Seattle City Light is partnering with Seattle Public Utilities to bring special energy-saving and CFL recycling events to stores throughout Seattle. Bring your burned-out compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFL) and we’ll replace them with free CFLs (limit five). CFL Recycle & Save Dates, Locations and Times: 9/14/13 Home Depot 2701 Utah… [ Keep reading ]
Stop by our booth this weekend at Fiestas Patrias in South Park and get free information and advice on how to be a better recycler and composter! Take our recycling pledge and you’ll receive a free kitchen compost collector, while supplies last. Look for us at these upcoming events: Phinney… [ Keep reading ]
Buy 2, Get 1 Free Bag of Cedar Grove Compost Grab your coupon — good until October 31, 2013 — at www.cedar-grove.com. Fall is the most important season of the year for improving your soil, so claim your coupon today to get gardening! Last year, Seattle diverted more than 125,000 tons of… [ Keep reading ]
The average American receives 41 pounds of junk mail every year. Want a hassle-free holiday season? Just go to online and sign up with Catalog Choice, a company that provides FREE junk mail opt-out services for Seattle residents and businesses. Each time you’re bugged by unwanted advertising mail, just go to the… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle Public Utilities, BASF and the Seattle Mariners will be giving away a free Felix Hernandez Special Collector’s Edition Kitchen Compost Caddy to the first 8,000 fans who come see the M’s take on the Oakland A’s on Saturday, September 28 at 1:10 pm at Safeco Field. Each caddy comes… [ Keep reading ]
Americans buy an estimated 29 billion single-use plastic bottles of water a year. What goes into making them? Where do they all end up after we’ve used them? Come see a FREE screening of Tapped tonight, Thursday, August 15 at 6:30 p.m. at West Seattle’s Admiral Theater to find out…. [ Keep reading ]
Americans buy an estimated 29 billion single-use plastic bottles of water a year. What goes into making them? Where do they all end up after we’ve used them? Come see a free screening of Tapped Thursday, August 15 at 6:45 p.m. at West Seattle’s Admiral Theater to find out. Tapped examines the role of the bottled… [ Keep reading ]
Do you want to compost your leftover fruits, veggies, bones and other food scraps but are worried about keeping your kitchen clean? Follow these tips to make kitchen food scrap collection easy! Thanks to you, Seattle diverted more than 130,000 tons of food and yard waste away from the landfill last year through… [ Keep reading ]
Plastics Unwrapped at the Burke Now Through May 27 Only 50 years ago, we hardly used plastics. How did they go from being rare to being everywhere? Plastics Unwrapped, a new exhibit from the Burke Museum, explores how material culture was changed—rapidly and perhaps permanently—by plastics. Learn what life was… [ Keep reading ]
35% off kitchen compost collectors – don’t miss out! For a limited time, get a kitchen food scrap collector with 20 compostable bags and a pack of organic lettuce seeds for just $13.99 plus tax. These attractive and convenient containers make collecting food scraps in your kitchen clean and easy…. [ Keep reading ]
