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ORDINANCE ~88- <br /> CITY OF RAMSEY <br />COUNTY OF ANOKA <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />An ordinance establishing a program for the separation of recyclable <br />materials from mixed municipal solid waste in order to facilitate <br />collection and encourage recycling and to fix penalties for the viola- <br />tion thereof. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, conservation of recyclable materials is now a necessity <br />in order to conserve our natural resources; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the cost of solid waste disposal is ever increasing and <br />convenient landfill facilities are rapidly decreasing; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council has established a source <br />separation performance standard of at least fifteen percent (15%) <br />Anoka County, and <br /> <br />for <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, Anoka County, in its Solid Waste Master Plan, <br />established annual source-separation recycling goals for each <br />municipality in Anoka County, in accordance with Minn. Stat. Section <br />473.803, in order for the County to meet its goal of twenty percent <br />(20%) source-separation performance standard by 1992; <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Ramsey has entered into a contract for a one <br />year pilot program for curbside recycling and said program is in effect <br />in the following urban residential neighborhoods: <br /> <br />River's Bend <br />F!intwood Hills (all present additions) <br />Ramsey Terrace <br />(hereinafter "Pilot Study Area") <br /> <br /> N0~.~, .... R__0.._, is ordinance shall aDD!V to the ~==~dents of <br />the pi!o5 s-"dy area and to all collectors c= _~=~_=w~e mat__ . <br /> <br />The City cf Ransey does ordain: <br /> <br /> =~'~ '? !0.__ D_._N___ONS The following words and phra=as, when <br />used in ~his ordinance, unless the contex~ clearly indicates <br />czherw!se, sba~ have the meanings ascribed to them in ~his <br /> <br /> Subd ~ "~'~{~ Recyc!ables" shall be deemed to ..... u~= <br />aluminum foil_ and all_ disposable~ containers fabricated ~r~m=___}'~ -~ <br />aluminum and .... ~ <br /> · co ..... ~ ....y used for soda, beer or other beverages. <br /> <br /> Subd. 2 "Cc.~'~est~_~ _o.~-" means th= agcregation, cf -was~_e from the <br />~aco az 'which i~ is con=rated and includes a!~ activities up 5o t%~ <br />~ime '~'hen ~he waste is de~_ivered to a "waste ~=ac=_~"~-'~y". <br /> <br /> <br />