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M <br />Presentational Item <br />Indian River County, Florida <br />Solid Waste Disposal District <br />Board Memorandum <br />Date: July 30, 2021 <br />To: Jason E. Brown, County Administrator <br />From: Matthew Jordan, Interim Director of Utility Services <br />Thru: Himanshu H. Mehta, PE, Managing Director, Solid Waste Disposal District (SWDD) <br />Prepared By: Susan Flak, Recycling Education and Marketing Coordinator, SWDD <br />Subject: ReCollect Waste Wizard—CARTer's Corner Mobile Application <br />Descriptions and Conditions: <br />The Solid Waste Disposal District (SWDD) staff is excited to share the launching of a new educational <br />service for residents called CARTer's Corner, which was developed through the ReCollect Waste Wizard <br />Company. This service is a mobile application (app) available both on the Google Play Store and the Apple <br />App Store, as well as an option on our county website, which will allow residents to gain answers they <br />may have about recycling correctly. In. general, CARTer's Corner provides two specific services. First, it <br />allows residents to easily find out within seconds if an item is recyclable before they put it the blue cart. <br />Second, it provides detailed metrics to SWDD about what residents are confused about or have questions <br />regarding recycling so that we can better target our marketing and advertising to clarify those questions. <br />It has been very specifically designed to meet and address the recycling needs of our county. The service <br />also includes a future provision of pick-up dates and calendar information that can be added to the app. <br />Funding: <br />No funding is requested for this agenda item. The Recollect service is currently part of the approved Fiscal <br />Year 2020/2021 Recycling Budget, which is funded from SWDD assessments and user fees. The actual cost <br />for the implementation of the ReCollect Waste Wizard app was $4,980. <br />Conclusion: <br />This service will make life easier for residents to recycle correctly and reduce the amount of "wish cycling" <br />and contamination at the cart. The Solid Waste Disposal District (SWDD) ,will continue to make changes <br />and update CARTer's Corner 'on a regular basis. Therefore, the service will always be up to date. SWDD <br />will continue to track the metrics on what residents are searching for so that we can continue to better <br />target our marketing campaigns. <br />SWDD Agenda - CARTer's Corner Page 1- 1 <br />