Agenda - Council - 07/24/1984 - Laserfiche WebLink

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i Page Four Waste reduction information and education as a waste abatement strategy ~r~z~ the providing of information and training sessio..ns to.per,ns who interest in solid waste abatement. Such activities m.ght be I conducted t~ough community groups or schools. I I I I I I Woste scurce sepca'ation, as an abatement strategy, includes methods and procedures for extracting fram the solid waste stream at the paint of generation useful materials that could be returned to the economy (newspaper, glass, iron~ aluminum, cardboard). Such activities accomplish the conservation of natural resources and energy, reduce consumer expense, reduce landfilling cost ond land disposal needs, and facilitate preparation of refuse to provide fuel for energy recovery systems. There are three basic types of waste separation systems: collection/drop off centers, curbside pickup, and salvaging. A collection or drop off center is a facility usually operated and staffed by a volunteer organization which would provide bins or other containers in which individuals place their source separated materials. The organization in turn would market the materials. To be effective such recycling/drop off centers must be located close to the point of waste generation so that they are convenient to individual residential generators. Because of the inconvenience of separating and trmsparting recycled materials, a high degree of individual motivation is required. For this reason, this strategy may be of limited value i in reducing the County's Ionclfill disposal needs. Curhdde picicup, on the other hand, is a system which is built into the general solid waste collection system for th? community whereby the individual I residents place the separated mateflals on the sc recyclable curb that the materials are separate from the waste to be disposed of. Curbside programs can accomplish a larger reduction in the County's lancl disposal needs but still I will of motivation to accomplish separation. Because high curbside pickup programs are so closely tied to the collection system, it is I I I believed that curbside programs can be better implemented by the city as a pcu't of their municipal solid waste management services. Other elements critical to the success of o c~rbside program are population density and the availability of municipal collection or municipal contract collection. Currently only the communities of Blaine, Anoka, Columbia Heights, Coon Rapids, Fridiey, Hilltop c~d Spring Lake Park have population densities conducive to this strategy. Of the above communities only Anoka, Blaine, and Columbia Heights currently have municipal collection or municipal contract collection.