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Hi
everyone,
my
name-
is
hannah
bone.
I
actually
have
recently
legally
changed
my
last
names.
My
name
is
actually
hannah
jenkins
and
I
live
in
the
lindhurst
neighborhood
and
I
work
for
minnesota
waste
wise
foundation.
So
I'm
a
sustainability
specialist.
I
help
businesses
with
race
reduction
and
recycling
projects,
cool.
O
All
right,
I'm
suzanne,
savannah
canson.
I
use
she
her
pronouns
and
I
work
in
minneapolis,
I'm
the
sustainability
specialist
for
allina
health-
and
you
know
my
home-
is
at
the
alaina
commons
near
abbott
northwestern
hospital.
Before
I
was
here,
I
ran
the
sustainability
program
from
macalester
college
for
12
years.
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Hello,
my
name
is
madeline
or
maddie
henderson.
I
moved
to
the
twin
cities
last
summer
during
the
pandemic.
I
work
for
medtronic.
I
am
a
biomedical
engineer,
but
I
am
very
passionate
about
sustainability
and
I
am
trying
to
get
into
that
intersection
of
medical
and
sustainability
yeah.
Thanks
for
having
me.
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Thank
you
for
joining,
so
with
that
we'll
be
rounded
back
up
to
our
19
members
as
opposed
to
the
15
that
we've
been
at
so
before
we
move
on.
I
would
just
want
to
give
an
opportunity
for
community
members
or
others
who
have
joined
us
today
to
unmute
themselves
and
briefly
introduce
yourself
with
your
name
and
organization
or
affiliation
as
applicable.
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I'll
go
first,
my
name
is
kelly
kish,
I
use
she
her
pronouns.
I
work
for
the
public
works,
division
of
solid
waste
and
recycling
for
the
city
of
minneapolis,
and
I
am
a
ward
11
resident
and
gonna
speak
to
you
in
a
little
bit
here
about
some
waste
updates
and
a
focus
on
plastics.
So
thank
you
for
having
me
and
happy
to
be
here
great.
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Great
all
right
so
now,
before
we
jump
in,
we
typically
start
our
meetings
with
a
land
acknowledgement
statement.
So
as
we
meet
here
today,
we
are
reminded
that
minneapolis
is
situated
on
the
homelands
of
the
dakota
people,
an
area
that
is
steeped
in
rich
indigenous
history.
We
are
home
to
indigenous
people
from
more
than
30
different
nations.
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As
a
city,
we
have
a
responsibility
to
care
for
the
land
on
which
we
live
and
work
and
all
its
natural
surroundings.
This
stewardship
is
an
integral
part
of
our
involvement
in
this
commission
and
we
honor
it.
As
we
begin
our
meeting,
I'm
going
to
open
up
this
space
to
discuss
ways
in
which
we
can
support
indigenous
people
in
our
community.
So
if
there's
anyone
who
has
something
that
they
would
like
to
share,
feel
free
to
hop
in
here.
A
I
was
gonna
say
if
you
do
come
to
the
open
streets
on
minnehaha,
which
I
know
that
we'll
also
talk
about
later,
because
we
will
have
a
table
there
as
seac
some
of
the
different
groups
like
the
american,
indian,
council
and
stuff,
I
think,
have
tables
at
this
upcoming
saturday,
one
so
come
and
find
out
more
information.
I
guess.
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I
was
going
to
add
one
kind
of
interesting
thing
I
read
last
week
and
it's
been
been
kind
of
making
the
rounds
of
the
foodie
world,
but
owamni
the
sous
chef,
his
restaurant,
which
is
right
on
next
to
the
stone
arch
bridge.
There
was
named
one
of
the
top
50
restaurants
by
the
new
york
times
top
50
restaurants
in
the
united
states
by
the
new
york
times,
the
other
one
yeah,
it's
pretty
amazing,
so
the
other
one
was
also
was
it's.
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I'll
add,
with
the
elections
coming
up
very
soon,
be
sure
to
keep
this
also
something
that
you
bring
up
with
candidates,
city,
council,
mayor
and
park
board.
For
sure
all
those
incumbents
or
candidates
should
have
something
to
say,
I
think,
about
their
plans
with
regard
to
our
indigenous
neighbors
and
recognition
of
the
history
of
our
land.
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Great
point,
thank
you,
tess,
and
I
know
that
we
were
talking
about
opening
this
up
for
talking
about
the
indigenous
people
in
our
community,
but
just
to
follow
up
on
tess's
thing
about
the
election.
At
this
point,
the
election
offices
up
on
hennepin
980
hennepin
avenue,
are
open
every
day
for
some
kind
of
early
voting.
So
if
you
want
to
vote
early,
you
can
do
so
even
on
a
sunday.
If
you
wanted
so
go
out
there
and
and
get
your
vote
in.
A
All
right
with
that,
I'm
going
to
move
on
into
our
presentation,
and
so
I
know
that
at
our
last
meeting
we
talked
about
having
a
presentation
on
mobility
hubs,
but
unfortunately,
due
to
an
open
rfp.
We
can't
have
that
particular
conversation
today.
So
we
moved
that
to
the
november
agenda
and
we
had
also
talked
about
discussing
plastic
and
plastic
waste,
and
so
we
invited
kelly
to
come
and
speak
with
us
here
today.
So
thank
you
kelly
for
being
here.
P
Thank
you
happy
to
be
here.
It's
interesting
timing.
You
know
when
it
rains
it
pours,
but
I
just
gave
an
hour
and
a
half
long
discussion
presentation
with
the
tangle
town
neighborhood
on
plastics
like
two
weeks
ago,
and
they
have
a
whole
series
around
low-waste
living
that
I
encourage
you
all
to
check
out.
They
also
did
a
really
fantastic
series
on
textiles
last
year
and
all
of
those
presentations
are
recorded
and
available
on
their
website
too.
P
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Oh
yeah
yeah
presented
to
tangletown
on
plastics
recently,
and
you
know
ever
everyone
loves
talking
trash,
so
happy
to
be
here
and
with
that
I
will
share
my
screen.
I
saw
the
presentation
was
linked
in
the
agenda,
so
you
all
have
access
to
it
after
this
meeting
as
well.
But
I
want
to
give
a
quick
little
overview
just
on
you
know,
waste
and
recycling
and
then
I'll
dive
more
into
plastics,
but
just
a
quick
reminder,
so
solid
waste
and
recycling
per
city
ordinance.
P
We
provide
collection
services
to
all
buildings
in
the
city
that
have
four
or
fewer
units,
so
a
four
plex
or
smaller.
We
also
pick
up
from
a
whole
bunch
of
larger
buildings
that
have
opted
in
to
have
city
collection
services.
We
pick
up
from
the
neighborhood
parks
and
most
of
the
city
buildings
as
well.
So
one
thing
on
here
to
note
yard
waste
collection
does
end
the
week
before
thanksgiving.
So
no
the
rain
today
really
helped
get
a
lot
of
those
leaves
out
of
the
trees.
P
But
just
you
know
keep
that
in
mind
that
you
have
until
the
week
before
thanksgiving
to
actually
get
those
leaves
out.
Bagged
up
and
put
out
for
a
pickup
and
then
a
question
we
often
get
is
you
know
why
we
need
to
prevent
the
stuff
from
going
to
the
landfill?
So
I
always
like
to
start
out
presentations
or
somewhere
within
the
presentation,
discuss
what
is
actually
happening
with
waste
collected
in
the
city.
So
none
of
our
garbage
from
what's
in
our
black
carts
outside
our
house
does
go
to
a
landfill.
P
It
all
goes
to
the
hennepin
energy
recovery
facility,
known
as
herc
the
waste
energy
plant
in
downtown
minneapolis,
where
it
is
burned
for
energy.
All
of
our
recycling.
That's
picked
up
goes
over
to
eureka
recycling.
