HomeMy WebLinkAbout3.d. 2009 Spring Clean Up DayAGENDA ITEM: 2009 Spring Clean Up Day
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Departmental Report
PREPARED BY: Dan Schultz, Parks Recreation Director
AGENDA NO. 1
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4 ROSEMOUNT
CITY COUNCIL
City Council Regular Meeting: May 5, 2009
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
SUMMARY
The 2009 Spring Clean Up Day is scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 16, 2009 form 8:OOam until 12
noon and will be held in the west parking lot at the Dakota County Technical College (DCTC).
Rosemount's clean up events are intended to provide our residents with an opportunity to dispose of
unwanted items that are not normally collected by their residential solid waste haulers. Our goal is to
provide this opportunity while minimizing the amount of materials that end up in local landfills. For this
reason, we try to find recycling options for as much of the material we collect as possible.
For many years we have collected and separated out the electronics, appliances, tires, automotive batteries,
and scrap metal, and have delivered them to local recycling facilities. In just the last year we have started to
collect and recycle bicycles and carpeting. Bicycles in ANY CONDITION will be collected by a firm
called "Re- Cycle As many of the bikes as possible will be restored and returned to the road for re -use
while others will be stripped for parts. According to Re- Cycle, a re -used bicycle saves approximately 350
pounds of carbon dioxide emissions by reducing the need to produce a new bicycle!
Until last fall, all of the carpet we collected at our clean up events ended up in a landfill. When properly
recycled, over 90% of the material in carpet can be reused. This year we will be working with Bro -Tex Inc.
to accept and recycle the rolled carpet and carpet pads we collect at our spring event.
New this spring, we will be working with Rosemount Saw and TooL Rosemount Saw and Tool will accept
power equipment, particularly lawn mowers and snow blowers, for free and will recover any still useable
components, and refurbish those that can be put back into use. Previously, lawn mowers and snow
blowers were collected with scrap metal but were a concern because of the gas and oil they might still
contain, as well as the volume of their plastic and rubber components. We appreciate the opportunity to
work with Rosemount Saw and Tool who are a local business helping us toward our goal of finding a
reuse /recycling option for as much of the material we collect as possible.
Residents with questions regarding the Spring Clean Up Day should look through the City's Summer Parks
and Recreation Brochure, call the City's Solid Waste Coordinator at 651 322 -6005 or check the City's
website for more information.