HIGHLAND DISTRICT COUNCIL ORGANICS COMPOSTING COLLECTION SURVEY Q1 Approximate size of garbage container Answered: 171 Skipped: 2 30 gallon 60 gallon 90 gallon Other (please specif y ) 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Answer Choices Responses 30 gallon 49.71% 85 60 gallon 30.41% 52 90 gallon 8.77% 15 Other (please specify) 11.11% 19 Total 171 # Other (please specify) Date 1 None (share neighbor's) 7/19/2013 6:31 PM 2 Not sure-liv e in a high rise with ov er 160 units 7/8/2013 8:02 PM 3 35 gallon 6/30/2013 1:28 AM 4 20 gallon 6/25/2013 7:35 PM 5 Share with neighbor 6/24/2013 6:26 PM 6 I liv e in a townhouse association. We hav e dumpsters. 6/19/2013 9:52 AM 7 65 gal 6/17/2013 11:02 PM 8 60 f or trash, 90 f or y ard waste 6/17/2013 10:36 PM 9 Apartment size--big complex 6/17/2013 7:03 PM 10 Lg container that highland garage prov ides 6/17/2013 1:50 PM 11 dumpster (apartment) 6/17/2013 12:51 PM 12 townhome 6/17/2013 11:53 AM 13 38 gallon 6/17/2013 11:23 AM 14 We haul our trash to Twin City on Harriet Island 6/17/2013 11:07 AM 15 96 gallon but we rarely f ill it to half f ull since we started composting 6/17/2013 10:52 AM 16 Shared with neighbors 6/17/2013 10:42 AM 17 shared with neighborhs - 90 gal. 6/10/2013 1:22 PM 18 apartment sized 5/8/2013 7:40 PM 19 3 y ards 5/2/2013 10:12 AM 1 / 14 HIGHLAND DISTRICT COUNCIL ORGANICS COMPOSTING COLLECTION SURVEY Q2 Frequency of garbage pickup Answered: 172 Skipped: 1 Weekly Ev ery two weeks Monthly Other (please specif y ) 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Answer Choices Responses Weekly 96.51% 166 Every two weeks 0% 0 Monthly 0.58% 1 Other (please specify) 2.91% 5 Total 172 # Other (please specify) Date 1 None (share neighbor's-weekly pickup) 7/19/2013 6:31 PM 2 not sure--twice a week 6/17/2013 7:03 PM 3 don't know 6/17/2013 12:51 PM 4 We haul our trash to Twin City on Harriet Island ev ery 3 weeks or so 6/17/2013 11:07 AM 5 Thrice a week 6/17/2013 10:42 AM 2 / 14 HIGHLAND DISTRICT COUNCIL ORGANICS COMPOSTING COLLECTION SURVEY Q3 Average fullness of garbage container Answered: 172 Skipped: 1 Less than half f ull Half f ull Greater than half f ull Other (please specif y ) 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Answer Choices Responses Less than half full 16.86% 29 Half full 29.65% 51 Greater than half full 47.09% 81 Other (please specify) 6.40% 11 Total 172 # Other (please specify) Date 1 v ery f ull 7/22/2013 12:16 PM 2 av erage. alway s f ull in summer with inv asiv e weeds. rarely half f ull in winter. 7/16/2013 4:37 PM 3 We do not create much garbage. We liv e in a high-rise so it is hard to tell how f ull the dumpsters are. 7/8/2013 8:02 PM 4 Our household does recy cle and f ills one can a week with garbage and 1 can with y ard debris/waste...twigs, 6/25/2013 4:23 PM branches, etc. 5 It depends. Some weeks the dumpster is f ull, but other weeks it is only half f ull. 6/19/2013 9:52 AM 6 Four f ull bags. 6/18/2013 8:26 AM 7 75%-100% f ull 6/17/2013 9:56 PM 8 Alway s f ull 6/17/2013 12:45 PM 9 v aries f rom half to greater than half 6/17/2013 11:23 AM 10 We haul one 30 gallon bag ev ery 3 weeks or so. 6/17/2013 11:07 AM 11 Full 5/2/2013 1:43 PM 3 / 14 HIGHLAND DISTRICT COUNCIL ORGANICS COMPOSTING COLLECTION SURVEY Q4 Comments Answered: 23 Skipped: 150 # Responses Date 1 Neighbor's hav e a 30 gallon container. 7/19/2013 6:31 PM 2 We share a container with our neighbors. 7/19/2013 1:31 PM 3 I know this surv ey isn't about plastic recy cling but my garbage container would ALWAYS be less than half f ull 7/16/2013 4:37 PM if all plastics were recy cled. Currently I haul #3-8 plastics to a f riend in Washington Co. where all plastics are collected f or recy cle. Frankly , I more concerned about plastic in landf ill than I am about composting organic material. 4 This is hard to answer f or someone in an apartment! 