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Recycling & Waste Reduction Study
Solid Waste Recycling, Waste Reduction, & Facilities Opportunities
On April 9, 2007 Mayor Greg Nickels announced the completion of a five-month study that looks at recycling in Seattle and the need for renovated or new solid waste recycling and disposal stations.
Three major goals of the study were to:
- • Provide an objective, third-party evaluation of Seattle’s work to date
- • Identify potential strategies that could push Seattle beyond its current 60% diversion goal
- • Evaluate the effect that implementing such strategies would have on facilities
The newly completed study, jointly sponsored by the City Council is in two parts. The main report is in Volume 1 (PDF). All the strategies that were considered for the report are contained in Volume 2 (PDF). Additionally, a survey (PDF) was done as part of the study.
“We’ve done a good job of improving recycling rates and reducing waste in Seattle, but there is more work to be done,” Nickels said. “This study should give Councilmembers useful information as they deliberate on our plans for improving how we deal with solid waste in the years ahead.”
Seattle Public Utilities considers its existing solid waste recycling, transfer and disposal facilities, constructed in the 1960’s, to be outdated, poorly designed, and lacking in adequate environmental controls to meet the city’s current and future solid waste goals. The city’s decision on its solid waste facilities plan is scheduled to be made by July 2007.
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