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A total of 70,000 households in the northern half of Seattle participate in a <br /> curbside recycling program provided by Waste Management of Seattle under terms <br /> of a 5-year contract signed with the City in October, 1987. Residents are provided <br /> with color-coded containers for weekly collection of glass, steel, PET and HDPE <br /> bottles, newspapers, mixed waste paper and aluminum cans for recycling. Service <br /> began in February, 1988 with collected materials sorted and processed in a <br /> company-designed recycling center. <br /> The Recycle America regional facility operated by Waste Management of <br /> Seattle processes more than 200 tons of materials each day, including recyclables <br /> collected from 194,000 households. The plant also handles commercial cardboard <br /> and mixed paper from area businesses. At the curbside, one bin contains mixed <br /> paper and the other contains commingled glass, cans, PET and HDPE bottles. A <br /> third bin is for old newspaper. The facility uses a combination of mechanized and <br /> manual sorting techniques to separate glass, aluminum cans, tin cans and PET <br /> and HDPE bottles. <br /> Contact Ed Steyh, Contract Enforcement Manager, City of Seattle at (206) <br /> 684-7645. <br /> 19 <br />