From:
To: City Council
Date: Monday, January 6, 2025 12:05:33 PM
Hello City Council,
As a long standing citizen of Sebastopol and a Girl Scout Troop leader in the community it was brought to my attention the City of Sebastopol is looking at ending the contact with Recology. While I am unable to attend tomorrow evening's meeting due to a family event I wanted to let you know how much Girl Scouts has appreciated working with Recology.
This year we were able to start up our Christmas Tree Recycling Fundraiser for our Travel Troop. Brian Popplewell at Recology was wonderful to work with and they also set up a hotline for people to call in and have us pick up their Christmas Trees to recycle. This is no cost but a donation can be made.
The chart below shows an example that the cost would be better with Recology than with Sonoma County Resource Recovery. SCRR does not have a recycling facility in Sonoma County and takes recyclables out of the County to facilities that have less processing capacity. This will have a major impact on the City’s recycling rate and greenhouse gas emissions. I hope that you would take this into consideration when making your decisions.
Container
Size Qty
Service
Days/
Week
SCRR
Pricing
Proposed
Recology
Pricing
SCRR vs. RSM
Rate Compare
3 YD
GARBAGE 1 1 $698.31$779.38
3 YD
RECYCLE 1 2 $1,002.54
$291.40
96 GALLON
COMPOST 2 1 $153.38 $73.86
Total $1,854.23 $1,144.64
SCRR is
$709.59/month
more expensive.
Thank you for your consideration,
Mia Champion and Girl Scout Troops 10873 & 01125