HENNEPIN COUNTY HAULER UPDATE NEWSLETTER Providing Hennepin licensed haulers with up-to-date information for their business and customers Winter 2014 In this issue: Holiday Hours at Hennepin County facilities............2 New touch-screen keypad at HERC................................2 Information for your customers.................................3 No Price Increase in 2015 All of the current hauler contracts are in effect until December 31, 2015. There will be no price increase on January 1, 2015. If you have questions about your waste delivery contract, please contact Randy Kiser at 612-348-5889 or email [email protected] Free Christmas tree disposal Haulers may dispose of Christmas trees collected from their customers in Hennepin County for no charge from January 5 to January 30, 2015, at the Malcolm Transfer Station. Trees may be delivered Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. The transfer station is located at 630 Malcolm Ave SE, Minneapolis 55414. Requirements and restrictions •Loads must be exclusively Christmas trees from Hennepin County customers. •No wreaths or other decorations with metal will be accepted. •All tree stands, ornaments and plastic bags must be removed from the trees. •Flocked trees are acceptable. Loads containing unacceptable material will be rejected. If you have any questions, please call Barry Melquist at 612-348-4491. Hennepin County Public Works Environmental Services Hauler Update – Winter 2014 3 Holiday hours for haulers at Hennepin County facilities Date Brooklyn Park Transfer Station HERC Great River Energy Thanksgiving Thursday, November 27, 2014 Closed 4 a.m. to noon Closed Day after Thanksgiving Friday, November 28, 2014 Regular business hours (7 a.m. to 4 p.m.) Regular weekday hours (7 a.m. to 10 p.m.) Regular weekday hours (7 a.m. to 4 p.m.) Christmas Eve Wednesday, December 24, 2014 Receive MSW until 2 p.m. Regular weekday hours (4 a.m. to 10 p.m.) Regular weekday hours (7 a.m. to 4 p.m.) Christmas Day Thursday, December 25, 2014 Closed 4 a.m. to noon Closed New Year’s Eve Wednesday, December 31, 2014 Receive MSW until 2 p.m. Regular weekday hours (4 a.m. to 10 p.m.) Regular weekday hours (7 a.m. to 4 p.m.) New Year’s Day Thursday, January 1, 2015 Closed 4 a.m. to noon Closed New scalehouse software and touch-screen keypad at HERC You or your drivers may have noticed that we recently upgraded our scalehouse software at HERC with a touch-screen keypad. We want to thank you for your patience during the installation. If you have any questions, contact Marc Artmann, [email protected] or 612-348-7813. 2 Hauler Update – Winter 2014 Information for your customers Organics Recycling – More details to come in 2015 Back in February 2014, the County Board passed a resolution that required Minneapolis to implement an organics collection program. In addition, Hennepin County staff has recommended to the County Board that cities be required to provide organics collection by the end of 2018. The details of the requirement will be developed in consultation with the cities and waste haulers in early 2015 and presented to the County Board for approval in the spring. Organics 34 -7 05 -0 3t -1 4 for Composting Many questions will need to be addressed in the organics collection program requirement such as: Who collects it – waste haulers or a city contracted vendor? Do all households participate or can they choose whether they want organics collection, etc.? County staff will be working closely with cities and waste haulers to figure out these solutions in developing a recommendation to the Board. Contact City Recycling Coordinators for specifics on organics recycling in your area. A list of City Recycling Coordinators can be found here: http://www.hennepin.us/recycling. Food, food-soiled paper Fix-It Clinics Residents are encouraged to come to our upcoming Fix-It Clinics. They will get free, guided assistance on disassembling, troubleshooting and fixing their broken household items or clothing in need of repair. Clinics are scheduled for the following dates and locations: •Sunday, December 14, 2014 Fix-It Clinic Noon to 4 p.m. Brookview Community Center 200 Brookview Parkway, Golden Valley •Saturday, January 10, 2015 Noon to 4 p.m. Eden Prairie Library 565 Prairie Center Drive, Eden Prairie •Saturday, February 14, 2015 Noon to 4 p.m. Longfellow Park 3435 36th Ave. S., Minneapolis For more information or to volunteer at a Fix-It Clinic, contact Nancy Lo at [email protected] or 612-348-9195. Recycle Everywhere This past summer, we promoted a Recycle Everywhere campaign to encourage residents to recycle at work, at school, at parks and events. With one-sort recycling and more items accepted for recycling, it’s easier than ever to do our part to recycle everywhere. The county has programs to start or improve recycling at businesses, schools, apartment buildings, events and public spaces. www.hennepin.us/recycleeverywhere Free resources available include grants, signage, educational materials and professional staff assistance. So if you don’t see recycling, ask for it. Learn more about the Recycle Everywhere campaign at www.hennepin.us/recycleeverywhere. Hauler Update – Winter 2014 3 2 Hauler Update – Winter 2014 HENNEPIN COUNTY HAULER UPDATE NEWSLETTER Providing Hennepin licensed haulers with up-to-date information for their business and customers Winter 2014 Hauler contacts at Hennepin County In this issue: • Licensing: Marc Artmann, 612-348-7813; [email protected] Holiday Hours at Hennepin County facilities............2 • Taxes & Fees: Randy Kiser, 612-348-5889; [email protected] • Recycling: Paul Kroening, 612-348-6358; [email protected] • Organics Management: John Jaimez, 612-348-5893; [email protected] • Commercial Hazardous Waste: 612-348-3777; [email protected] •Our fax number is 612-348-8532, and our Resident Line is 612-348-3777. 701 4th Avenue South, Suite 700 Minneapolis, MN 55415-1842 612-348-3777 Hennepin County Public Works Environmental Services Information for your customers.................................3 • Facilities: Barry Melquist, 612-348-4491; [email protected] www.hennepin.us/wastehaulers New touch-screen keypad at HERC................................2
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