Commercial Recycling Survey

1. Are you responsible for solid waste management at your

Minneapolis business?
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Cam Gordon
City Council Member
Second Ward 2. Do you recycle at your business? If so what materials do you
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recycle?
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Email:
cam.gordon@ci.minneapolis.mn.us 3. Do you compost organic waste (food scraps, non-recyclable
paper products and food-soiled paper products) at your
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business?

4. Do you know how much waste your business generates in a

year?

5. Do you know how much your business recycles in a year?

6. Are there any materials you would like to be able to recycle but
cannot right now? If so, what?

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alternative format please call
Ahmed Muhumud at 612-673-2162
or email 7. What are some of the barriers that prevent your business/facility
Ahmed.Muhumud@ci.minneapolis. from recycling more?
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may call 311 or 612-673-3000. TTY
users may call 612-673-2157 or
612-673-2626. 8. What issues, if any, have you encountered with janitorial
services or property management regarding recycling?
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Spanish or Somali, call 311

Hmong - Ceeb toom. Yog koj xav 9. Have you or your garbage/recycling service provider taken
tau kev pab txhais cov xov no rau steps to increase recycling and/or reduce your
koj dawb, hu 612-673-2800;
dumpster/container size or reduce collection frequency.
Spanish - Atencin. Si desea recibir
asistencia gratuita para traducir
esta informacin, llama 612-673-
2700;
10. What assistance with waste reduction or recycling have you
Somali - Ogow. Haddii aad received from Hennepin County, MN Waste Wise, MnTAP, the
dooneyso in lagaa kaalmeeyo
tarjamadda macluumaadkani oo City of Minneapolis or others?
lacag la aan wac 612-673-3500.
11. Is more assistance needed? If so, what assistance would be effective?

12. What could businesses do to support efforts that would increase the collection of source-
separated organic waste?

13. What concerns, if any, would you have regarding the collection of organic waste?

14. Hennepin County currently assesses a Solid Waste Management Fee (SWMF) of 14.5
percent on non-residential garbage service. Recycling services, including organics, are
exempt from the SWMF. How do you think an increase in the SWMF would affect recycling
at your facilities?

15. What would you think about mandates requiring businesses to recycle or participate in an
organics waste collection program?

16. Do you have any additional ideas or suggestions that Minneapolis should consider in
regards to waste management?