News Releases 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's Service Area
Waste Management Partners With Renowned 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
April 2008 Seattle PI Recycling in Seattle Made Easier... Greener Pastures Paper vs. Plastic -- The Final Analysis King 5 News Seattle Mayor Calls for Fee on Disposable Shopping Bags Seattle Times Seattle officials propose 20-cent grocery-bag fee New York Times For Seattle Shoppers, Paper or Plastic Could Come with a Green Fee March 2008 MSNBC Battle of the Bags: Paper versus Plastic
(interactive video featuring Cascade Recycling Center) Wenatchee World Is it really greener here? February 2008 Seattle PI Expanded recycling plan for Seattle proposed
Lake Stevens Journal WM Driver Teaches Kids to Think Green
KING 5 Crafting Valentine's cards from recycled materials
Eastside Business Journal Go GREEN This Valentines Day
Seattle Business Journal Pacific Place Goes Green with New Recycling Program
Beacon Hill News & So District Journal Seattle Talks Trash...
The International Herald Tribune Motivated by a Tax, Irish Spurn Plastic Bags January 2008 New York Times What’s Your Consumption Factor? Seattle Magazine Talking Trash December 2007 Eastside Business Weekly Think Green this Holiday Season! Biocycle Magazine
Residential Composting Programs November 2007 Seattle P.I. Businesses tagged for violating recycling rules October 2007 New York Times Seattle’s Recycling Success Is Being Measured in Scraps Cedar Grove Composting grinds scrap wood with yard and table scraps to become potting soil. July 2007 Seattle P.I. Where Your Seattle Trash Ends Up Photo Gallery: Follow the Trash June 2007 Seattle Times Ecoconsumer Where can we put all those plastics? L.A. Times High-tech TV means low-tech trash April 2007 KOMO TV Some Recycling Do's and Don'ts November 2006 Seattle Times Seattle getting better at recycling its trash
September 2006
Puget Sound Business Journal On the job with a garbage-truck driver
September 2005 KIRO TV King County Banning Disposal of 'E-Waste' June 2005 Sustainable Industries Recycling's Pushed "Reduce, Reuse" Out of the Equation