Tagged with 'garbage'
Expect Delays In Burien Area If You’re A Waste Management Customer
Waste Management announced Tuesday (Jan. 17) that they “will be collecting residential, commercial and roll-off on schedule. Due to inclement weather please expect delays in parts of Seattle, Burien... [Read more]
REMINDER: Beautify Burien & Celebrate Art During Clean Sweep Saturday
REMINDER: Burien’s 13th annual ‘Clean Sweep’ will be held from 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. this coming Saturday, April 30th, and new this year will include a Scavenger Hunt for volunteers celebrating... [Read more]
Business Recycling Collection Event Is Thursday, July 29th
A Business Recycling Collection Event is planned for Thursday, July 29th from 11am – 4pm at the Criminal Justice Training Center, located at 19010 First Ave South. The event is sponsored by the cities... [Read more]
“The New Phone Book’s Here!” & I Don’t Want It; Here’s How To Opt Out
by Scott Schaefer This weekend, some rude dude named “DEX” dumped a plastic bag containing two large books I didn’t ask for on my front walkway. That’s right – the new white... [Read more]
Garbage Haulers Throw Out Picket Signs, Return To Work Friday
Striking garbage workers decided Thursday to throw out their picket signs (at least for now) and return to their jobs as early as Friday morning, but since Burien’s trash pickup days are Mondays... [Read more]
Waste Management Garbage Haulers Finally Decide To Strike
Wednesday morning (April 21) at 10:30am, garbage hauling members of Teamsters #174 decided to finally haul out their pickets and strike against Waste Management. The strike affects trash and yard waste... [Read more]
PHOTOS: Scenes From Sea-Tac Airport’s New Recycling Program
On Thursday morning (April 15), the Port of Seattle demonstrated a new environmental program at Sea-Tac Airport – a centralized off-aircraft recycling system they claim will reduce waste sent to... [Read more]
Help Spruce Up Burien At The Annual “Clean Sweep” Saturday, April 24
We here at The B-Town Blog believe in helping our community, and that’s why we’re encouraging every one of our Readers to take part in this year’s Burien “Clean Sweep,” a... [Read more]
Hundreds Rally At Teamsters Hall In Tukwila In Support Of Garbage Haulers
[DISCLOSURE: Scott Schaefer, the Publisher/Editor of The B-Town Blog, is an active member of the Directors Guild of America, a film/video workers union based in Los Angeles, CA.] On Sunday, April 11th,... [Read more]
UPDATE: Garbage Strike Averted For Now
UPDATE 4/1/10: Our news partners at The Seattle Times update us that a 1am agreement Thursday morning has averted a garbage strike, at least for now. Here’s what The Times said: Jackie Lang, the... [Read more]
Teamsters 174 Vote To Strike; Garbage Haulers May Stop Work Thursday
Our news partners at The Seattle Times are reporting that members of Teamsters Local 174 voted Sunday (march 28) to authorize a strike once their contract runs out this coming Wednesday at midnight. A... [Read more]
REPORT: Burien Garbage Haulers May Go On Strike Next Week
According to our news partners at The Seattle Times, garbage, recycling and yard-waste haulers for more than one million homes and businesses in King and Snohomish counties, including Burien, are threatening... [Read more]
Household Hazardous Wastemobile Is Coming March 26-28
King County’s Spring Household Hazardous Wastemobile Event is coming up from Friday, March 26th through Sunday, March 28th at the Des Moines Marina. This is the perfect opportunity to get rid of... [Read more]
Recycling Collection Event & Rain Barrel Bin Sale Coming To Burien Saturday, Sept. 19th
The Normandy Park and Burien Fall Recycling Collection Event and Rain Barrel Sale is scheduled for this Saturday, Sept. 19th from 9am – 3pm at the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Center,... [Read more]
Hey Burien, Bring Your Toxins To The Wastemobile Sept. 11-13th
King County’s free Household Hazardous Wastemobile is coming to the Burien Fred Meyer on the weekend of Sept. 11-13th, from 10am to 5pm on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Fred Meyer is located at 14300... [Read more]
Major Recycling Event Is This Saturday, May 16th
The Normandy Park and Burien Spring Recycling Event and Rain Barrel Sale is scheduled for this Saturday, May 16th from 9am – 3pm at the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Center, which is located at 19010 First Avenue South.
At this event you can safely dispose of numerous unwanted materials, some for free, others for a small fee.
Here are the details:
PHOTOS: Both Burien And Des Moines Get Cleaned Up
Saturday morning (4/25), both the cities of Burien and Des Moines were overtaken by eager and helpful volunteers, young and old alike, wearing orange vests and gloves, filling up their trash bags for a day of group clean up.
In Burien, the annual “Clean Sweep” kicked off at 8am with approximately 400 volunteers, including at least 200 from Iglesia Ni Cristo Church, lead by Ronel’ Ibanez, who fittingly won the grand prize of a mountain bike in the raffle (look for him in the first slideshow below); here are some pics taken by Scott Schaefer:
In Des Moines, Photographer Michael Brunk was on the scene, and he captured some great moments of Destination Des Moines’ annual Clean Up, as evidenced in this slideshow:
(2009) Grab A Broom And Help “Clean Sweep” Burien On April 25th
“Clean Sweep,” Burien’s annual spring cleaning event, is planned for Saturday, April 25th, starting at 8am at the fire station on 8th Ave SW.
Citizens are encouraged to join this effort to improve the appearance of the downtown area and neighborhoods by picking up trash and other debris along streets, sidewalks and parks.
Volunteers are asked to report to the Burien Fire Station, located at 15100 8th Ave. SW (map below) at 8am, where they can enjoy a free continental breakfast and then head out to the community to clean, pick up trash, remove graffiti and more…
