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~ 9lfß Clean Cities 2000 Application Page 2 Description: The City of San Marcos has offered a curb-side recycling program since December 1992. In conjunction with the Clean Texas 2000 Program, our goal is to recover 50% of the targeted materials from residential recycling. Curb-side recycling is provided to over 4,688 single family residences on a weekly basis. Items currently collected for recycling includes newspaper I with inserts, magazines, clear and cloudy plastic bottles and milk jugs, tin and aluminum cans, ! glass food and beverage containers of all colors, and used motor oil. In the last year, the City's curb-side recycling participation rate averaged 34 percent. Citizen recycling efforts diverted approximately 1,073.38 tons or 15.5 percent of waste from being landfilled. Community-wide recycling The City's curb-side recycling program provides a convenient way for residents to recycle. Efforts are made on a continuous basis, through newspaper articles and brochures, to encourage residents to take advantage of such a convenient program designed to make recycling easy. Our curbside recycling contract provides for a continuing public education campaign to encourage participation in the program. SWT operates its own recycling programs. The City of San Marcos has contracted with Green Guy Recycling, a privately owned local company, to provide workplace recycling for City offices through the Green Guy drop-off center. Green Guy provides multi- family residents and commercial entities who are not included in the curb-side program, a . convenient recycling drop-off center. Total of items collected for recycling are as follows: Green Guy Recycling Totals Commodity 1995 1996 Paper 532.5 tons 1,017.4 tons Metals 81.4 tons 200.3 tons - Plastics 53.2 tons 51.1 tons : Glass 16.7 tons 101.8 tons Other: Tires 1,349 4,417 tires Oil 332.5 gallons 2,500 gallons Oil Filters 5 barrels (55 gallon) 2,200 filters Neighborhood Cleanups The City of San Marcos initiated Neighborhood Cleanup Projects in early 1996 for residents to dispose of solid waste accumulations at their homes and in their yards and to provide educational information about year-round residential solid waste disposal and recycling. The neighborhood cleanups are an on-going program designed to provide an option for residents to dispose of solid waste and as a means to foster neighborhood pride. Neighborhood Associations must initiate the request for a clean up and pledge volunteers to assist in the effort. Four neighborhoods have participated in the program to date, and three more are planning to hold cleanups in the Spring of 1997. Six City departments (Planning, Public Works, Parks and Recreation, Police, Environmental