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• Reusable kitchenware (plates, glasses, silverware) for employee kitchens <br />• Durables for restaurant dining <br />• Reusable straws, napkins or reusable replacements for other disposables <br />• Reusable packaging, storage or transport containers <br />• Commercial dishwashing <br />Business sectors this may impact: All — Food, Vendor, Retail, Service, Grocery <br />Estimated Program 5 Costs <br />City staff will work with businesses to determine which products best support their zero waste goals and <br />businesses will receive up to $1,000 towards a project that promotes reusable products or reduces <br />waste at the business. <br />Estimated Program 5 Staff Impact <br />The staff impact would be high. Staff would be responsible for business communications and outreach, <br />proposal and budget review and collaboration, materials ordering and distribution, and program data <br />tracking and reporting. <br />Estimated Program 5 Waste Reduction Impact <br />The waste reduction impact would be high. By funding reusable projects and allowing the flexibility for <br />businesses to determine the most impactful way the City can support their zero waste goals, the City is <br />able to create lasting changes that remove material streams from the landfill and replace them with <br />reusable alternatives, reducing the waste and emissions associated with the decomposition of these <br />materials in the landfill. <br />Program 5 Overall Recommendation <br />This program is a great option for a business that is not well suited by the other program options and <br />would like to take an extra step towards waste reduction by removing disposable products and replacing <br />them with reusable products, for either employees or customers or both. The changes made through <br />this grant will be long-term, as well as the effects. Additionally, this program will provide the City with <br />data that illustrates the specific needs from businesses related to zero waste goals. <br />Low Income Programs <br />Hard -to -Recycle Community Events <br />Based on the pre -ballot Council communications budget proposal, $15,000 may be allocated annually <br />towards low-income programs. Hard -to -recycle events at affordable housing and/or manufactured <br />home communities in Louisville, in collaboration with Eco-Cycle's Center for Hard to Recycle Materials <br />(CHaRM) provide many benefits. <br />City of Boulder staff administer similar events funded through bag fee revenue and have found them to <br />be very successful. Boulder staff researched barriers for large item recycling in low -to -moderate income <br />(LMI) communities and found that barriers include: no access to a vehicle/way to transport item, <br />physical mobility limitations and recycling costs. By providing the Louisville manufactured home <br />community (Parco Dello Zingaro) and/or the Boulder County Housing Authority Kestrel community with <br />this event, the City would be removing barriers for large item recycling, reducing waste and beautifying <br />Agenda Packet P. 42 <br />