Success Stories:
Saint
Paul Residents Get Recycling Carts
New
single-sort recycling carts have been purchased by the City of Saint Paul and
have begun to be delivered to all households in Saint Paul. The blue carts have
wheels and a lid to make it even easier to collect recyclables. Residents can
begin using their cart on January 16th. Ramsey County paid half the cost of the carts through a grant to Saint
Paul, and the Recycling Partnership provided additional support to the
City. The new carts will provide a more
convenient option to collect recyclables. For more information, visit StPaul.gov.
News You Can Use:
Updated
Business Website
BizRecycling
is excited to announce the launch of its updated website. Check it out at BizRecycling.com.
The new site makes it easier to find what your business needs to enhance your
recycling program. On this site, you can hear from other East Metro business
leaders who have worked with us and how their programs are saving them money,
find grant application forms, read a weekly blog with tips and highlights from
East Metro business successes, and learn what it means to work with
BizRecycling.
Recycling
Live Christmas Trees and Greenery
Now that the holidays are over, it's time to take down the
decor. If you have a live Christmas tree
and greenery, you have a few options for recycling it:
- Bring it to a Ramsey County yard waste site for
free. Find locations and hours at RamseyRecycles.com/yardwaste
or call 651-633 EASY (3279). Remove all decorations, lights, tinsel and tree
bags. Flocked trees and wire wreaths are
not accepted and may be placed in the trash.
- Contact your trash hauler to see if they will
take your tree to a compost site for you (fee charged).
- Leave your natural tree outside, so it can be
used as shelter for birds during the winter.
While a Christmas tree can legally be placed in
the trash, we encourage you to recycle it. For recycling and disposal
information on other items, visit
RamseyRecycles.com/AtoZ or call 651-633 EASY (3279), answered 24/7.
Public Hearing on
Waste Designation
The Ramsey County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing to hear testimony
with regard to designation of acceptable mixed municipal solid waste generated
in Ramsey County for delivery, beginning January 1, 2018, to the Ramsey/
Washington Recycling & Energy Center (“R&E Center”) in Newport, MN for
processing, recycling, energy recovery and other proper management. The hearing is scheduled for January 24, 2017, at 9:00 a.m., or as
soon thereafter as possible, in the Council Chambers of the Ramsey County Court
House (located at 15 W Kellogg
Blvd, St Paul, MN 55102). Comments received by Ramsey County at the
hearing and in writing will be compiled and used by the County as it makes
decisions with regard to designation.
Ramsey County works
with Washington County on certain waste management programs as part of the
Ramsey/Washington Recycling & Energy Board (“R&E Board”), which owns
and operates the R&E Center. On
November 28, 2016, the Commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
approved the Ramsey and Washington
Counties Joint Waste Designation Plan prepared by the R&E Board as
being consistent with state statutes and state goals for waste management. Both Washington County and Ramsey County will
now begin the process of implementing waste designation, through the adoption
of a waste designation ordinance amendment later in 2017 by each County. A separate public hearing will be held on the
ordinance amendment.
For
more information, visit www.morevaluelesstrash.com/designation/.
Did you know?
Keeping
Homes Healthier
Did you know staff from Ramsey County’s healthy homes
program inspect on average 50 homes a year where children with asthma reside? They
identify environmental asthma triggers and provide intervention products to
better manage the child’s symptoms. These home visits have greatly reduced these
children’s emergency room visits along with improving their overall quality of
life.
In addition, program staff identify and test over 20 homes
each year for radon gas. Radon is a naturally-occurring, radioactive gas that
is odorless, tasteless and invisible. It may enter a home anywhere there is an
opening between the home and the soil and build up to unsafe levels. Radon is the
nation’s second leading cause of lung cancer.
Healthy homes staff have also taken the lead on several
unique environmental investigations. One case involved assessing properties
where an outdoor pesticide was being used indoors for bedbug management; and in
another case, they searched for the source of mercury poisoning in several
pregnant women.
Learn more about the healthy homes program at RamseyCounty.us
(search “healthy homes”).
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