Will
they
sort
it
into
about
15
different
categories
and
then
sell
it
to
various
markets
throughout
north
america
and
then
our
organics
and
yard
waste?
P
The
reason
we
do
that
is
because
we
one
don't
want
our
small
vehicles
with
lighter
weights,
driving
all
that
distance,
and
so
the
transfer
station
allows
that
material
to
be
consolidated
and
send
fewer
trucks.
The
farther
drive,
and
then
the
cell
transfer
station
is
our
resident
drop-off
location
for
extra
garbage
construction,
demolition,
debris
and
large
items,
and
I
will
note
that
some
of
the
construction
and
demolition
debris
from
that
site
does
actually
go
to
a
landfill
and
that's
the
only
component
of
minneapolis
residential
waste
that
is
landfilled.
P
So
all
of
our
trash
from
our
our
black
or
gray
carts
outside
the
house
does
go
and
get
burned
for
energy
so
now
onto
recycling.
So
recycling
is
not
mandatory
in
the
city,
it
is
voluntary
and
97
of
our
customers
do
have
a
recycling
cart,
the
other
three
percent,
some
people.
You
know
when
we
first
rolled
out
the
carts.
They
said
they
didn't
want
one,
some
other
folks.
We
may
have
taken
their
carts
away
for
continuously
contaminating
them.
P
But
overall
it's
a
very
high
participation
rate
in
the
program
and
I
think
more
than
three
percent
of
our
customers
have
more
than
one
recycling
cart,
because
they
need
the
extra
space,
especially
in
our
our
age
of
buying
things.
Online
we've
got
you
know
more
boxes
and
all
sorts
of
stuff
that
we
need
to
have
space
for
and
just
keep
in
mind
that
there
is
no
cost
to
get
an
additional
recycling.
Cart.
If
you
want
one,
just
give
us
a
call
and
we're
happy
to
have
one
delivered
to
your
house.
P
But
good
news
is
our
most
recent
sort
that
we
just
did
about
a
month
ago
is
starting
to
bring
that
back
down
again,
and
you
know,
of
course,
due
to
the
pandemic,
people
were
cleaning
things
out
of
their
house
and
you
know
doing
a
lot
of
wish
cycling
that
lovely
term.
That's
popping
up
in
the
news,
a
lot
thinking
or
of
folks
thinking.
Oh
it's
metal,
it
can
be
recycled.
Oh,
it's
plastic,
it
can
be
recycled
and
that
not
always
being
true.
P
So
another
thing
that
may
have
led
to
a
slight
increase
in
our
contamination
is
due
to
the
pandemic
at
the
early
start.
When
we
didn't
really
know
how
covet
19
was
transmitted,
we
wanted
people
essentially
handling
material
as
little
as
possible.
So
we
had
the
crews
only
leaving
educational
tags,
saying
there's
an
issue
with
your
cart
when
the
cart
was
really
bad
other
than
that
they
were
just
instructed
to
dump
the
cart
and
continue
on
with
their
route.
P
So
an
important
thing
with
recycling
is
that
only
the
items
that
are
on
the
actual
guide
that
comes
in
the
mail
are
items
that
are.
The
recycling
facility
is
able
to
sort
out
and
properly
have
markets
for
so
yes,
although
all
metal
can
be
recycled,
eureka's
facility
is
not
designed
to
handle
any
other
metal.
Then
your
cans,
bottles
pie,
tins
clean
aluminum,
foil,
so
any
pipes
poles
a
bucket
of
nails.
P
So
if
you,
when
you
get
your
new
guide
in
the
mail,
hang
on
to
it
post
it
somewhere
in
your
house
or
memorize
it
or
you
know,
if
you
do
misplace
it,
you
can
give
us
a
call.
We
can
send
you
another
one
or
you
can
always
go
on
our
website,
which
I
will
talk
about
in
a
little
bit
here
as
well,
so
now
nexon
recycling,
you
know
what
makes
something
recyclable.
P
First
and
foremost,
we
have
to
have
a
way
to
collect
it,
whether
that
is
picked
up
curbside
or
brought
to
a
drop-off
location,
a
means
of
getting
the
material
and
a
large
quantity
of
it
is
the
very
first
step.
The
second
step
is
in
the
in
terms
of
what
goes
in
your
recycling.
Cart
is
again,
it
has
to
be
able
to
be
sorted
out
in
our
case
by
the
recycling
facility,
and
then
the
last
step
is
someone
has
to
want
to
do
something
with
it.
P
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So
I'm
going
to
go
through
a
couple
specific
materials
where
some
of
these
pieces
might
not
come
into
play
and
then
I'm
going
to
pull
up
a
slide.
That's
some
common
recycling
questions.
I
won't
go
through
all
of
them,
but
if
there's
any,
you
do
really
want
me
to
touch
on.
I
can
for
sure
do
that
as
well,
so
plastic
bags
can't
go
in
recycling,
carts,
they're.
P
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Recycling
location,
most
grocery
stores,
big
retailers
have
drop-off
locations,
hennepin
county
accepts
them
at
their
hazardous
waste
facilities
and
they
are
recycled
primarily
back
into
plastic
lumber
or
that
can
be
used
for
patio,
furniture
or
decking
or
other
durable
plastic
items
like
that,
and
then
keep
in
mind.
It's
not
just
plastic
shopping
bags,
but
it
can
be
this
case,
wrap
that
you
get.
You
know
you
get
a
case
of
water,
although
I
would
advise
you
against
buying
cases
of
bottled
water.
P
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The
best
option
here
is
to
put
them
in
to
bring
them
to
a
drop-off
location,
and
so
pac-tech
acknowledges
the
fact
that
they
they
really
want
to
make
the
system
work,
and
they
have
worked
with
all
of
these
green
dots
here
on
the
map
in
minneapolis
to
be
drop-off
locations.
So
most
of
these
are
going
to
be
local
microbreweries.
So
I
know
a
bunch
of
my
friends
do
this.
I
do
this.
P
So
just
a
two,
those
are
two
really
common,
tricky
items
that
are
recyclable
and
now,
especially
with
the
advent
of
kovid
and
meal
delivery
services.
Here
is
a
whole
bunch
of
problematic
stuff
that
we're
now
seeing
so
we've
got.
We
we
like
to
call
this
p-e-t
fluff,
where
it's
number
one
plastic
in
both
a
film
form
and
also
a
fluff
form.
We've
got
mylar
lined
bubble,
wrap
bags.
P
We've
got
mylar
lined
foam,
we've
got
all
sorts
of
stuff
that
you
see
in
many
meal
delivery
services
and
or
now
just
regular
shipping
containers
arriving
at
your
house,
and
you
see
the
recycling
symbol
on
many
of
them.
This
one
says
it's
made
out
of
100
recycled
this
one.
You
see
actually
like
four
different
recycling
symbols.
So
it's
it's
obvious.
Well,
let
me
back
up
here.
P
Yes,
wait
times,
we
are
very
behind
on
cart
service,
but
the
reason
we're
behind
on
cart
services,
like
many
other
industries,
we're
quite
short,
staffed
right
now.
So
there
are
some
days
where
we
don't
have
anyone
out
doing
regular
cart,
repairs,
deliveries,
pickups,
because
we
need
all
available
bodies
to
make
sure
we're
getting
the
garbage
recycling
and
organics
picked
up.
P
P
Pretty
much
all
of
those
bags
are
going
to
be
accepted
in
those
plastic
bag
drop-offs
and
unfortunately,
the
chip
bags
are
just
really
not
stretchy
and
again
the
foil,
plus
a
plastic.
It's
going
to
be
a
multi-material.
Oh
boy,
sorry
hit
that
there.
Those
ones
unfortunately
have
to
go
in
the
trash,
and
I
know
it's
the
hardest
to
give
up
who
doesn't
want
a
good
tortilla
chip
every
once
in
a
while,
so
a
little
deeper
dive
into
contamination
in
2018
we
had
residents.
