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Litter in Marshall

Litter in Marshall. Presented by: Tom Hoff and Melinda Kawalek. Marshall was officially recognized by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency as a “ Step One GreenStep City”  on April 26, 2012. A Marshall GreenStep Business Recognition program was established in January 2013 .

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Litter in Marshall

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  1. Litter in Marshall Presented by: Tom Hoff and Melinda Kawalek

  2. Marshall was officially recognized by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency as a “Step One GreenStep City” on April 26, 2012. • A Marshall GreenStep Business Recognition program was established in January 2013. • A "Step 2 GreenStep City Award" was presented to the City of Marshall on June 20, 2013. • To reach our goal of becoming a “Step 3 GreenStep City” by 2016, Marshall must meet 16 of the 28 Best Practices.

  3. The City of Marshall submitted an application for a Minnesota GreenCorps member in May 2013. • Melinda Kawalek was appointed to work with City staff and the Marshall GreenStep committee in September 2013. • Melinda has been working on several goals since September. The most recent goal is to: Develop a Best Management Practice (BMP) to prevent the build-up of plastic bags and other materials that litter the fences, ditches and waterways in Marshall.

  4. Lot between Pizza Ranch and Menards

  5. Immediately After Clean-Up

  6. Litter Sort

  7. Overall Sort Data

  8. Plastic Grocery Bags Data

  9. “Other” Bags Category

  10. Eight pounds of plastic bags

  11. The Lot: 12 Days Later

  12. Possible sources of the litterfor the lot being studied • Lyon County residential recycling center • Uncovered commercial recycling and garbage bins • Outdoor gardening center packaging • Plastic bags and flyers blowing from shopping carts • Litter blowing from cars in the parking lot • Intentional littering by passerby's • Uncovered residential recycling and garbage bins • Other?

  13. Next Steps • The Marshall GreenStep Committee requests that the Marshall City Council approve of the formation of a task force (including the Chamber of Commerce, private businesses and landowners) to develop and implement a Best Management Practice to reduce (eliminate) the blowing of litter into the lots near Pizza Ranch and Menards.

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