Results tagged “recycling”

Not that we need an excuse to dine at any of Ethan Stowell's restaurants--hello, How to Cook a Wolf--but unloading our cork collection in the name of the environment and a newsworthy discount is as good as any. From November 1-December 31, pack your pockets and purses with corks to dine at any Ethan Stowell restaurant and receive one dollar off your check for every cork, up to 25. more ›

If there is one thing you should never say in our dear city, it is "recycling is a hassle." (Gasp!) Without a doubt, muttering those words will earn you hundreds of dirty looks--we're passive-aggressive too, don't forget. more ›

Say goodbye to Washington's once-trusty fleet of steel ferries, the Klickitat, Quinault, Illahee, and Nisqually. Announced on Monday, the eighty-something-year-old Steel Electric-class vessels were sold off to California's Eco Planet Recycling for $200,000. The four ferries, launched in the 1920s, have led a good life, having carried many generations of commuters, travelers, and cars. Retired in 2007, those four ferries have had one of the best views watching the city and its skyline grow into what it is today. Now they are off to Mexico to be scrapped. Bon voyage! Err...adios? more ›

Last week we held our first guest blog post contest, and the winner was LaFemmeMonkita! We sent her to the new Croc to see Dr. Dog. We chose her post because...well, not that it was a crowded field the first time out, but what could be more Seattlest than posting about recycling...and its olfactory drawbacks? Not much! Hope you enjoy it. more ›

By now all Seattle Public Utilities customers (so, everyone) should have received a brochure outlining the new recycling and compost guidelines, which go into effect today. Meat scraps, fish, dairy, shells and bones are now allowed in your food and yard waste bin. Plastic lids and foil are finally recyclable, too. For a full list of changes, see the Seattle Public Utilities website. We're especially glad for the new composting guidelines, which have been too long coming. more ›

The reason our giant, broken dinosaur of a television sat in our driveway for months on end was not because we wanted to work the white trash chic aesthetic into our cute Capitol Hill residence. No, it sat there because we are cheap and lazy. It's a lethal combination. But the launch of the state's new free electronics recycling program, E-Cycle Washington, on January 1 meant we could no longer use our selectively mean nature to excuse the hulk of an appliance taking up space next to our almost-as-broken Ford Taurus. "When are you going to take that thing to the recycling place?" our housemate began to ask on a weekly basis. "Tomorrow!" we would chirp in reply, and then fail to take it when we said we would. more ›

...at least as far as sports-affiliated reusable shopping bags are concerned. Pro sports franchise shopping bags where everywhere on our trip to Chicago for the holidays, but we've never seen a Mariners or Seahawks shopping bag in this style in Seattle. Of course, that's the Chicago Way: when you're trying to direct the population you don't legislate, you just slap a Bears logo on the desired behavior. more ›

Our housemates will be thrilled when that huge old TV is gone from our driveway. The landlord probably will be, too, though he hasn't said anything. As of tomorrow, someone else is required to pick up the tab for processing that monster, the cost of which was our one remaining valid excuse for not taking it to a recycling center just yet. Thanks, E-Cycle Washington! Next up: getting someone else to come in here and clean out the basement freezer for free. more ›

Every time we've looked out the window today, our garbage and recycling containers have lost more and more definition, gradually becoming absorbed into the gently sculpted snowscape that surrounds us. And we were wondering: Is the city really going to try to collect this garbage today? Turns out no: "Single-family residential garbage, yard waste, and recycling collection has been delayed in Seattle for today, Thursday, December 18, due to dangerous road conditions. Most business and apartment services will be collected on schedule." We can leave our containers at the curb one more day, but if tomorrow's a no-go, we have to save them for next week. (Though we can leave out twice as much garbage.) With even the garbage collectors having a snow day, our last vestiges of guilt about working at home have melted away. more ›

According to the P-I, Honolulu's thinking about sending island-style trash our way. Walt Disney doesn't really tolerate landfill stench wafting over its new resorts, and there's only so much space on Hawaii for garbage (Walt Disney resort memorabilia aside), so companies are in the process of bidding for the privilege of hauling the refuse to a new mainland location. It's possible that Washington could be the trash's final resting place. more ›

Maybe it's the recession like it was in the early 90s, but as a city, we're recycling more than ever before. more ›

Popular Science released its list of the 50 Greenest cities in the U.S. recently. Of course, liberal, green Seattle was on it. We came in eighth. It surprised no one at Seattlest HQ, however, that our neighbor to the South, namely Portland, came in first since some of us believe that Portland is better and we all love PDX regardless. more ›

Hello co-workers. Do you see us burning a hole through your backs, staring at you viciously out of the corners of our eyes as we watch you come into the shared kitchen, grab an essentially non-recyclable pseudo-styrofoam cup from the stack next to the water cooler and somehow manage to avoid the sign that my friend put up next to the cooler indicating what wasteful, ignorant fools you are for not being able to bring your own goddamned coffee cup or water glass to re-use at work? Yes, you. We see you. You suck. more ›

In New York, a place where we once lived, recycling does not--despite being mandatory--actually happen. more ›

For the second straight year, the Washington State Senate failed to vote on a billl that would require the phasing out of PBDEs. (We've written previously about PBDEs, which are accumulating steadily in breast milk, and are implicated in the impairment of childhood development. They're also reaching alarming levels in wildlife.) more ›