P
Do
some
cart
checking
for
us,
as
they
were
piloting
a
new
picture
based
educational
tag,
and
this
is
just
a
nice
little
overview
of
some
of
the
things
they
found
and
again,
here's
here's,
the
the
plastic
bag
and
film
issue
so
30
of
the
carts
that
they
checked
and
the
pieces
they
found
were
plastic
bags
wrapper
film
and
then
another
10
percent
was
recycling
that
was
actually
in
plastic
bags.
So
that's
40
percent
of
contamination
that
was
found
was
just
plastic
bag
related
bagged.
Recyclables
are
a
problem
at
eureka.
P
P
They
actually
did
a
study
a
couple
years
ago
on
the
cost
to
their
facility
to
manage
plastic
bags
from
a
workman's
comp
of
actually
the
repeatedness
of
ripping
open
bags
to
the
downtime
of
the
facility
to
climb
in
the
equipment
to
cut
them
out
to
the
actual
disposal
cost
to
get
rid
of
all
the
bags
that
they
receive
at
their
facility.
It
costs
them
75
000
a
year
to
manage
plastic
bags
that
should
never
have
been
put
in
the
recycling
cart.
P
So
if
you
come
away
with
nothing
today,
please
come
away
with
don't
ever
put
plastic
bags
or
film
in
your
recycling
cart,
and
please
tell
at
least
five
other
people
the
same
thing,
because
some
other
studies
we've
done
have
shown
that
the
the
word
of
mouth
you
know
you
get
really
excited
about
it.
Talk
to
your
neighbors,
they
do.
The
same
thing
is
much
more
effective
than
any
mailer
any
card,
hanger
any
possible.
Other
thing
that
we
could
do
so.
P
Please
help
us
spread
the
word
on
no
plastic
bags,
so
some
other
common
recycling
questions
I
will
touch
on
a
couple
of
them.
Are
my
recyclables
actually
recycled?
What
do
the
numbers
mean?
What
plastics
can
be
recycled?
I
keep
hearing.
Only
nine
percent
of
plastics
are
recycled.
What
does
that
mean?
Why
not
black
plastics?
What
do
I
do
with
lids?
P
It
was
put
on
there
to
identify
what
type
or
again
that
number
in
there
what
type
of
plastic
it
is,
and
so
that
recyclers
know
what
the
chemical
makeup
is
of
that
item
and
know
if
it
can
be
recycled
with
other
similar
items,
a
new
trick.
We
are
teaching
people
to
remember,
which
types
of
plastics
have
strong
markets
and
can
go
in
your
recycling.
Cart
is
to
make
the
I
love
you
sign
in
sign
language,
so
middle
finger
ring
finger
down.
P
You
now
have
plastics
one
or
numbers
one,
two
and
five
counting
from
your
thumb
up.
Those
are
the
plastics
that
have
strong
markets
and
can
go
on
your
recycling
cart.
Now,
if
you
go
back
to
the
image
of
the
recycling
guide,
you
will
see
it
was
pretty
much
all
food
beverage,
laundry,
bathroom
type
containers
and
then
our
papers
that
don't
come
in
contact
with
food
and
in
that
case,
number
three's
do
not
exist
in
that
realm
number
three
is
pvc
number
one
place
you're
going
to
find
that
is
in
plumbing
fixtures.
P
You
will
also
find
it
in
shower
curtains
or
like
really
thick
plastics,
like
an
inflatable
mattress,
and
you
will
also
find
the
only
kind
of
clothes
place
you're
going
to
find.
It
is,
if
you
buy
like
an
electronic
or
a
toy
that
comes
in
that
super
zip,
sealed
packaging
like
new
headphones
and
you
need
a
scissors
to
cut
it
open,
and
then
you
still
almost
always
cut
your
hand
open
trying
to
get
the
thing
out.
P
That
stuff
is
mostly
number
three's
and
then
our
number
fours
most
of
those
are
going
to
be
plastic
bags
and
film
the
only
two
places
in
the
past.
Like
five
years,
I
have
seen
a
number
four
in
the
food
beverage.
Laundry
bathroom
realm
are
going
to
be
a
honey,
bear
and
a
little
lemon
squeeze,
but
pretty
much
everything
else
in
food
beverage.
P
Laundry
bathroom
is
going
to
be
a
one
to
a
five
or
a
six,
so
keep
keep
an
eye
out
for
those
number
sixes
because
they
do
not
have
strong
markets
and
again
without
someone
wanting
to
buy
it
and
turn
it
into
something
new.
There
is
no
reason
we
should
be
collecting
it
and
sorting
it
out,
so
I'm
going
to
dive
real
quick
into
what
happens
to
recycling.
P
Here
in
the
midwest,
please
note
that
recycling
all
waste
is
incredibly
local
and
while
what
is
in
some
of
those
stories
that
you
know
recycling
is
not
being
shipped
overseas
anymore
or
that
all
of
the
you
know
x,
y
or
z,
that
we're
collecting
is
actually
just
going
in
the
trash.
That
is
true
for
some
places,
but
here
in
minneapolis
in
minnesota
it's
always
been.
It
made
more
sense
to
ship
materials
directly
to
a
recycler
than
to
get
them
to
a
coast
where
they
can
then
go
overseas.
P
And
so
one
thing
you
can
see
over
here
on
the
slide
that
a
hundred
percent
stay
within
north
america.
They
do
send
a
small
amount
of
material
up
to
canada,
as
I
mentioned
with
some
of
the
plastics,
and
they
do
send
a
little
bit
of
paper
down
to
mexico
on
occasion
as
well,
and
it's
just
the
sheer
sheer
fact
that
you
don't
want
to
put
all
your
eggs
in
one
basket.
P
All
right
so
now
we're
going
to
dive
into
our
current
situation
here
in
minneapolis,
so
2020
waist
overview
you
can
see-
and
this
is
just
again
the
people
that
solid
waste
and
recycling
collects
from.
So
it's
going
to
be
those
buildings
with
four
or
fewer
units,
20.12
of
our
overall
waste
was
recycled.
P
The
city
does
have
a
goal
to
recycle
or
compost,
50
of
residential
or
I'm
sorry
of
city-wide
waste
by
2020,
and
you
can
see
again.
This
is
just
residential.
So
on
the
residential
sector,
we
have
not
met
that
goal.
What
we
do
not
have
is
the
appropriate
generation
and
waste
recycling,
composting,
etc.
Information
for
all
of
these
other
sectors
that
we
need
to
actually
verify
whether
or
not
city-wide
have
we
met
the
city's
goal.
P
P
But
another
tricky
thing
with
this
method
of
measuring
is
it's
really
easy
for
us
to
reduce
a
lot
of
things
that
are
in
this
recycled
portion
of
the
pie
like
we
can
change
our
behaviors
and
not
buy
bottled
water?
We
can
change
our
behaviors
and
you
know,
eat
more
fresh
foods
which
reduces
the
number
of
boxes
or
the
number
of
other
recyclable
packaging
we
may
get
at
home.
P
The
issue
here
is
this
is
all
weight-based,
so
this
doesn't
actually
tell
us
how
much
of
the
newspaper,
for
example,
made
it
into
the
recycling
cart
versus
the
garbage
cart.
That
is
what
we
would
call
a
capture
rate
study
to
look
at
individual
materials
and
see
how
well
are
we
doing
at
properly
putting
that
material
in
the
right
location?
P
That
is
a
study
that
we
are
planning
to
do
next
spring
and
actually
go
and
pull
garbage
recycling
and
organics
carts
from
individual
households,
sort
them
out
and
see
at
the
household
level.
How
much
stuff
made
it
into
the
right
cart,
because
if
we
find
that
90
of
aluminum
cans
went
in
the
recycling,
we're
doing
pretty
dang
good
at
recycling
our
aluminum
cans?
