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Paint the Town Out

It’s not too late to participate in Summer Paint Out Hate graffiti? We’ll help with you fight it with FREE supplies – paint (white-brown-gray), rollers, brushes, scrapers, and gloves. All you need to do is register. Stop by our warehouse this Saturday, August 20, from 9 am to 1 pm,… [ Keep reading ]

Stop. Think. Sort.

Having a meal at your favorite fast food restaurant? Take a close look at the plates, trays and wrappers used to serve your food. You’ll find that many of them are compostable and that the rest are recyclable – the result of a Seattle law designed to stop the waste… [ Keep reading ]

Chill It!

Chilan from Seattle’s Leschi neighborhood has a cool way of storing leftovers before composting them: “I reuse my old organic leafy greens plastic tub and store it all in the freezer!  I use each tub until it cracks, and then I recycle it.  It’s a great way to reduce, reuse, and… [ Keep reading ]

Car Wash Message at Movies

Seeing a movie in Seattle sometime soon? Check out the following message about car washing and protecting Puget Sound. It will be running before movies at the Meridian, Pacific Place and Thorton Place theaters in Seattle through August. Moviegoers will be reminded to “use a commercial car wash so that… [ Keep reading ]

A Cleaner and Greener Emerald City

We want to know how you think Seattle can reach 70 percent recycling. Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) wants to hear from residents and businesses about waste reduction, recycling, and other solid waste services. The 2011 draft revision of Seattle’s Solid Waste Management Plan is available on SPU’s website: www.seattle.gov/util/SolidWastePlan. The Solid Waste… [ Keep reading ]

FREE Car Inspection 8/13

Register for Bert the Salmon’s Auto Leaks Class Join the experts at South Seattle Community College’s Automotive Technology Program on Saturday, August 13 from 9 am to 1 pm for a FREE auto leaks class. You’ll be protecting our local waterways and wildlife. In the workshop, you’ll learn where most leaks occur and… [ Keep reading ]

Summer Paint Out Not Over

Pick up supplies on Saturday, August 20, from 9 am to 1 pm. It’s not too late to participate in Summer Paint Out and fight graffiti in your neighborhood. We  support volunteers with FREE paint (white-brown-gray), rollers, brushes, scrapers, and gloves. Volunteers can pick up supplies at our warehouse at 3633… [ Keep reading ]

Volunteer in West Seattle

Volunteer to help build rain gardens in West Seattle’s Delridge neighborhood on Saturday, August 13, from 9 am to noon. Rain gardens help soak up polluted stormwater runoff before it reaches local waterways. These rain gardens will help protect Longfellow Creek. The event is sponsored by 12000raingardens.org. To RSVP: e-mail… [ Keep reading ]

See “The Voice”

Come out to Two Union Square this Wednesday for the for the free Out to Lunch Concert featuring Tacoma’s Vicci Martinez, finalist of NBC’s hit series The Voice. Don’t forget to stop by Seattle Public Utilities’ “Where Does it Go?” booth for free Glad compostable bag samples and a chance… [ Keep reading ]

This Week’s Winner

Bob from Westlake is this week’s winner in our “Show us your pics” competition. Bob writes: “I let Betty take care of my food scraps! My Betty Boop trash can has a removable bucket that’s the perfect size for a compostable trash liner and a flapper lid that keeps odors… [ Keep reading ]