Organics Recycling at 5 th Avenue & Security Warehouse Lofts

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1 Organics Recycling at 5 th Avenue & Security Warehouse Lofts North Loop Condominiums KC Foley, resident E-Group Committee Chair October 16, rd Annual Ram/SWANA Conference

2 5 th Avenue Lofts

3 Security Warehouse

4 Background 5 th Avenue Lofts is a condo built in 2005, and Security Warehouse is a 1911 building and condo conversion in the North Loop. They are currently managed by Gassen management and governed by one Owners Association. There are 185 units, mostly owner occupied.

5 Timeline of the E-Group & Organics Fall 2014 E-Group Committee formed and met to address the environmental, energy and ecological concerns of residents for the buildings 6/9/2015 Craig Wilson speaks on Making Green Decisions and Saving Money for Long-term Summer All public lighting replaced by LEDs Minneapolis begins residential organics recycling but not for multi-family bldgs Fall 2016 Attend Minneapolis Recycling sessions and October 2016 Master Recycler Program November 2016 e-group meets with Carolyn Collopy and decide to focus on improving single sort recycling before introducing organics January 2017 Saturday: Go Green Day: Handed out recycling totes, and surveyed residents for interest in composting 30% February March developed Business Grant Proposal working with Andre X Xiong for $ April Business Grant proposal approved by Association May - June July August approvals by Gassen/Board President and Hennepin County Authorities August 2017 bins ordered for community spaces September bins arrive somewhere Grant is awarded in thirds: January 2018: bio bags; March 2018: Tabletops; April: Aspen Waste Organics Service begins April & May 2018 held 2 Organics/Recycling Sessions with Speakers from the County and demonstrations for Residents and handed out Tabletops, bio bags, recycling totes, et al.

6 Timeline of the E-Group & Organics Fall 2014 E-Group Committee formed and met to address the environmental, energy and ecological concerns of residents for the buildings 6/9/2015 Craig Wilson speaks on Making Green Decisions and Saving Money for Long-term Summer All public lighting replaced by LEDs Minneapolis begins residential organics recycling but not for multi-family bldgs Fall 2016 Attend Minneapolis Recycling sessions and October 2016 Master Recycler Program November 2016 e-group meets with Carolyn Collopy and decide to focus on improving single sort recycling before introducing organics January 2017 Saturday: Go Green Day: Handed out recycling totes, and surveyed residents for interest in composting 30% February March developed Business Grant Proposal working with Andre X Xiong for $ April Business Grant proposal approved by Association May - June July August approvals by Gassen/Board President and Hennepin County Authorities August 2017 bins ordered for community spaces September bins arrive somewhere Grant is awarded in thirds: January 2018: bio bags; March 2018: Tabletops; April: Aspen Waste Organics Service begins April & May 2018 held 2 Organics/Recycling Sessions with Speakers from the County and demonstrations for Residents and handed out Tabletops, bio bags, recycling totes, et al. November more Organics/Recycling Sessions for residents and renters

7 Timeline of the E-Group & Organics Fall 2014 E-Group Committee formed and met to address the environmental, energy and ecological concerns of residents for the buildings 6/9/2015 Craig Wilson speaks on Making Green Decisions and Saving Money for Long-term Summer All public lighting replaced by LEDs Minneapolis begins residential organics recycling but not for multi-family bldgs Fall 2016 Attend Minneapolis Recycling sessions and October 2016 Master Recycler Program November 2016 e-group meets with Carolyn Collopy and decide to focus on improving single sort recycling before introducing organics January 2017 Saturday: Go Green Day: Handed out recycling totes, and surveyed residents for interest in composting 30% February March developed Business Grant Proposal working with Andre X Xiong for $ April Business Grant proposal approved by Association May - June July August approvals by Gassen/Board President and Hennepin County Authorities August 2017 bins ordered for community spaces September bins arrive somewhere Grant is awarded in thirds: January 2018: bio bags; March 2018: Tabletops; April: Aspen Waste Organics Service begins April & May 2018 held 2 Organics/Recycling Sessions with Speakers from the County and demonstrations for Residents and handed out Tabletops, bio bags, recycling totes, et al.

Timeline of the E-Group & Organics Fall 2014 E-Group Committee formed and met to address the environmental, energy and ecological concerns of residents for the buildings 6/9/2015 Craig Wilson speaks