P
That
type
of
study
is
also
going
to
provide
us
with
a
lot
of
great
information
on
how
we
can
change
our
educational
programs,
improve
them
and
actually
maximize
our
waste
diversion
much
better
than
a
weight-based
recycling
goal.
So
now
we
recycle
20
percent.
What's
in
the
trash
hennepin
county
in
2016,
sorted
minneapolis,
residential
trash
and
they
used,
they
did
use
a
whole
bunch
of
generation
data
to
kind
of
come
up
with
some
capture
rates
of
various
material
types,
but
they
didn't
actually
sort
recycling.
They
didn't
actually
sort
organic.
So
it's
all
slightly
hypothetical.
P
P
P
P
So
it's
really
not
feasible
at
just
the
residential
to
be
at
that
75
recycled
or
composted
statewide
goal.
So,
that's
again
why
we
need
the
data
from
the
commercial
sector
to
really
evaluate
the
city
as
a
whole,
but
what
that
also
means
is
we
really
just
got
to
work
on
reducing
the
stuff?
We
don't
need
overall,
because
the
ultimate
goal
of
waste
management
isn't
to
recycle
better.
It's
not.
I
mean
that
is
a
goal.
It's
not
to
you
know,
divert
as
much
as
possible,
but
it's
to
not
produce
it.
P
In
the
first
place,
waste
reduction
is
the
very
first
step
of
you
know,
reduce
reuse,
recycle,
so
some
tips
on
how
we
reduce.
What's
in
the
trash
you
know,
choose
or
well.
First,
don't
buy
it.
If
you
don't
need
it
choose
items
that
can
be
reused
here.
I
have
a
glass
bottle.
Yes,
it
has
a
plastic
cap,
but
I
actually
got
these
from.
Actually
I've
dug
them
out
of
the
recycling
elsewhere,
and
I
keep
these
in
my
refrigerator
filled
with
water.
I
reuse
it
day
in
day
day
out.
P
P
Take
your
pick.
This
can
go
in
your
recycling,
cart.
The
plastic,
you
know,
can
be
recycled
through
a
drop
off,
but
you
know
there's
so
many
other
negative
impacts
of
the
plastic
manufacturing
which
I'll
touch
on
briefly
in
just
a
second
go
digital
with
your
bills.
A
shop
used,
get
secondhand
items
and
make
sure
that
you
are
repairing
mending
any
item
you
have
to
prevent
it
from
being
trash
as
long
as
possible
and
then
on
the
manufacturing
side.
P
You
know
our
voices
have
a
huge
impact
so
contacting
manufacturers
to
say
that
you
do
not
support
what
they
are
using
or
say
that
you're
going
to
stop
buying
their
products
unless
they
change
how
they're
packaging
them
can
actually
go
quite
a
long
way,
encourage
them
to
design
their
products
for
disassembly
or
reuse.
I'll
talk
about
a
bill
at
the
state
and
I
believe,
federal
level
now
on
that
in
a
little
bit
and
then
another
important
one
is
using
post
consumer
and
post
industrial
material
in
the
creation
of
their
products.
P
P
You
know,
think
you're
making
a
big
old
sheet
of
paper
and
it's
not
going
to
print
out
just
perfectly
so
you
can
trim
all
the
edges,
so
it's
nice
and
straight
and
taking
that
trimming
and
putting
it
back
at
the
start
of
the
process.
That
would
be
post-industrial.
So
it
never
went
out
to
a
consumer.
It
came
from
the
plant
itself
and
post
consumer
is
going
to
be
the
stuff
we
put
in
our
carts
outside
our
house.
P
So
the
companies
can
make
the
claims,
but
there's
nothing
really
holding
them
to
making
the
claims
unless
it's
their
shareholders
or
unless
there's
some
form
of
regulation
or
law
adopted.
That
actually
requires
that,
and
that
is
the
piece
that
will
really
help
us,
particularly
with
plastics,
get
more
infrastructure
and
better
equipment
in
place
to
actually
improve
the
recycling
of
plastic
containers.
P
P
Moving
on
to
manufacturing,
oh-
and
I
will
also
note-
I
can
ramble
on
forever.
So
if
I'm
getting
close
to
my
time,
limit,
just
shoot
something
in
the
chat
or,
let
me
know
but
manufacturing
of
plastics.
One
thing
a
lot
of
people
don't
know
is
that
99
of
plastics
are
a
byproduct
of
the
fracking
industry,
so
you
know
you've
heard
stories
about
you
know
plastics,
leach,
chemicals
into
your
food.
They
get
caught
in
the
waterways.
P
Yes,
there
are
downstream
disposal
implications
to
plastics
and
health
implications
to
them
at
every
stage
of
the
life
cycle,
but
the
manufacturing
of
them
is
really
disproportionately
disproportionately
affects
the
communities
where
these
fracking
facilities
are
where
the
processing
and
refining
facilities
are,
and
most
of
them
tend
to
be
in
buy
pocket
and
low-income
communities.
So
if
you
want
to
dig
in
a
little
bit
deeper
on
this,
you
know
there's
tons
of
documentaries
out
there
available
for
free
on
youtube
netflix.
P
I
guess
netflix
wouldn't
technically
be
free,
but
there's
a
ton
of
documentaries
that
talk
about
just
the
manufacturing
side,
let
alone
the
disposal
and
cancer
alley
down
in
georgia.
Alabama
is
like
a
huge
case.
Study
of
how
bad
the
manufacturing
of
this
material
is
for
the
health
of
people
living
nearby
and
there's
even
really
large
cities
who
have
had
shelter-in-place
orders
after
some
of
these
plants
have
had
you
know,
fires
or
other
chemical
exposures
in
the
environment
and
people
are
not,
they
are
told
to
not
leave
their
house
for
multiple
days
at
a
time.
P
P
I'm
not
going
to
go
through
all
of
these
there's
a
lot
of
information.
I
can
post
a
link
to
the
pdf
where
you
can
see
this
all
in
more
detail,
but
you
know
the
end
result
here
is
really
great
outcomes
for
waste
reduction.
So
if
anything
good
came
out
of
the
pandemic,
it's
that
people
were
stuck
at
home
more.
They
were
starting
to
think
hey.
P
So
you
see
an
increase
overall
of
most
of
these
behaviors
that
we
want
to
see
for
reducing
waste
overall
decrease
in
new
and
used
items
purchased
more
borrowing,
more
mending.
More
fixing
single
use
and
reusable
bags
was
a
really
fascinating
one
because
there's
not
really
too
much
change
overall,
but
there's
a
couple
reasons
for
that.
P
P
Single
use
and
reusable
items
was
another
really
interesting
one.
So
you
know
paper
plates.
We
saw
an
ink,
we
saw
decreases
in
paper
plates
and
plastic
silverware
more
than
increases
and
when
you
kind
of
think
through
it,
you
know
like
well,
you
know
people
may
say:
oh
I'm
home
more.
I
can
do
the
dishes
easier.
It's
you
know
better
for
me.
I
can.
I
can
do
that
now
and
other
people
might
say.
P
Oh,
my
god,
I
have
three
children
who
are
schooling
from
home,
I'm
working
from
home
and
I
just
can't
physically
do
anything
else.
I
need
to
get
some
paper
plates
to
get
food
on
the
table,
get
everyone
back
to
class
and
get
me
back
to
work,
so
you
can
see
some
different
justifications
and
reasoning
for
some
of
the
different
outcomes
of
the
survey.
P
P
If
we
should
expand
that
to
say
that
restaurants
can
only
provide
straws
or
plastic
silverware
upon
request
and
88
of
people
who
took
the
survey
said
they
would
support
that.
I
know
even
people
in
the
waste
industry
when
they
have
said.
Please
don't
send
me
plastic
silverware
with
my
takeout
or
my
delivery.
