Tim Croll, solid waste director for Seattle Public Utilities, says the city's Zero Waste strategy is what motivates his team. Seattle moves slowly toward zero waste strategy; initiatives yield mixed results Seattle Public Utilities will use $64,800 as part of a media campaign to remind businesse...
Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) operates and maintains a combined sewer system (CSS) within the City of Seattle (City) service area with 87 permitted combined sewer overflow (CSO) locations. CSOs, the discharge of both stormwater and untreated human and industrial waste, toxic materials, and ...
A city ban on plastic straws and utensils in bars and restaurants went in effect Sunday, in the latest push to reduce waste and prevent marine plastic pollution. Seattle is believed to be the first major U.S. city to ban single-use plastic straws and utensils in food service, according ...
Seattle Public Utilities(SPU) cleaned and/or removed 50 dumpsters or carts from the area in the last 24-hours. To keep the area cleanly, waste pick-up for businesses and protesters is ongoing, and daily debris removal efforts from the right-of-way continue. S...
She deals with everything from the simplest to the most complex issues, managing more than 1,000 waste pickers, from more than 20 cooperatives besides being mother of 7 children. She is the first female president of CENTCOOP, a network that advocates for the social recognition of waste picker...
It has been a long way from how Seattle got its drinking water back in the 1880s. Private suppliers tapped into Lake Washington, which then was a handy dumping ground for industrial waste and,as a reportto the city council explained: “Nothing can be more certain than that ...
Seattle's waste management operates on a pay-as-you-throw cost structure, meaning the less waste residents generate, the less they will pay for rubbish collection. Waste is typically collected weekly in most neighbourhoods, and tenants are encouraged to bag their waste for safe collection. ...
Composting in the Pacific Northwest. Written, produced and edited by Seattle Tilth's Master Composter/Soil Builders. Learn how to compost in the great northwest. funded by Seattle Public Utilities, the King County Hazardous waste management program and the Saving Water Partnership and managed by Se...
1. 2 "[T]he recovery fee is intended to reflect the cost to the City of administering the Opt-Out Registry" 3 and "Seattle Public Utilities may recommend adjustments to the recovery fee as part of the 4 development of adjustments to the solid waste rates." SMC 6.255.100(A). Thus, ...
legislature) constructed to prioritize recycling within the city. The policy analysis revealed Seattle's major policy approaches are focused in the policy areas of operations, administration, and finance and are key to Seattle's recycling program and Seattle's continued success in waste-stream ...