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4. Environmental Benefits: Describe how the project will enhance your current recycling efforts. Provide as many quantitative measures as possible (examples: project will result in the collection of mattresses for recycling, recycling containers will be provided in our parks or an estimated collection of an additional 15 tons of plastic). The project, if funded, will position the City to increase materials accepted for recycling in the future. Additional materials accepted throughout the year could include, but not necessarily be limited to, carpeting, vinyl siding, construction/demolition debris, mattresses and boxsprings, yard waste automotive batteries, appliances, and e-waste. Should other communities utilize the project's final product as a template, they would likely also see and expanded list of materials collected. The project will also presumably reduce carbon emissions as Ramsey residents would no longer need to drive to recycling drop-off centers in other communities for disposal of certain items nor would there necessarily be as much idling of vehicles as they wait to move through the City's twice per year recycling events.