P
P
One
was
to
shop
smart
as
in
know
a
little
bit
more
about
the
company
and
how
your
stuff
is
produced,
learn
a
little
bit
about
how
the
workers
in
that
industry
are
treated
and
make
good
choices
on
buying
from
companies
that
have
the
same
values
that
you
do
to
love
the
stuff
you
have.
So
you
know
if
it's
food
make
sure
you
eat
the
food
you
buy,
for
plastics,
buy,
durable
and
clothing,
really
buy
durable
items,
repair
them
mend
them
and
doing
both
of
those
things
will
help
us
reduce
waste.
P
So
this
is
there's
a
whole
web
page
on
all
of
this.
That
has
a
lot
more
information
and
fun
facts,
and
right
now
it
is
back
to
the
plastics
theme,
but
we've
cycled
through
all
of
that
at
the
beginning
of
this
year.
A
lot
of
great
information
there
and
really
you
know,
made
me
very
happy
because
we
always
being
the
waste
management
side
of
the
city.
We
always
talk
about
how
to
properly
recycle
how
to
participate
in
the
organics
program.
P
We
never
really
get
the
opportunity
to
spend
a
good
amount
of
time
or
energy
talking
about
the
highest
part
of
the
pyramid
that
waste
reduction,
so
that
was
a
really
fun
campaign.
I
look
forward
to
my
hope:
is
next
year
we're
going
to
continue
it
with
a
new
campaign
that
I
want
to
call
pass
on
plastics,
we'll
see
that
thoughts,
good
name,
maybe
if
not
throw
some
other
ideas
in
the
chat,
so
real
quick.
P
You
know,
I
said
at
the
beginning,
if
you,
if
you're
unsure
of
how
to
get
rid
of
something
where
to
where
it
needs
to
go.
There's
many
resources
to
find
out
I'm
going
to
touch
on
a
few
of
those
real
quick,
so
city's
website
is
nicely
updated.
It
is
much
more
user
friendly
both
in
scan
ability
and
also
search
ability
to
find
things.
We
took
our
old
what
to
do
list
made
that
searchable.
So
now
you
can
type
in
a
word,
and
here
is
an
example.
P
I
have
typed
in
the
word
cat
not
to
dispose
of
a
cat,
but
just
to
show
that
when
you
type
in
cat
anything
with
the
word
cat
in
it
is
gonna
pop
up.
So
you
can
type
in
plastic
and
see
this
long
list
of
things
that
we
have
in
there.
I'm
trying
to
make
it
easier
for
folks
to
figure
out
how
to
get
rid
of
items.
P
P
P
P
I
really
just
added
that
reusable
in
there,
so
that
stores
don't
start
giving
out
reusable
bags
for
free
to
try
and
circumvent
the
fees
for
the
ordinance
if
you
are
not
being
charged,
and
you
want
to
tattle
on
the
establishment-
please
let
3-1-1
know
and
they
will
follow
up
with
the
appropriate
agency
here
at
the
city.
Who
will
follow
up
and
say:
hey,
you
know
you
got
to
show
us
how
you're
actually
charging
this
fee
and,
if
not,
issue,
potentially
issue
citations.
P
P
All
of
our
storm
drains
in
the
city
lead
to
a
waterway,
solid
waste
and
recycling
offers
all
sorts
of
free
bags
programs
everything
to
help
clean
up
the
city,
including
graffiti,
we'll,
give
you
paint
and
painting
supplies
to
paint
over
graffiti
free
graffiti
remover,
available
at
fire
stations
and
free
litter
bags,
grabbers
all
sorts
of
stuff
to
help
keep
the
city
clean
a
couple.
Waste
reduction,
reuse
things.
P
This
spring
we
held
our
first
garden
tool
swap
at
four
parks
for
two
hours
and
had
200
people,
700
items
brought
and
all
but
about
30
of
them
were
taken.
So
it's
another
thing:
we're
going
to
do
again
this
coming
spring,
because
most
of
these
items
at
an
individual's
house
were
probably
going
to
get
thrown
away.
So
let's
try
and
get
them
back
to
people
who
are
going
to
use
them
rather
than
have
them
end
up
being
waste,
and
if
you
are
unaware,
here's
one
of
my
favorite
things.
P
They
got
for
their
cats,
their
cat
can
go
outside.
This
person
is
asking
for
aprons
for
students
at
their
school
for
an
art
class,
and
they
are
a
wonderful
thing.
This
three
right
here,
this
group
that
was
all
together
got
too
big,
so
it
actually
sprouted
into
three
even
smaller
groups,
to
try
and
keep
it
as
hyper
local
as
possible.
P
And
if
you
are
familiar
with
your
buy
nothing
group
keep
in
mind
that
you
can
do
things
that
traditionally
would
end
up
in
the
garbage,
I'm
sorry
in
the
recycling
or
the
trash.
So
this
person's
giving
their
food
containers
this
person's
giving
a
balloon.
Actually,
this
balloon
is
from
my
neighborhood
and
this
balloon
went
to
three
different
houses
before
it
deflated.
So
we've
got
a
giant
plastic
container,
someone's
asking
for
a
tidy
cat's
pail.
P
This
was
me
actually
asking
for
small
glass
jars
for
pesto,
because
basil
went
crazy
this
year,
so
buy
nothing.
Groups
aren't
just
for
you
know
really
nice
things,
but
even
things
that
you
think
nobody
really
wants.
This,
give
it
a
shot.
You'll,
be
surprised
how
creative
people
can
be
with
things
they
they
need
or
don't
want,
and
then
I
guess
final
reminder.
P
Hennepin
county
also
has
really
great
programs
for
waste
reduction
and
reuse,
and
you
know
again,
the
best
thing
we
can
all
do
is
not
create
the
waste
in
the
first
place,
so
find
the
way
that
you
know
you
can
reduce
your
consumption
is
the
best
thing
and
I
didn't
talk.
Okay,
I
didn't
talk
about
bills
right
to
repair,
real,
quick,
sorry,
right
to
repair.
P
You
can
bring
your
car
to
any
mechanic
in
the
in
anywhere
because
their
mechanic
or
the
auto
makers
are
required
to
provide
the
repair
manuals
and
make
parts
available
for
your
car
to
anyone
right
to
repair
legislation
does
the
same
things
for
our
electronics
and
for
farm
equipment.
So,
right
now
think
of
our
poor
farmers.
Who've
had
a
really
rough
year,
their
now
tractor
that
has
all
sorts
of
computer
bits
on
it,
has
broken
down
and
they
have
to
bring
it
to
a
certified
repair
place.
P
P
P
The
chemical
industry
is
trying
to
pass
legislation
on
advanced
recycling
and
you
think
oh
people
here
advanced
and
they
think
it's
better
than
regular
recycling,
but
really
what
they're
trying
to
do
is
circumvent
some
other
requirements
around
air,
air
pollution
standards
and
all
sorts
of
other
things,
but
to
not
take
up
too
much
more
time.
I
will
say
it's:
it's
opposed
by
the
association
of
plastics
recyclers
so
for
a
plastics
recycler
to
be
against
the
chemical
industry.
P
P
P
Let's
get
rid
of
these
straws
unless
requested
and
the
plastic
silverware
for
delivery
or
takeout.
I
think
those
are
two
easy
items
that
we
have
the
ability
to
do.
I
know
that
there's
a
lot
of
talk
around
litter,
but
I
don't
know
if,
if
you
all
have
seen
an
increase
in
litter
in
certain
parts
of
the
city
like
I
have,
but
we
need
to
get
the
stuff
off
the
streets,
we
need
to
keep
it
out
of
the
waterways.
P
We
need
to
you
know,
preserve
our
our
lakes
as
best
we
can
right
now,
because
they're
very
polluted
and
anything
we
can
do
to
help
keep
the
community
clean.
It's
going
to
keep
the
waterways
and
the
environment
in
general,
clean
in
regards
to
specific
policy
type
things.
