Seattle Compost Is A Hot Potato

Derek Wang — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 01:11:52 +0000

Seattle city council members are scheduled to vote Monday on legislation that could change where the city's food and yard waste ends up. But the latest plan is raising a stink east of the Cascades.

Seattle Ends Biweekly Trash Pickup Pilot Program

Derek Wang — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:54:08 +0000

Many Seattle residents are grateful for the new year because it means that their garbage will be picked up every week. At least for now.

For the past six months, 800 Seattle households participated in a pilot program that experimented with picking up the trash every other week. The affected neighborhoods were roughly in the four corners of the city and included Wedgewood.