8 Timeline of the E-Group & Organics Fall 2014 E-Group Committee formed and met to address the environmental, energy and ecological concerns of residents for the buildings 6/9/2015 Craig Wilson speaks on Making Green Decisions and Saving Money for Long-term Summer All public lighting replaced by LEDs Minneapolis begins residential organics recycling but not for multi-family bldgs November 2016 e-group meets with Carolyn Collopy and decide to focus on improving single sort recycling before introducing organics January 2017 Saturday: Go Green Day: Handed out recycling totes, and surveyed residents for interest in composting 30% January 2017 Saturday: Go Green Day: Handed out recycling totes, and surveyed residents for interest in composting 30% February March developed Business Grant Proposal working with Andre X Xiong for $ April Business Grant proposal approved by Association May - June July August approvals by Gassen/Board President and Hennepin County Authorities August 2017 bins ordered for community spaces September bins arrive somewhere Grant is awarded in thirds: January 2018: bio bags; March 2018: Tabletops; April: Aspen Waste Organics Service begins April & May 2018 held 2 Organics/Recycling Sessions with Speakers from the County and demonstrations for Residents and handed out Tabletops, bio bags, recycling totes, et al. November more Organics/Recycling Sessions for residents and renters

9 Posters & Flyers

10 Timeline of the E-Group & Organics Fall 2014 E-Group Committee formed and met to address the environmental, energy and ecological concerns of residents for the buildings 6/9/2015 Craig Wilson speaks on Making Green Decisions and Saving Money for Long-term Summer All public lighting replaced by LEDs Minneapolis begins residential organics recycling but not for multi-family bldgs Fall 2016 Attend Minneapolis Recycling sessions and October 2016 Master Recycler Program November 2016 e-group meets with Carolyn Collopy and decide to focus on improving single sort recycling before introducing organics January 2017 Saturday: Go Green Day: Handed out recycling totes, and surveyed residents for interest in composting 30% February March developed Business Grant Proposal working with Andre X Xiong for $ April Business Grant proposal approved by Association May - June July August approvals by Gassen/Board President and Hennepin County Authorities August 2017 bins ordered for community spaces September bins arrive somewhere Grant is awarded in thirds: January 2018: bio bags; March 2018: Tabletops; April: Aspen Waste Organics Service begins April & May 2018 held 2 Organics/Recycling Sessions with Speakers from the County and demonstrations for Residents and handed out Tabletops, bio bags, recycling totes, et al.

11 Timeline of the E-Group & Organics Fall 2014 E-Group Committee formed and met to address the environmental, energy and ecological concerns of residents for the buildings 6/9/2015 Craig Wilson speaks on Making Green Decisions and Saving Money for Long-term Summer All public lighting replaced by LEDs Minneapolis begins residential organics recycling but not for multi-family bldgs Fall 2016 Attend Minneapolis Recycling sessions and October 2016 Master Recycler Program November 2016 e-group meets with Carolyn Collopy and decide to focus on improving single sort recycling before introducing organics January 2017 Saturday: Go Green Day: Handed out recycling totes, and surveyed residents for interest in composting 30% February March developed Business Grant Proposal working with Andre X Xiong for $ April Business Grant proposal approved by Association May - June July August approvals by Gassen/Board President and Hennepin County Authorities August 2017 bins ordered for community spaces September bins arrive somewhere Grant is awarded in thirds: January 2018: bio bags; March 2018: Tabletops; April: Aspen Waste Organics Service begins April & May 2018 held 2 Organics/Recycling Sessions with Speakers from the County and demonstrations for Residents and handed out Tabletops, bio bags, recycling totes, et al.

12 Our Business Recycling Grant WHAT WE REQUESTED: 6 Bins from the county for Community Rooms and Exercise rooms $2, Table Tops: Full Circle Fresh Air Odor Free Compost $22.64 each..1, months of bio-bags from Litin for the tabletop Organics recycling by ASPEN hauling for 3 months at $109/month GRAND TOTAL $5, We had also asked for $1,000.00for an educational soiree but that was nixed.

13 Organics Tabletops

14 Organics Tabletops

15 Our Incentives

16 Our Incentives

17 Our Incentives

18 The bins: organics

19 The bins: single sort

20 The Organics Collection Dumpster

21 The Organics Collection Dumpster

22 Challenges Getting the Association to support the grant Residents were/are concerned about: Odor and bugs in tabletops in condo Rodents and odor in dumpster in garage Working the bureaucracies of the Management Company, Condo Association, and County On-going: getting residents to understand and sort correctly

23 What Helped Talking to Sol Tva and Sol Havn Apartments Their buildings are built for organics recycling It s a plus for the building to offer Working with Hennepin County Environment and Energy: Taking the Master Recycling Training Having Master Recycler Volunteers to help Carolyn Collopy, Kirsten Wahlberg and Andre X Xiong Having a really supportive, gung-ho, new Building Manager to support roll out the program Residents continuing to express how much they like it and how much organics recycling has reduced their trash Being part of a great E-Team of residents with knowledge and diverse experience

24 What s Next Two more education sessions in 2018 on organics and single-sort recycling Continued education through flyers and posters -- and more education sessions Creating a packet on recycling for new residents Developing specific measures for success

25 Posters & Flyers

26 Posters & Flyers

27 What You Need: A great COMMITTED building team PATIENCE AND PERSISTENCE A Business Recycling Grant from Hennepin County PATIENCE AND PERSISTENCE

28 THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

29 THANK YOU!

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