I
think
I
will
have
to
get
back
to
you
on
any
upcoming
items
that
we
may
request
support
currency
account.
A
P
And
yes,
the
break
break
free
from
plastic
pollution
act
I
mean,
there's
the
save
our
seas
act.
There's
the
recycle
act,
there's
now
a
compost
act.
There's
I
don't
have
any
amount
of
time
to
pay
attention
to
what's
going
on
at
the
federal
level,
like
I
think
so
we
were
the
closest
state
to
pass
right
to
repair
a
couple
years
ago,
and
I
think
now
that
biden
has
attention
essentially
said
to
the
federal
trade
commission
that,
like
something
in
their
green,
oh,
is
it
green
guides?
P
I
can't
remember
what
they
actually
call
it,
but
I
think
technically
it's
going
to
happen
at
a
federal
level
now,
so
I
don't
know
what's
going
to
go
on
at
the
state,
but
there's
there's
so
much
legislation
and
you
need,
like
five
staff
people
just
to
pay
attention
to.
What's
going
on,
waste-wise
yeah.
J
I
do
thank
you.
Thank
you,
kelly
for
the
presentation.
I
have
several
questions
but
yeah.
Let
me
start
with
the
first
one
with
plastics,
because
some
are
dirty
and
people
are
throwing
them
in
the
recycle.
How
much
is
going
actually
to
her
to
be
burned
and
is
there
a
plan
to
change
the
modern,
the
air
monitors?
P
I
am
not
going
to
be
able
to
answer
the
hurt
questions
because
it
is
the
county's
facility,
so
I
unfortunately
am
not
the
person
to
answer
what,
if
they're,
making
changes
to
the
scrubbers
or
anything
on
that
lines.
Hospital
waste,
they're
gonna,
have
multiple
different
waste
streams.
We
do
not
pick
up
the
hospital
waste
either,
so
it
would
be
dependent
on
who
the
hauler
is
there,
but
because
herc
is
so
close
to
the
entirety
of
downtown
minneapolis.
P
J
Like,
since
you
know
well
mike
other,
since
you
don't
know
about
how
much
what's
going
on
with
her,
how
much
plastic
waste
is
being
sent
to
her,
that
is
contaminated,
that
eureka
is
not
using
that
you
see
that's
generated
on
the
city
level
that
you're
picking
up
the
garbage.
How
much
are
you
sitting
there
or
that
you
know,
is
being
sent
there
from
the
city.
P
So
as
of
right
now,
the
essentially
any
of
your
one,
two
five
plastics
that
are
not
black
in
color
that
are
going
into
your
recycling
cart.
Those
are
going
to
be
recycled.
If
there's
a
little
bit
of
food
residue
on
it
or
even
a
fair
amount.
So
long
as
it's
in
the
right
cart
and
it
gets
properly
sorted,
it's
going
to
go
and
be
recycled.
P
The
only
information
we
would
have
right
now
on
what
plastics
from
that
are
going
in
the
trash
are
going
to
hurt,
is
going
to
be
from
that
hennepin
county
waste
sort
that
they
did
back
in
2016,
and
I
can
paste
the
link
to
that
in
the
chat
here
for
you
in
just
a
minute.
I
do
believe
they
break
down
the
recyclable
piece
of
the
pie
by
material
type.
A
P
L
P
Facility
that
either
went
to
herc
or
was
managed
in
some
other
way,
and
I
say
managed
in
some
other
way
because
they
do
get
things
like
propane
cylinders
or
electronics
or
things
that
are
hazardous
waste.
That
should
not
also
never
have
been
put
in
the
recycling
cart,
but
is
not
going
to
hurt
yeah
yeah
so,
but
they
don't
they
don't.
As
far
as
I
know,
they
don't
break
well
for
us,
they
do
not
break
that
down
in
terms
of
a
you
know
of
your
9.8
percent.
P
They
might
have
that
information
for
the
facility
as
a
whole,
but
they
don't
have
that
for
for
us,
okay,
and
we
do,
I
should
note
we
offer-
or
we
partner
with
eureka,
to
offer
virtual
recycling
facility
tours
and
our
next
one
is
actually
tomorrow
morning
from
8
to
9
30.
So
if
anyone
wants
to
join
on
that,
I
think
we
have
like
five
spots
open
just
say,
like
add
me
to
the
eureka
tour
in
the
chat
and
I'll.
Send
you
the
link
to
be
able
to
join
that
here
in
just
a
minute.
J
I've
been
working
on
that
for
several
months
now.
As
far
as
the
pickup
and
you
guys,
the
city
picks
it
up.
Is
there
plans
to
give
incentives
to
those
that
recycle
I'm
born
and
raised
minnesota
and
minneapolis?
There
used
to
be
a
time
where
the
homeowner
could
get
some
kind
of
incentive
off
the
water
bill
for
recycling,
and
I
see
that
program
is
no
longer
in
existence.
So
I
was
wondering
was
that
coming
back
up
to
help?
I.
P
Mean
so
what
happened
is
when
we
had
the
multi-sort
program,
so
the
big
curbside
rectangular
bins.
There
was
a
recycling
program,
credit
that
was
offered
or
applied
to
utility
bills,
and
when
we
switched
to
single
sort,
recycling
and
rolled
out
the
big
blue
carts,
we
actually
reduced
the
base
fee
for
garbage
and
recycling
pickup
services
by
the
amount
of
that
credit.
So
it
essentially
gave
everyone
in
the
city
that
seven
dollar
credit
for
participating,
because
it
was
just
it's
so
much
easier
and
we
assumed
that
you
know
pretty
much.
P
Yeah,
so
there
there
are
the
price
differences
for
the
big
garbage.
Cart
in
the
small
garbage
cart,
so
you
can
save
additional
money
off
of
your
bill
by
going
from
either
multiple
garbage
carts
down
to
one
or
from
one
big
one
down
to
one
small
one.
Currently
that
price
difference
is
only
three
dollars
a
month.
So
the
small
cart
is
a
two
dollar
fee
per
month
and
the
big
cart
is
five
per
large
cart.
P
However,
that
is
on
our
to-do
list
in
the
next
couple
years
to
do
a
rate
study
and
see
how
we
can
change
the
rates
around
to
incentivize
more
people
to
switch
down
to
that
smaller
cart
and
effectively.
You
know
reduce
the
amount
of
waste
they
have
by
recycling
composting
more
and
or
making
some
other
behavior
changes,
so
that'll
be
coming
in
a
couple
years:
yeah
hey.
K
P
J
I
I'm
I'm,
you
know
what
I
went
to
seattle
and
they
have
a
whole
different
recycling
program
there,
and
I
was
wondering
because
minneapolis
new
growth,
the
population
and
recycling
is
a
thing
that
we
really
need
to
do.
Have
you
looked
into
any
other
cities
to
see?
What's
working
for
them
as
far
as
recycling,
and
I
I
think
you
would
be
very
surprised
kelly
if
you
were
to
take
that
trip
to
seattle.
Besides
the
view
and
the
vacation
just
the
way
that
they
recycle
their
kids,
there.
P
P
Seattle
does
that
for
the
residential
sector
every
three
years,
they
do
it
for
the
commercial
sector
every
three
years.
They
do
it
for
the
multi-unit
sector
every
three
years,
so
they
have
a
much
greater
ability
to
get
funds
to
do
more
of
these
ongoing
studies
than
we
currently
have
here
in
minneapolis.
P
Another
really
thing
that
I
didn't
point
out
that
I
should,
but
our
contamination
rate
of
9.5
percent
is
actually
incredibly
low
for
a
major
metropolitan
city.
A
lot
of
bigger
communities
get
really
excited
when
they've
done
some
outreach
and
education
and
taken
their
contamination
rate
from
like
45
percent
down
to
35
and
we've.
Never
we've
never
gone
over
10.
