R3 Conference SSR Contamination

1. Keeping Your Single Stream Clean

2. Education Prior to Roll Out

3. Advantages of Single Stream
The 3 Cs
1. Capacity-less recycling being thrown out
2. Convenience-no lugging bins/wet recycling
3. Cleanliness-streets are cleaner. Recycling not
blowing around.
Getting Public Support

4. The Fourth C- Contamination (must
be taken seriously)

5.  Let the Mayor or City Manager know the stakes-(Fines
from recycling plant and lost revenue)
 Let them know you goal is to clean up the stream not
to issue fines
 Clear and simple instructions for residents
 Media can be a productive way to disseminate
information
Top Down Implementation

6. Radio Interview

7.  Very effective at answering questions
 Can be used as a template for customer service or
Mayors office
 Keep residents informed
 Residents do talk to each other
 Collect information using community group meetings
and customer service
Post a FAQ Online

8.  Pick tools with clear pictures and less text
 Keep message direct and simple
 Items that will be less likely to be thrown
out(Magnets, Calendar etc.)
Effective Educational Tools

10. Plastic Bags The #1 Offender

15.  We had 68 left in a single day when first started
 We left app. 200 for the month of November 2014-less
than 10 per day
 We service app. 20,000 residential units per week for
recycling
 We have a set out rate of 75%
Leaving Behind Contaminated Carts

16. Contamination needs to
be caught before it
goes into the recycling
truck
Stopping Contamination