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Honoring Twin Cities Refuse, and the Karas and Gubash families, for their good business practices and for their work protecting the environment.
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WHEREAS, Joseph and Rose Karas opened Twin City Refuse and Recycling for business in Saint Paul in 1973 and incorporated it with the State of Minnesota in 1975; and
WHEREAS, five years later, Rose Karas' only sister Sarah Gubash and her husband George joined the business with all four becoming co-owners; and
WHEREAS, Rose Karas, now 93 years young, is still the President of Twin City Refuse and is still very involved in the company; and
WHEREAS, Twin City Refuse & Recycling is now a three-generation Karas and Gubash family business; and
WHEREAS, the business has never had to lay off or fire a single employee at any time in its history; and
WHEREAS, Twin City Refuse and Recycling started business with one small single axle truck, and one rolloff box; and
WHEREAS, from that one truck and one rolloff box, the company has expanded to currently owning 100 rolloff boxes, and to processing the following volume of waste and recycling annually at its transfer station on the West Side of Saint Paul: Construction and demolition waste = 100,000 cubic yards, Mixed waste = 18,000 tons, Mixed metals = 800,000 pounds, 2,400 Tires, Electronics = 12,000 pounds, Clean wood = 1,000 cubic yards, Tree waste = 1,000 cubic yards, 500 Freon appliances, 1,000 Non-freon appliances, and 1,200 mattresses recycyled; Now Therefore
BE IT RESOLVED, that the Saint Paul City Council honors Twin City Refuse and Recycling, and the Karas and Gubash families, for their good business practices and for their work protecting the environment.