So
people
do
generally,
you
know,
do
a
really
good
job
here
in
the
city.
P
E
P
So,
but
okay,
black
plastics,
first
so
the
green
to
go
ordinance
which
was
past.
Oh,
I
want
to
say,
like
2016,
I
could
be
wrong
on
that.
Only
allows
restaurants
to
use,
take
out
or
to-go
containers
that
are
re-usable,
recyclable
or
compostable
and
in
term
how
the
ordnance
defined
recyclable
was
one
two
or
five,
but
did
not
mention
the
color
piece.
So
technically,
all
of
the
containers
that
you
see
out
there
that
are
black
plastics
are
still
allowed.
P
So
that
is
the
piece
that
I
think
should
be
coming,
hopefully
soon
so,
like
I
said
they
had,
you
know
the
reason
they
didn't
move
forward
with
it
as
quickly
as
there
were
other
requirements
put
on
businesses
that
they
didn't
want
to
add
too
much
onto
the
plate
at
one
time
and
then
kovit
hit.
So
I'm
hoping
that
it's
something
that
will
come
back
up
pretty
quick
here
then
around
the
plastic
bags.
You
are
correct.
We
did
originally
ban
single
use,
here's
a
tricky
one.
P
P
I
think
our
the
elected
officials
who
represent
minneapolis
would
all
be
supportive
of
that
repeal,
but
it's
one.
The
plastics
associations
out
there
that
are
gonna,
put
a
lot
of
lobbying
dollars
into
keeping
them
same
with,
maybe
the
grocers
associations,
so
there
would
there
would
be.
There
would
be
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
political
will
needed
from
other
parties
to
get
that
passed
or
to
get
the
get
the
preemption
repealed
at
the
state.
So
then
we
could
put
another
ban
on
it.
P
P
The
retailers
just
use
four
times
as
thick
of
plastic
bags,
and
since
they
met
the
certain
thickness
requirement,
they
were
now
considered
a
reusable
bag.
So
some
communities
essentially
quadrupled
the
amount
of
plastic
that
was
in
there
in
their
system
by
not
making
this
slight
word
change.
So
our
slight
word
change
to
any
plastic
carryout
bag
takes
care
of
this
whole
potential
thicker
plastic
bag
than
coming
into
our
markets,
which
I
think
is
a
good
thing.
A
E
P
Is
not
currently
no,
so
that
is
something
again
right
now.
It
says
it
just
went
back
into
effect.
I'd
say
it's
probably
going
to
be
a
year
or
two
before
they
even
start
enforcing
rest
or
grocery
stores
and
retailers
and
whatnot
for
not
charging
the
fee.
Because
you
know
we
don't
want
to
punish
everyone
immediately.
We
want
to
help
them
come
into
compliance,
but
then
I
think
after
that
would
be
a
time
to
approach
elected
officials.
If,
if
you
feel
that
there's
a
need
to
increase
that
fee.
A
Amount-
and
I
will
say
tess
that
is
something
that
sunseac
members
felt
really
strongly
about
when
we
were
writing
a
letter
of
support
for
the
the
change
after
what
the
state
legislature
did
and
talked
about,
you
know
how
can
we
work
on
increasing
fees
over
time?
So
I
think
after
this
the
meeting
today
I'll
make
sure
to
send
that
letter
around
too.
Just
so
folks
can
see
that
and
see
if
it's
something
we
want
to
bring
up
in
the
future,
toya.
Q
Q
My
first
question
is
regarding
especially
like
take
out
containers
and
styrofoam,
specifically
I'm
kind
of
looking
at
the
people
or
the
or
are
the
businesses
that
usually
have
styrofoam
kind
of
thinking
about
a
lot
of
like
mexican
and
latino
restaurants
as
well
as
somali
restaurants,
and
it
would
definitely
be
very
unfortunate
if
they
were
disproportionately
impacted
by
a
fee.
And
so
I
was
wondering
if
there
are
any
plans
or
considerations
for
like
a
monetary
incentive
to
to
help
them.
Q
I
guess
transition
to
a
recyclable
or
compostable
or
some
other
alternative
product,
especially
since,
knowing
as
I've
been
in
in
supply
chain
as
well,
that
you
know
styrofoam
is
like
cutting
pennies
and
then
getting
anything.
That's
like
kind
of
recyclable
is
cheap
quote-unquote,
but
you
know
not
as
cheap
so.
P
I
know
the
small
business
team
had
done
a
lot
of
outreach
and
education
back
in
the
day
to
try
and
help
people
find
those
alternatives.
The
health
department
held
a
couple
different
food.
What
were
they
calling
them?
Food
vendor
fares
where
they
brought
in
a
bunch
of
different
distributors
of
different
type
of
packaging,
to
try
and
help
restaurants,
essentially
pit
one
company
against
the
other
for
getting
them
a
lower
cost
alternative
to
what
they're
currently
using
that
did
meet
the
green
to
go
packaging
ordinance
requirements?
P
P
Q
P
Wait
no
was
that
2012
yeah
2012
2013
is
when
the
big
blue
carts
rolled
out
the
industry
as
a
whole
right
now
in
the
united
states,
is
pretty
much
all
single
sorts.
So
there.
If
we
went
to
a
multi-sort
program
again,
we
would
probably
be
responsible
ourselves
for
any
amount
of
contamination,
cleanup
and
marketing
that
material
to
different
buyers,
because
there
really
is
no
private
company.
That's
offering
those
services
in
the
twin
cities
at
this
time,
so
I
don't
see
that
happening.
I
know
like
sweden.
P
Q
Yeah,
I'm
like
got
your
paper
and
yeah,
I'm
a
total
geek.
I
like
look
at
other
countries
and
like
their
little
like
sorting
days
and
stuff
like
that,
and
I'm
like
that's
so
cool,
but
I
guess
I
started
my
recycling
journey
in
a
in
a
town.
Actually
that
did
you
had
to
sort
things
yourself
and
so
yeah
yeah.
P
So
we
we-
we
just
came
away
from
that
and
we
were
probably
the
last
community
in
the
twin
cities.
Metro
to
do
so,
and
we
did
see
a
30
increase
in
volume
of
recyclables,
so
it
really
did
not
only
and
we
saw
an
increase
in
people
participating,
so
it
made
it
easier
for
those
who
thought
multi-sort
was
too
complicated
to
participate,
and
you
know
for
people
who
said
man.
P
I
don't
want
a
fourth
curbside
recycling
bin
and
need
to
get
paper
bags
to
put
all
the
stuff
in
so
any
extra
they
had
that
didn't
fit
in
their
bins
was
probably
ending
up
in
a
garbage
cart.
We
did
see
more
of
that
getting
into
recycling
carts,
because
the
cards
provided
more
volume
and
it
was
easier
for
folks
to
participate
too.
N
N
What
is
compostable
and
what
is
acceptable
in
our
industrial
composting
facilities.
So
my
question
is:
I
know
that
you
know
it's
probably
best
to
focus
on
simplicity
of
language,
but
in
terms
of
adjusting
the
language
in
that
green,
to
go
ordinance
to
kind
of
get
some
of
those
get
some
of
the
plastic
out.
Is
there
going
to
be
additional
language
regarding
what
is
acceptable
for
a
compostable
product.
P
It's
a
good
question:
it's
a
question:
that's
going
to
come
up
with
a
state
law
here
soon
as
well,
because,
typically
so,
essentially,
the
composting
facilities
will
accept
food
service
items
that
are
bpi
certified
and
those
would
be
anything
that's
entirely.
Plastic
or
plastic
lined
has
to
be
bpi
certified,
or
else
they
don't
want
it.
Bpi
surf
bpi
test
those
items
to
make
sure
they
will
fully
and
safely
break
down
in
the
composting
process,
leaving
no
unnatural
byproducts,
the
issue
with
city
ordinance
and
state
laws.
