One-Sort Recycling Begins

Thanks to an accelerated schedule that is a welcome process improvement for the City of Minneapolis, the new one-sort recycling containers began rolling out the week of November 12.  One-sort is an exciting innovation in our process that could increase recycling rates by up to 60%. If a cart is delivered to your home, start using it immediately for all recycling. No sorting is needed. Just make sure not to include garbage or other non-recyclables, and rinse all your bottles, cans, jars and cartons. One-sort is rolling out in phases; if you don’t get a new cart with this rollout, you’ll get one next year in the second phase. Start when you get the cart. A letter with instructions will come to your home about a week before you get the cart. One-sort customers stay on the same recycling schedules as before. While routes and schedules won’t change, the time the truck comes may change. Make sure to have your recycling at your collection point by 6 a.m. on your recycling day. You may keep your old bin for other uses or leave it at the curb or alley and our crews will recycle it. Since routes run street by street (and alley by alley) rather than by neighborhood or quadrant, the routes chosen for the first phase are all over the city. This is the most efficient way to roll out the new carts and keep your service high during the transition. If you would like more specifics about when you’ll receive your cart, contact the Ward 1 office at 612-673-2201 or kevin.reich@minneapolismn.gov.