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Waste Management Media Contacts:
Katie Salinas, Communications
(206) 962-1673
Rita Smith, Community Education
(206) 391-9072 |
News Releases
July 2010
June 2010
Seattle Restaurants Switch to Composting and Recycling
A WM Newsletter
WM - Above and Beyond
Stories of our staff going
Above and Beyond
June 2009
Waste Management Encourages Reuse and Recycling During DTV Upgrading
April 2009
Waste Management, Inc. CEO Rings NYSE Opening Bell on Earth Day
City of Seattle
New Garbage and Recycling Services Off to Strong Start
March 2009
Seattle Public Utilities Recycling Videos
December 2008
Tips for Managing Extra Garbage and Recycling
November 2008
Green tips for Thanksgiving
April 2008
Seattle Public Utilities
City of Seattle Disposable Shopping Bags Green Fee & Foam Food Container Ban
March 2008
Seattle Public Utilities
Seattle Sets New Recycling Record
February 2008
New Collection Contract With Seattle Increases Waste Management Service Area
Waste Management Partners With Artist for Environmental Education Project
December 2007
Waste Management Encourages Consumers to Think Green this Holiday Season!
Washington State Dept of Ecology
Washington Continues to Recycle, But Garbage Grows
November 2007
Waste Management Announces Weather Safety Procedures
October 2007
Waste Management Selected For 3rd Consecutive Garbage and Recycling Contract By City of Seattle
October 2007
Put a Little Green in Your Halloween:
Tricks to Make Your Halloween Eco-Friendly
June 2007
Waste Management Washington Recycling Drivers Approve New Contract
April 2007
Earth Day – Respecting and Protecting our Home
November 2006
Recycle and Buy Recycled On America Recycles Day…and Every Day
Make a Commitment to the Environment
October 2006
Seattle Can Breathe a Bit Easier, Thanks to Waste Management
Waste Management meets early deadline to use clean diesel fuel
October 2006
Don't Leave Those Leaves Behind
Tips for putting fallen leaves to good use
September 2006
Waste Management and Local 174 agree on new contract
Agreement provides highly competitive compensation package, continuous improvement of employee safety.
August 2006
It's a Sustainability Commitment
Waste Management’s report details company's social responsibility initiatives
July 2006
No hot ash in the trash!
Keep hot barbecue coals out of the trash and contaminants out of recycling
June 2006
Waste Management provides landfill space for Little League fields
Summer Safety Tip—Keep a Safe Distance from Collection Trucks
April 2006
Waste Management Makes Every Day Earth Day Single Stream Collection Increases Recycling, Keeps Material Out of Landfills
March 2006
When Spring Cleaning, Remember to Reuse and Recycle
February 2006
Give Love - Not Extra Waste - on Valentine's Day
Waste Management Encourages Durable or Intangible Gifts
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Environmental News
July 2010
News Tribune
Pierce County Study Finds Much of Garbage Could Be Recycled
KING 5 News:
New Seattle Law Requires Recyclable Containers at Restaurants
June 2010
Seattle Times
Metropolitan Market Unveils Compostable Meat Trays
Waste and Recycling News
Seattle utilities, King County target carpeting for diversion
May 2010
MSNBC
Trash haulers overwhelmingly approve contract
April 2010
MSNBC:
Plastic, pants found in dead whale
Seattle Times
King County takes a hard line against plastic bags
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Seattle PI:
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Renton Reporter
Kennydale students collect plastic to help save the environment
GreenBiz.com
The View from the C-Suite:
Waste Management CEO David Steiner
Seattle Times
Seattle piles on to its national leadership in composting
February 2010
Waste Management COO on "Undercover Boss"
January 2010
Seattle PI
Seattle Times
E-Cycle Washington enjoys healthy returns in 2009
October 2009
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Redmond KOMO
Redmond Students Tracking Trash
KOMO TV News:
Local Restaurants Adopt Green Practices
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September 2009
Newsweek:
The Greenest Big Companies in America
August 2009
PBS KUOW FM Radio
MIT Project Tracks Seattle's Trash
CNNMoney.com FORTUNE:
- The new (recovery) playbook
- Post-recession garbage growth
- Waste's recession lessons
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July 2009 .
Seattle Times: Get a whiff of this weather Nicole Brodeur could tell a lot from her seat in Mike Webster's garbage truck.
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The Spokane Spokesman Review: Waste Management center embodies ‘green’ thinking
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West Seattle Herald: Mayor Announces New City Record for Recycling
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Triple Pundit: GE, Waste Management and Google: Fortune 500 Companies Working with Renewables
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Seattle PI: Journey of Recycled Plastic
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June 2009
Seattle Times: Economic Indicator: Garbage
May 2009
ClimateBiz.Com: Waste Management Fires Up New Trash to Energy Project
Seattle Channel 21:
City Inside/Out: Zero Waste
King 5 News: King Co. landfill running out of room
iStock Analyst:
PetroCard, Waste Management Open Clean N' Green Fuel CNG Station in Seattle
April 2009
Waste and Recycling News
Carbon dioxide, methane emissions increase in 2008
Seattle Post Globe
Is Seattle's new recycling really 'better recycling'?
March 2009
Democracy Now! Sustainable Seattle
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OregonLive.com
Seattle banning trash bins from downtown alleys
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PCC Sound Consumer
Garbage: Rethinking the need for bags
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February 2009
Heraldnet: Darrington: Curbside recycling starts
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Renton Reporter
Excellent contract for city's garbage
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January 2009
Seattle Times Garbage trucks to run on natural gas
Popular Mechanics
What's the Future of Recycling...?
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Wenatchee World
Where the waste goes
Mr. Clean Gets Down and Dirty
Recycling is easier than you might think
November 2008
Whidbey News Times Oak Harbor lands 120 jobs
October 2008
Wenatchee World:
Garbage will soon stop going to waste
September 2008
Seattle Times:
Federal Way Haulers Collecting Food Bank Donations
American Recycler Recycling in Seattle
June 2008
Seattle PI Renton families in 'garbage weight loss'
May 2008
KVEW News:
Washington Recycling Assoc. Conf.
King 5 News:
Investigators: plastic getting greenwashed
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April 2008
Greener Pastures:
Paper vs. Plastic -- The Final Analysis
March 2008
MSNBC
Battle of the Bags: Paper versus Plastic
February 2008
Lake Stevens Journal: Driver Teaches Kids to Think Green
KING 5 Valentines from recycled materials
January 2008
Seattle Magazine Talking Trash
October 2007
New York Times:
Recycling Success Measured in Scraps
July 2007
Seattle P.I. Where Your Seattle Trash Ends Up
June 2007
Seattle Times Ecoconsumer:
Where can we put all those plastics?
April 2007
KOMO TV Some Recycling Do's and Don'ts
November 2006
Seattle Times Seattle getting better at recycling
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September 2006
Puget Sound Business Journal:
On the job with a garbage truck driver
June 2005
Sustainable Industries:
Recycling's Pushed "Reduce, Reuse" Out of Equation
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For more information about Waste Management, visit the corporate website at www.wm.com.
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