P
Typically,
nobody
calls
out
individual
company
names
in
those
types
of
spaces,
so
the
way
that
what
is
accepted
for
organics
is
in
green
to
go,
and
also,
I
should
note
with
my
non-profit
hat
on
I'm
on
the
board
of
the
minnesota
composting
council.
We've
been
working
for
two
years
to
get
a
state,
a
current
state
law
around
compostable
bags,
expanded
to
compostable
food
service
packaging
and
how
things
can
and
can't
be
labeled.
P
So
I
don't
know
if
I've
helped
really
with
that,
but
I
know
some
of
the
educational
materials
that
the
health
department
has
for
green
to
go.
Does
they
have
a
look
for
this
logo,
which
is
the
bpi
logo
to
tell
if
items
are
composable
and
that's
the
same
thing
that
we
do
on
the
residential
side
as
well?
P
A
P
P
So
that's
one,
one
version:
the
other
version
is
the
minimum
post
consumer
recycled
content
bills
that
are
out
there,
but
I'm
unaware
of
that
happening
at
a
city
level
and
cec
did
a
whole
bunch
of
research.
I
don't
think
that
was
included
in
any
of
the
research
prior
to
the
bring
your
own
big
ordnance
coming
forward,
that
sea
acted
either.
P
Yes,
well,
thank
you
very
much
I'll,
throw
a
couple
links
in
the
chat
for
you
all
here
before
I
take
off
for
the
evening,
but
I'm
grateful
for
the
opportunity
to
come,
speak
to
you
and
I'm
always
happy
and
I'll,
throw
my
email
in
there
too.
If
any
of
you
have
any
specific
questions
or
want
to
chat
further
about
anything,
just
feel
free
to
reach
out
great
all
right.
Thanks.
A
A
But
if
you
have
particular
ideas
about
something
you
might
want
ceac
to
focus
on
based
on
the
conversation
feel
free
to
start,
dropping
them
into
the
chat,
and
we
can
talk
about
them
when
we
get
to
the
you
know,
agenda
items
section
of
today's
meeting
now
we're
gonna
move
on
to
the
100
renewable
electricity
letter.
I
sent
it
around
to
everybody
via
email.
A
M
K
Then,
when
I
well,
the
city
turns
on
its
lights,
coming
over
the
transmission
line,
that's
renewable
and
non-renewable
you're
using
non-renewable
energy
there.
So
how
can
you?
How
do
you
do
the
calculation
to
say
you're,
even
if
you
had
your
own
solar
panels
or
something
how?
How
can
you
get
get
rid
of
essentially
of
that
non-renewable
portion.
B
B
This
is
the
exact
way
we.
This
is
a
10-year
process,
we're
trying
to
really
set
a
goal
post
out
there.
It's
not
as
much
challenging
the
technical
side
of
how
we
get
it
in
we're,
not
a
we
don't
do
not
have
access
to
distribution,
grid
systems
or
transmission
issues,
and
so
it's
a
little
bit
more
challenging
to
be
able
to
give
the
specifics
of
things
like
when
something
will
be
installed
or
if
there's
distribution
transmission.
B
What
is
the
amount
of
power
we
need
overall
and
knowing
what
we
know
that's
already
in
place
that
excel
has
agreed
to
and
then
knowing
what
we
have
with
our
own
city
policies,
which
includes
a
not
renewing
the
nuclear
licenses
for
the
the
two
nuclear
plants.
So
it's
a
big
difference
within
this
plan.
B
B
So
that's
why
we
want
to
like
focus
on
those
things.
It's
a
bit
of
a
couple
of
you
know,
there's
a
couple
of
different
major
pieces,
but
there's
a
lot
of
subtlety
there.
But
nuclear
is
a
big
piece
and
local
ownership
and
resiliency
and
micro
grid
concepts
are
really
what's
a
big
driver
of
why
we're
so
focused
on
local
solar
energy
in
minneapolis
in
that
plant.
H
K
B
A
H
F
F
B
K
M
B
A
A
B
I'm
just
going
to
ask
julie
if
she
wants
to
just
like
highlight
our
next
meeting
and
stuff
we've
had
one
meeting
and
we're
having
another
one.
Our
first
one
was
sort
of
just
creating
some
grounding
and
julie.
Do
you
want
to
like?
Let
us
know
what
the
date
is
for
our
next
meeting
and
what
we've
got
for
our
agenda
for
that.
R
A
A
A
B
G
B
To
join
a
couple,
other
people,
if
they'd
like
to
and
I'll
just
add
just
real
quickly
to
that
that
well,
we
will
be
looking
at
some
of
the
comparison
tools
that
have
been
looked
at,
like
you
know,
per
capita
emissions
and
also
things
like
you
know:
per
capita
income
things
like
that.
Those
actually
influence
the
fair
share,
science-based
targets.
B
A
B
Overall,
integrated
plan,
which
includes
you,
know,
infrastructure
improvements,
basically,
the
general
concept
plan
which
does
lock
down
you,
know
the
19
acres
of
parkland
and
the
entertainment
facility
as
well
they're
still
working
on.
You
know,
final
sustainability
commitments
on
that
and
I've
been
part
of
a
committee.
That's
been
working
on
sustainability
and
environmental
justice
act.
You
know
intersection
really
trying
to
make
this
an
example
of
how
it
could
be
a
carbon-free
community
using
district
energy,
and
you
know,
since
all
this
intersection
of
infrastructure
is
being
developed.
B
You
know
car-free
zones
really
just
you
know,
taking
a
look
at
how
our
the
development
happens
as
far
as
like
habitat
storm
water
retention,
wildlife
protection
or
wildlife
and
habitat
expansion
are
all
things
that
are
are
part
of
that
overall
plan,
so
that
did
pass.
It
is
linked
in
the
our
agenda
and
it
has
there's
obviously
a
lot
of
detail
with
it,
so
that
is
moving
forward.
B
A
B
B
A
So
I
think
at
this
point
one
of
the
last
things
that
we
have
are
announcements.
So
first
one
will
be
that
we
do
have
a
table
at
open
streets
on
minnehaha.
If
people
are
interested
in
tabling
right
now,
we
have
me
signed
up
for
the
first
shift
shift,
so
11
to
2-ish
and
tess
has
mentioned
being
able
to
do
two
to
five.
The
location
is
actually
like
a
block
away
from
my
house,
so
chances
are.
I
can
help
with
cleanup.
A
E
A
B
Can
I
just
make
one
announcement
that
was
in
the
agenda
regarding
our
next
meeting
sure
just
to
sort
of
highlight
that
I
don't
have
a
definitive
answer
on
whether
our
meeting
will
be
virtual
next
month.
It
is
likely
to
be,
but
the
council
has
not
voted
on
it.
So
the
current
emergency
declaration
goes
through
the
end
of
october
and
has
not
been
extended.
B
So
I
so
I
I
assume
it
it's
likely
to
be
extended
as
virtual
meetings
through
the
end
of
the
year,
at
least,
but
I
will
keep
you
informed
because
it
may
be
in
person
if
it
is
I've
already
reserved
for
november
and
december
room
132
of
city
hall,
for
the
in-person
meeting.
So
just
wanted
to
give
you
a
highlight
on
that,
and,
of
course
also
highlight
the
fact
that
we'll
be
joined
by
our
four
new
ciac
commissioners
for
our
november
meeting
as
well
too.
So
hopefully,
that'll
come
through
on
I'm
sure.
B
A
A
E
B
I
will
certainly
do
that
you're
right,
I
looked
at
this
and
it's
a
little
sketchy
on
that.
But
what
I've
daniel
elkins,
who
is
the
manager
of
transfer
at
the
public
works
department
and
transportation
mobility
will
be
at
our
meeting
on
the
17th
and
she
would
have
joined
us
today,
but
just
the
timing
of
when
everything
had
to
get
approved
in
the
rfp
out.