Update on 8.15.22: The Recycling Partnership has provided a grant commitment in support of the curbside Glass Recycling program should Council choose to proceed with a contract for this service starting 1/1/23.  The grant covers roughly $15k of the $39k cost of the totes.  This results in a lower monthly fee charged by Ripple (from $2.65 to $2.50) per house during each of the 3 years the agreement is in place.  We have reflected this decrease in the attached agreement, the 2023-2025 budget and the 2023 solid waste assessment. The mill reduction has also increased to 1.03 mills under the option where glass recycling is included in the 2023 budget, this is because 69.5% of the glass recycling rate decrease impacts the mill rate and 30.5% impacts the solid waste assessment.

Per Council direction attached is an agreement with Ripple for curbside glass recycling services.  Action on this item impacts the 2023 Solid Waste Assessment (which must be filed by 8/25/22), the 2023 Property Tax Mill, and the 2023 Proposed Budget.  Those items follow this item on the agenda and contain "Alternative" supporting documents for two options: 1. Council proceeds with an agreement for curbside glass recycling services commencing 1/1/2023. 2. Council elects not to proceed with a curbside glass recycling service.  The items have been placed on the agenda in appropriate sequence. 

The terms of the contract are summarized below:

• Term of Contract: three year contract, 2023 through 2025. 
• Service Start: all containers will be delivered the week of January 1st, 2023, along with a flyer indicating acceptable materials, contact information for Ripple Glass, and a QR code link to report a missed pickup through the Ripple portal. 
• Collection for Single Family Residential: monthly service to the 2,851 single family residences coinciding with the City's solid waste collection schedule (including the holiday pickup schedule). Customers will receive a 14g tote by default. There may be a small number of homes that will qualify for house-side collection or 35g wheeled carts. The City will provide Ripple with a list of these addresses and Ripple will accommodate.
• Collection for Multi-family Residential: bi-weekly collection at the BLVD apartments, eight 64g carts. Ripple will provided recycled plastic tote bags to each resident to transport glass to the large carts. The bags will be clearly marked for glass collection and include a large image of the "What Can I Recycle" infographic.
• Collection for Parks: service of Community Center, R Park and Nall park will occur monthly on a service day agreed upon by the City (no charge). 
• Collection for Special Events: Ripple will provide recycling services and containers for City-sponsored special events as agreed upon between the City and Ripple (ie - R Park concerts, Foodie Fest). 
• Education and Community Engagement: community presentations and educational material included
• Cleaning and Customer Service: drivers carry cleaning materials in case of broken glass during collection. Each report of broken glass will be noted, tracked, resolved and included in the quarterly report to the City. 
• Quarterly Report: will be delivered to the City with the following information: 
  • Total quantities (in tons) of glass recyclable materials collected
  • Total quantities (in tons) of recycle materials processed and marketed to end-users
  • Number of single-family residential units setting out totes for collection each month
  • Number of single-family residential units currently receiving service, including the addition or removal of residences as requested by the homeowner or by City Staff
  • Log of all complaints and reported missed pickups
  • Log of all resident addresses where education tags were left because Non-Targeted materials were set out for recycling
• Price and Rate Modification: The monthly fee for 2023 will be $2.50/home/month. This fee includes the cost of containers. The agreement reflects a set annual increase of 2.5% per/home/month for 2024 and 2025. This cost is reduced by 15 cents from the initial quote due to Ripple's securing of a grant that covers $15,000 of the cost of totes. This savings is being passed on to the City over the three-year duration of the agreement. 

 Council has directed staff to reflect recovering 30.5% of this annual cost in the Solid Waste assessment in the 2023 proposed budget.  Attached is a comparison of the cost to an average single family home assuming council moves forward with the curbside glass recycling with 30.5% of that cost recovered through the solid waste assessment along with a 1.03 mill reduction in the property tax rate. This is compared to the fiscal impact of not moving forward with the curbside glass recycling program with a 1.55 mill reduction in the property tax rate.

Attached is an estimate of the Environmental Impact (CO2 reduction) of the program beyond the benefits of the current glass drop off program. The assessment provides a range of impact based upon the actual participation experienced in Roeland Parks pilot program (42%) and a target participation percentage of 60% based upon Salt Lakes mature curbside collection program.  In both cases the program is anticipated to achieve a net reduction in CO2 production beyond that of the drop off program.