Each winter, homes are damaged due to water pipes that freeze and burst. By taking a few simple precautions, you can help save yourself from the mess, money and headaches of burst frozen pipes. Steps you can take. Insulate pipes in your home’s crawl spaces, basement and attic. Exposed pipes… [ Keep reading ]
Below-freezing temperatures can burst water pipes around your home, potentially causing serious property damage and wasting large amounts of water. While burst pipes are usually easy to spot, smaller breaks often go unnoticed, so regularly check these areas for leaks: Make sure outdoor faucets aren’t dripping and if you can… [ Keep reading ]
City plan will reduce greenhouse gases and adapt to climate change Within the next 40 years, sea level rise caused by climate change will flood parts of Seattle during high tides, according to a new map developed by City planners, using conservative scientific assumptions. Warming oceans are raising sea levels… [ Keep reading ]
Garbage, recycling, and food and yard waste pickups can be delayed during snowy and icy weather. Check for delays in your collection at www.seattle.gov/util, on Twitter at www.twitter.com/SeattleSPU, or our blog AtYourService.seattle.gov. Collections will be on normal schedule for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, January 21, and Presidents Day,… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Public Utilities provides high-quality drinking water, recycling, garbage pickup, sewer and stormwater drainage services that protect public health and promote city livability. Our purpose is simple – we meet essential community needs while taking into account financial, environmental and social costs. How We Are Making a Better Seattle Solid… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle residents may compost Christmas trees and other holiday greens free of charge until January 13. At Recycling & Disposal Stations: Trees should not exceed eight feet in length and must be free of decoration so they can be turned into compost for local parks and gardens. Trunks should not exceed four inches… [ Keep reading ]
Fix that leak! Oil and water don’t mix! Get Signed Up! Join the experts at South Seattle Community College’s Automotive Technology Program January 19 for a FREE Auto Leaks Class. It’s a $45 value. Learn more about your car. We’ll put it up on a lift, see if you have… [ Keep reading ]
And how to find safer, less toxic materials Artists and art educators can learn safe storage, disposal and safer chemical at four, free “Hidden Hazards in the Arts” workshops – coming soon to Seattle, and sponsored by the Local Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County. The workshops are designed… [ Keep reading ]
Did you know all apartment and condo properties must subscribe to food waste collection? If you are a resident at a property that does not yet have a green food and yard waste cart available, contact your manager to ask about this service. If the manager is not willing to… [ Keep reading ]
Do you have a pile of burned-out holiday lights? Are you replacing your traditional holiday light strands with energy-efficient LED (light-emitting diode) lights? This holiday season, don’t throw out your old light strands. Recycle them! Holiday light recycling programs take your old strands and recycle the copper wire inside them. Click… [ Keep reading ]
