Meeting Archive
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Past Meetings
All documents are in PDF format, back through 2015. To view current meeting documents, visit the Committee page.
December 2022
November 2022
October 2022
September 2022
August 2022
June 2022
May 2022
April 2022
March 2022
February 2022
January 2022
December 2021
November 2021
October 2021
September 2021
August 2021
July 2021
- No meeting
June 2021
May 2021
April 2021
March 2021
February 2021
January 2021
December 2, 2020
November 4, 2020
October 7, 2020
September 2, 2020
August 5, 2020
June & July 2020
Meetings cancelled
May 6, 2020
April 2020
Meeting cancelled
March 4, 2020
February 5, 2020
January 7, 2020
December, 4 2019
Meeting cancelled
November 6, 2019
October 2, 2019
September 4, 2019
August 7, 2019
July 3, 2019
- NO MEETING
June 5, 2019
May 1, 2019
- May Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Presentation: Extended Producer Responsibility
April 3, 2019
- April Agenda
- Meeting Notes
- Presentation: Multifamily Recycling & Composting Education Program Update
March 6, 2019
February 6, 2019
- February Agenda
- Meeting Notes
January 10, 2019
December 5, 2018
November 7, 2018
- November Agenda
- November Notes
- Presentation: Textile Forum Recap
October 3, 2018
September 5, 2018
- September Agenda
- September Notes
- Presentation: Textile Forum Recap
August 1, 2018
July 4, 2018 - Cancelled, Summer hiatus
June 6, 2018
- June Agenda
- June Notes
- Presentation: Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan Amendment
- Presentation: Multifamily Recycling & Composting Education Program
May 3, 2018
April 4, 2018
March 7, 2018
February 7, 2018 – Field Trip
- February Agenda
- February notes
- Presentation: Product Stewardship 101
January 8, 2018 – Field Trip
- January agenda
- No Meeting notes
December 6, 2017
November 1, 2017
- November agenda
- November notes
- Presentation: Seattle Construction & Demolition Debris Program Successes & Challenges
October 4, 2017
- October agenda
- October notes
- Document: Community Grant Program – SWAC Input
- Presentation: Plastics Summit September 25, 2017 Overview
- Presentation: Straws and Utensils Update
September 6, 2017
- September agenda
- September notes
- Presentation: Strawless in Seattle
- Eclipse Glasses Recycling Instructions
August 2, 2017
July 5, 2017 - Cancelled
June 7, 2017
May 3, 2017
- May agenda
- May notes
- Presentation: SPU Green Business and Food Plus Outreach
- Document: Flyer – Commercial Recycling and Compost Requirements 2016
- Document: Flyer – Commercial Food Service Requirements 2016
- Document: Flyer – Commercial Plastic Bag Ban 2017
April 5, 2017 – Tour of the North Transfer Station
- April notes
- April agenda
- Document: Food Waste Prevention: Inclusive Outreach and Public Engagement Plan Development
- Document: Food Waste Prevention: Service Project or Program Development
- Document: Food Waste Prevention: Stakeholder Analysis
March 1, 2017
February 1, 2017
- Canceled for SPU Strategic Business Plan Update Community Meeting
January 4, 2017
- January agenda
- January notes
- Presentation: Commingled Recycling Report Recommendations
- Presentation: Plastics Issues
2016 Work Plan (pdf)
January 6, 2016
February 3, 2016
March 2, 2016
- March agenda
- March notes
- Presentation: Multifamily recycling plan for 2016
- Presentation: Illegal dumping program Overview
April 6, 2016
- April agenda
- April notes
- Presentation: FOG - the basics
May 4, 2016
- May agenda
- May notes
- Presentation: Outreach Materials and Tools – Update on Accepted Curbside Materials
June 1, 2016
July 6, 2016
- Cancelled
August 3, 2016
- August agenda
- August notes
- Presentation: Recycling Rate Report
- Presentation: Solid Waste Fund 2017-2019 Rate Proposal
- Presentation: Clean City Program
September 7, 2016
- September agenda
- September notes
- Presentation: North Transfer Station ReUse Building Site Overview
- Presentation: Bag Ban Council Update
- Presentation: SWAC Commingled Report, Bag Ban and Ordinance Update
- Presentation: SWAC Line of Business SWOC
October 5, 2016
- October agenda
- October notes
- Presentation: Equity Toolkit Application
- Document: Stakeholder Analysis: Food Waste Prevention
- Document: Inclusive Outreach and Public Engagement Plan Development_ Food Waste Prevention
November 2, 2016
- November agenda
- November notes
- Presentation: FOG Basics
December 7, 2016
2015 Work Plan (pdf)
January 7, 2015
February 4, 2015
- February agenda
- February notes
- Threadcycle: Thread reuse and recycling update
- Threadcycle: Campaign billboards
March 4, 2015
- March agenda
- March notes
- Construction and Demolition Pilot Highlights
- SRDS Redevelopment Presentation
- STS Space Matrix
April 1, 2015
- April agenda
- April notes
- Fruit and Vegetable Storage Guide
- Love Food: Stop Waste - Overview
- Love Food: Stop Waste - Presentation
- Threadcycle Messaging
- Top Tips: How to Threadcycle
May 6, 2015
- May agenda
- May notes
- Why We Need a Paint Stewardship Law in Washington
- Paint Stewardship in Washington
- SPU Coordinated Prevention Grant Program
June 3, 2015
August 5, 2015
September 2, 2015
October 7, 2015
November 4 2015
- November agenda
- November notes
- Organics Contamination Reduction Workgroup
- Commercial Waste Services and Assistance
December 2, 2015
Resources and background information
Sample product stewardship letter for batteries (pdf)
Sample product stewardship letter for paint (pdf)
Secure medicine return letter – December, 2012 (pdf)
Council consideration letter – August 2012 (pdf)