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4. Santa Rosa. California Empire Waste Management, a division of Waste Management Collection and Recycling, Inc., currently operates full service refuse and recycling collection in Santa Rosa, California as part of long-term franchise agreements. The service area covers two counties, encompassing six cities. Services provided include residential and commercial waste collection and recycling, temporary roll-off, sludge hauling, and transfer station operations. The number of residential units served is 77,000. All of these units are part of the recycling program. Commercial units receiving waste collection service total 7,000; of these, 2,000 units are part of the recycling program. We have an exceptionally successful recycling program in Santa Rosa, with 85% participation of our residential customers. To date, we have attained an 18% overall recycling diversion level, which we expect will continue to increase. In addition to the basic waste collection and recycling services, Empire Waste Management operates 3 certified recycling redemption centers, as well as City and countywide Household Hazardous Waste Collection Programs. Contact Marc Richardson,Assistant to City Manager, City of Santa Ana Rosa, at (707) 524-5361. 5. Seattle. Washington In 1990, Waste Management of North America and the City of Seattle entered into an agreement for the transportation and disposal of the City's non-recycled solid waste. As part of a historic agreement with Seattle, Waste Management will haul the City's waste by rail until 2028. Seattle's waste is transported by rail to Waste Management's Columbia Ridge Landfill in Gilliam County, Oregon. The train leaves Seattle three times every week, carrying approximately 100 containers and traveling about 325 miles from Seattle to the Columbia Ridge Landfill. This program is an example of progressive leadership in solid waste disposal and recycling. 18