Maplewood council approves 2025 residential recycling and trash annual report
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Council approved the 2025 Residential Recycling and Trash Collection Annual Report after presentations from Tennis Sanitation and Republic Services, which reported slightly lower tonnages, steady recycling markets, an 8% food-scrap participation rate (April), and fleet electrification pilots.
The Maplewood City Council voted May 27 to approve the 2025 Residential Recycling and Trash Collection Annual Report, following presentations from contractors Tennis Sanitation and Republic Services.
Sean Finwall, who oversees the contract deliverables, said both haulers submitted required annual reports under agreements that run through June 30, 2027. Tennis Sanitation reported that total tonnages were slightly down from the previous year and that recycling participation dipped modestly; the company attributed those changes to lighter material weights and household turnover.
Tennis Sanitation noted steady recycling markets during 2024 and said Maplewood’s education efforts and outreach help keep residuals low. “If we can find a market, we recycle it,” a Tennis representative said.
Republic Services highlighted the city’s Ramsey County food-scrap program performance and fleet electrification testing. “Maplewood’s doing extremely well,” a Republic representative said, citing an about 8% participation rate for the food-scrap program as of April and reporting results from a spring cleanup (approximately 3,334 cars, just under 32 tons of MSW and about 6 tons of metal).
Republic also reported company improvements in customer service metrics (a net promoter score of 50) and said it added AI tools to help coach call-center agents for better active listening and problem resolution.
Councilmember Cade moved to approve the annual report; the motion was seconded and carried by voice vote. Council thanked staff and the haulers for their work and for a well-run spring cleanup.
The council packet includes more detailed tables of tonnage, participation rates and vendor performance for 2024; staff said the contractors will continue to work with the city on education and participation improvements in 2025.
