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Resolution to Appropriate Funds and Approve Contract with Recycle Ann Arbor for Multi-Family Recycling Incentive Pilot Program ($95,694.00) (8 Votes Required)
Memorandum
In 2013 City Council approved Resolution R-13-309 adopting the WASTE LESS: Solid Waste Resource Plan. The plan recommends evaluating methods to increase recycling participation through pilot programs, such as introducing a recycling incentive program for multi-family dwellings. A waste sort conducted in the fall of 2012 found that recyclable materials comprised only 12% of the trash that single-family residents threw away but 26% of the trash that multi-family residents threw away.
The purpose of the pilots is to test various methodologies to encourage increased recycling behavior by residents in multiple-family units, with results that would be quantifiable and measurable.
The cost of the contract with Recycle Ann Arbor is $95,694.00 over a two-year period. Funding for this program is available in the Solid Waste Fund fund balance. The program start date is September 2014, with an expected completion date of December 2016.
Recycle Ann Arbor's proposal includes:
1) Gather information on best multi-family recycling practices in North America.
2) Survey and/or interview key multi-family constituencies in Ann Arbor to better understand the challenges and opportunities for recycling in this sector. Based on feedback received, develop 3 to 5 methodologies for further testing and analysis.
3) Identify pilot parameters and measurement protocols.
4) Identify pilot communities to involve in the pilot programs (ultimately targeting approximately 1,000 units) and ramp up pilot start-up.
5) Implement pilot programs.
6) Analyze results of pilot programs.
7) Provide detailed recommendations to the City on best practices and report results to participating multi-family communities.
Methodologies that will be tested as part of the pilot will include the following:
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