively impact the environment and public drop-sites for multifamily residents in 2017. health. Waste reduction, reuse and recycling practices » Adopting a Zero Waste Packaging ordinance to reduce hold the greatest potential to reduce the amount of waste waste generated by food and beverage containers sold being disposed. St. Louis Park is committed to helping its in restaurants and other food establishments. residents reduce waste and increase recycling. » Adding events to promote the reuse of clothing, Management of solid waste involves the collection, gardening supplies and building materials. transport, recycling or disposal of waste materials in an » Expanding the types of materials collected for recycling effort to reduce their effect on public health and protect at annual cleanup events. public safety and the environment. The Minnesota State » Contracting for residential curbside collection of textiles Legislature has set an aggressive recycling goal of reaching and small household goods. 75% recycling by 2030. The city has placed growing » Being the first city in the state to set a minimum emphasis on reducing the amount of solid waste generated capacity requirement for recycling in multifamily by the city by implementing programs and activities that buildings support reuse, recycling and organics and yard waste Single-stream Recycling composting. In 2013 the city’s residential recycling program made the Where We Have Been switch to single-stream recycling. This program allows residents to commingle their recyclable paper, bottles and History of Solid Waste Program cans in a wheeled cart. Previously the city used dual-stream » 1940s- City began contracting for garbage collection recycling, where cans and bottles were collected separately service for single family homes. from papers in plastic totes. This change to single-stream » 1982 – Curbside recycling pilot began with 2,200 recycling followed an industry trend to switch because of participating households. improved technology at the material recovery facilities » 1984- Citywide recycling program implemented for (MRF) that accept, sort and market recyclable material. The single family homes. change brought about several benefits, including allowing » 1997 – City began the organized collection process for the city to switch to every-other-week recycling collection, solid waste collection services. reducing collection truck traffic, idling and wear and tear on » 2008- City expanded the curbside program to allow city streets. Placing recyclables in lidded carts also greatly smaller businesses and multifamily residential buildings reduced litter. to participate in the program if their waste could be handled with garbage carts and recycling bins. Organics » 2013- City rolled out a residential curbside organics The city implemented a curbside residential organics program for the collection of food scraps and other program at the end of 2013 for the collection of food compostable material, and also switched to a single- scraps, papers such as tissues and paper towels, and stream recycling program, which allows cans, bottles certified-compostable food and beverage containers. and paper to be comingled in a single cart. Initially there was an additional fee to participate. However in 2017 it was included in the solid waste rates and participation doubled from 15% in December 2016 to 30% in November 2017. Figure 4-20 shows organics participation by neighborhood. 4-97 | Environmental Stewardship Figure 4-20. 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