HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014 01-08 Maplewood to roll out recycling carts MAPLEWOOD REVIEW Maplewood t� roll
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out recycling carts
Ditching a basic a�`���gw����r `��
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pay 75 cents more
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Kaitlyn Roby
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Maplewood will soon
Starting this year, replace recycling bins
Maplewood households with carts,costing�2.50
will pay 75 cents more per Per month per resident
month to be able to roll the first two years.
more recyclables to the curb
--and cover them with a lid. Commission will discuss
New 65-gallon carts the specifics of the
are replacing all residents' implementation this month.
smaller, topless bins by City and county officials
about March, according to hope the carts will boost
city staff. the use of the service. Some
The Maplewood City residents simply want them
Council in Decembcr voted for the convenience.
4-1 to replace the basic In a year-long cart pilot
bins,which have cost$1.75 project, 214 single-family
per month per household. households tossed 37
Tennis Sanitation is now percent more recycling
rolling out the contract into the 65-gallon carts.
change, charging each participarion increased by
household$2.50 per month 25 percent after the 18-
the first two years, and g�lon recycling bins were
$2.75 in 2016 and 2017. substitute�d according to
The Environmental T><�� �
and Natural Resources see Recycling on page 3
Recycling...
� _ continued from page 1 and council member Kathy for a six-year contract,
� Juenemann voted in favor where Tennis would charge
` of a motion for the city to the city for the wheeled
-:city documents. buy its own carts, in order containers.
The majority of those who to save money over time. But Rossbach's wariness
�`iesponded to a city survey That motion failed. Carts of such a long contract,
-":said that spending one-third �,ould have cost the city hoping to give the city more
-.more each month would be $553,000 in bonds, but it frequent opportuniti�es
�;�worth it. Responders said �,ould have been cheaper to review its options,
'��that the wheeled containers over time. led council members to
would be easier to move and The average cost in a compromise by passing
a lid would deter critters and seven-year contract with the four-year contract.
keep their aluminum cans, the city-purchased carts Juenemann voted against it.
cardboard and newspapers �,�,ould have been $2.54
from tumbling down the per household per month, Kaitlbn Robb can be
street on windy days. according to city documents. reached at krobb@lillienews.
Supporting programs that That calculation didn't com, 651-748-7814 or at
increase residential recycling factor in a revenue-sharing twitter:com/KRobbNews.
efforts, the Ramsey County agreement that would have
Public Entity Reduction brought in more money for
and Recycling Program had �e��,
awarded the city a$100,000 «I��t quite see why we
grant to offset the cost of �,ould pay for gomething
buying carts. But, because year after year after year �
the council decided to �,hen we can get it and pay '
contract with Tennis and for it and get two-thirds of
have the company buy the its lifetime for nothing,"
carts, the city can't use the Rossbach said at the Dec.
grant under the current g meeting. "Over the long
option. term, the city buying the
carts is the cheapest way to
Other options go»
oonsidered Others showed support
Mayor Will Rossbach JAN � �. ����