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Goal 2: Support and Expand Programs to Reduce Environmental Impacts
Objective 2: Protect and Preserve the Natural Environment
Project Performance Measure(s) Department(s)
Core Council Environmental Task  Waste Diverted Asset Management
INF Force Recommendation –  Resident Surveys for Trash and
2.2.2. Waste Management Recycling
 Reduce Recycling Contamination
Summary:
Estimated Actual
As part of the Council’s Environmental Task Milestone Completion Completion
Force recommendations in July 2020, staff is Evaluate Effectiveness of Summer 2024
working towards: Current Diversion
 Increasing waste diversion Programs
 Expanding or adding waste diversion Apply for Diversion Winter 2024
programs Program Grants
 Conducting resident surveys to WASTE DIVERSION Expand Diversion Spring 2025
improve trash and recycling services Programs & Participation
 Increasing recycling outreach and Administer Grant, Spring 2025
education Monitor and Report
Results
Update: Partner with Schools to Winter 2023
During the 4 Quarter, staff continued to work Increase Recycling
th
on partnerships with schools, discovery centers, Education
libraries, parks and community event RECYCLING EDUCATION Create Green Teams in Fall 2024
organizers. Over the Summer of 2024, staff and Each School
Republic performed recycling audits at the Teach How to Recycle Spring 2025
Materials Resort Facility (MRF) to evaluate the Right
recycling program. It was found that the
contamination levels in the recycling have
increased. Staff will be looking for more
effective ways to communicate with the
residents, schools, businesses, and multi‐family
sectors of the city to reduce recycling
contamination.

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