7/8/2013 8:02 PM 5 I hav e weekly serv ice but don't alway s put it out f or pickup as I don't hav e enough. 6/27/2013 9:32 AM 6 Most of our "trash" could be composted. 6/26/2013 5:53 PM 7 I def initely want to be included in any organic recy cling that the city of St. Paul does or that Highland area 6/25/2013 4:23 PM promotes. 8 I want the City to prov ide garbage hauling serv ices so we don't hav e multiple garbage trucks driv ing on the 6/19/2013 10:23 AM alley ev ery day of the week. 9 Curb side pickup of compostable organics should go hand-in-hand with backy ard composing of organics where 6/18/2013 12:31 PM space and circumstances are f av orable f or doing this. 10 We'v e just signed up to participate in the Mac Grov eland Organics collection program and would lov e it if 6/17/2013 9:17 PM Highland would do the same/similar. I anticipate with our participate in the Mac Grov eland program will reduce our garbage by 50%. Curbside household organics collection would be awesome! 11 We share the trash pick. There are only f our indiv iduals using this trash. 6/17/2013 12:45 PM 12 As two people with little waste and backy ard composting, we ty pically hav e an empty garbage container f or 2-3 6/17/2013 11:04 AM weeks. When it is picked up, it is less than half f ull. 13 This surv ey is a bit conf using because I am not clear about the def initions of "trash" v . "garbage." so I hav e 6/17/2013 11:00 AM answered based on my trash hauler. I do not separate out the "garbage" f rom the "trash." To me "garbage" ref ers to items that are f ood waste. 14 Garbage serv ice shared with ~24 households 6/17/2013 10:56 AM 15 We compost, recy cle curbside as well as recy cle other plastics at Who,e Foods 6/17/2013 10:52 AM 16 Highland Sanitation. I do not want city run garbage. 6/17/2013 10:43 AM 17 :) 6/17/2013 10:42 AM 18 I would not mind pickup ev ery two weeks. 6/10/2013 1:22 PM 19 we are v ery supportiv e of expanding the recy cling in st paul (more plastics, please!!!!) and compost collection. 5/4/2013 12:03 PM currently we driv e our plastic to whole f oods f or recy cling, and it's a hassle (but whole f oods is a good neighbor f or taking that plastics recy cling f or us). i'm sure most households would like to recy cle more plastics but st paul doesn't do it y et. minneapolis does (and do we want to be behind minneapolis on ev ery thing!?) 20 We hav e a larger container to accomodate weeks when we hav e more than av erage amount of garbage 5/2/2013 4:11 PM 21 Shared townhouse (11 units) 5/2/2013 10:12 AM 22 Single homeowner. Recy cle ev ery thing I can, so hav e little trash. 5/1/2013 11:16 AM 23 During summer months our bin is v ery f ull. Winter not so much. 5/1/2013 10:08 AM 4 / 14 HIGHLAND DISTRICT COUNCIL ORGANICS COMPOSTING COLLECTION SURVEY Q5 What would be your motivation for subscribing to an organics collection program? Please check all that apply. Answered: 149 Skipped: 24 Env ironmental Benef its Interested in sav ing money on garbage... Desire to support local/neig... Ability to compost more materials... Want to reduce household... Want to reduce my carbon... 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Answer Choices Responses Environmental Benefits 90.60% 135 Interested in saving money on garbage bill 42.95% 64 Desire to support local/neighborhood initiative 65.10% 97 Ability to compost more materials than in backyard bin 61.74% 92 Want to reduce household waste 81.21% 121 Want to reduce my carbon footprint 77.85% 116 Total Respondents: 149 # Other (please specify) Date 1 No interest. I hav e a compost bin that f its my needs. 7/19/2013 6:32 PM 2 Hoping f or a more conv enient way to compost. 6/30/2013 1:30 AM 3 it would need to be easy 6/27/2013 7:25 PM 4 I hav e been inv olv ed in recy cling the usual glass, newspapers, etc., but hav e not taken the last step of doing a 6/25/2013 4:27 PM compost bin...just nerv ous about being able to keep it critter f ree, etc.