| Jan |
| 10 |
| 2:00 pm |
Due to a last-minute scheduling conflict, Rep. Dave Upthegrove will NOT be at Sustainable Burien’s next meeting, this Sunday, Jan. 10th – instead, Rep. Sharon Nelson and Susan Robinson from Waste Management will be speaking.
Here are the revised details:
WHAT: Sustainable Burien will have two speakers for the January 10th gathering:
Susan Robinson from Waste Management will be our first speaker. Susan is the Pacific Northwest Director of Public Sector Services for Waste Management. Among other things she produces some of the Sustainable Solutions newsletters and is involved with planning Waste Management’s potential responses in the event of flooding caused by the Howard Hanson Dam. She is also involved in rolling out Solar Powered trash compactors for public spaces.
Our second speaker will be Sharon Nelson, 34th District Washington State Representative, serving West Seattle, White Center, Burien, and Vashon and Maury Islands. Her top priorities in Olympia include: Restoring and protecting Puget Sound, Making education work for each student, and Reducing congestion on our roads and highways.
Dave Upthegrove, 33rd District Washington State Representative has had to cancel due to a last minute conflict.
For more information about Sustainable Burien, go to www.sustainableburien.org
WHEN: Sunday, Jan. 10th from 2pm to 4pm; doors open at 1:30pm.
WHERE: Main floor conference room of the new Burien Library, located at 400 SW 152nd.
INFO: “Come join us for learning, exploring and more…”
From their website:
Sustainable Burien is an organization started in January of 2008. We recognize the need to promote and participate in the creation of a sustainable community in Burien. We invite all residents and businesses to participate in creating a sustainable local community by sharing their ideas, passions, knowledge and talents.
At our meetings we will be collecting burned out CFL (Compact Fluorescent Light) bulbs and dead rechargable batteries. People are welcome to bring any extra food items [produce from your garden, fruit from your trees, etc.] that they have and barter with others. Also bring any coupons for food that you get in the mail or from the newspaper, we’ll pass them on to the food bank, who can make good use of them.
Gatherings are held on the second Sunday of each month, – from 2:00 – 4:00PM at the (new) KCLS Burien Library (doors open at 1:30PM). For more information, go to: http://www.sustainableburien.org.
Please call Rebecca or Bill at 243-9366 if there are questions.
Monday (Dec. 29th) will be the first garbage and recycling pickup day for a lot of Burien residents in two weeks, so get your containers out there, and remember – triple volume accepted!
Here’s the latest from Waste Management:
Residential service for Monday garbage customers and those scheduled for recycling and/or yard waste service today. If this is not a regular recycling or yard waste collection week, customers will need to wait for service until the week of Jan 5-9.
Double/triple volume accepted; Tips for Managing Extra Garbage & Recycling.
Please remove snow from on top of and around containers. If your street is still snowy, please move your containers to a more accessible location for service.
CONTACT INFO:
Email: info@wmnorthwest.com
Phone: 1-800-592-9995
Fax: 1-866-284-1337City of Burien Garbage and Recycling Help Line: 206-933-0992
We’ve got ours out, neatly arranged in triplicate and ready to go…have you?
There will be NO garbage/recycling collection in Burien Saturday or Sunday (12/27-28), with up to triple amounts of stuff accepted during the next pickup.
Here’s the latest update from Waste Management (more info available at their website here):
Saturday, December 27, 8:00 AM: Unsafe road conditions have unfortunately required Waste Management to once again postpone residential curbside collection in Snohomish County and most of King County, including Burien, Renton, and all East King County areas.
No residential collection will be provided on Sunday, as previously reported. Waste Management needs to preserve driver time for long work hours next week as we clean up the accumulated material resulting from numerous collection delays.
King County residents outside the City of Seattle may take garbage and recycling to King County transfer stations, including:
- Bow Lake in Tukwila
- Enumclaw
- Renton
- Factoria
- Houghton
- Shoreline
Call 206-296-4466 or visit http://your.kingcounty.gov/solidwaste/facilities/transfer.asp for addresses and hours.
Remove Snow Accumulation. To keep containers accessible, please remove snow and extra material from around or on top of them.
Clear Storm Drains to Prevent Street Flooding: As snow melts, water run-off can result in flooding, which further impedes collection. Please clear storm drains of snow and debris to prevent flooding.
Tips for Extra Material Storage and Set Out: Waste Management suggests that residents use the following options for storing and setting out extra materials:
Extra garbage: Place next to garbage container in:
- Securely tied plastic bags labeled “Garbage” or
- 32-gal can with handle and lid (65 lb limit) labeled “Garbage”
Extra recycling: Place next to recycling cart in:
- Plastic recycling bins or
- Cardboard boxes (2×2x2 ft. limit) labeled “Recycling”
- No recycling in plastic bags
Extra yard trimmings (No food scraps or plastic): Place next to yard cart in:
- Heavy paper yard bags (available at hardware stores) or
- Reusable polywoven yard bags (available at hardware stores) or
- 32-gal cans with handles & lids (65 lb limit) labeled “Yard” or
Bundles tied with sisal twine (4′x2′ limit)
Garbage/Recycling provider Waste Management says that there will be NO pickups Friday, Dec. 26th in the Burien area, although they will allow “up to triple volume accepted next regular collection day for each missed curbside container.”
Here are some snippets from their latest update:
Holiday Collection Schedule Friday and Saturday weeks of Dec 25 & Jan 1:
Friday, December 26:
(although there will be no pickup today…), Waste Management’s Customer Service Center will be open from 8 AM – 5 PM:
- Waste Management Customer Service website
- Call 1-800 592-9995
Because of weather delays, we expect phone lines to be extremely busy, resulting in long waits. The alternatives below will help customers get information quickly:
- Double Triple volume will be accepted on the next regular collection day for each missed residential container. If a container is missed twice, triple volume will apply.
- If you have too much material to fit in your containers, check our Tips for Managing Extra Garbage and Recycling.
You can e-mail Customer Service regarding specific concerns by locating your city or county contact address on the menu provided.
Just got some info from Jenn Ramirez-Robson of the City of Burien, who forwards us this update from Waste Management on Burien-area garbage and recycling pickup (missed again today but scheduled for another try next week, when you can put out TRIPLE the amount of garbage and recycling as usual):
Monday, December 22 – Due to inclement weather, Waste Management has cancelled collection services for their customers in King, Snohomish, Kitsap and Skagit Counties.
Please note that our call center will not be open until it’s safe for our employees to return to the office.
For the most up to date status of your service we urge you to go to our website: www.wmnorthwest.com/weatherboard.html.
Residential customers: Twice the regular amount of garbage, recycling and/or yard waste will be accepted at no additional charge on the next regularly scheduled collection day for each container. If your next regularly scheduled collection falls on a holiday, Waste Management will collect the following day. For example, due to Christmas, this week’s Thursday customers will be serviced on Friday and Friday customers will be serviced on Saturday.
Residential customers in the City of Seattle: If inclement weather causes missed collections for one day, missed customers will be picked up the following day and all other residential collection will be pushed back one day. If two consecutive collection days are cancelled due to inclement weather, customers may set out a double load on their next scheduled collection day.
Commercial customers. Priority service is given to locations such as hospitals and restaurants where public health is a high priority. All other commercial customers will be serviced as soon as conditions allow for safe collection.
Waste Management is committed to providing reliable collection for all customers. However, in the event that circumstances such as unsafe roads interfere with service schedules, we appreciate customer understanding and cooperation as we manage collection on emergency scheduling.
Waste Management customers are strongly encourages to visit our website for up-to-the-minute collection updates www.wmnorthwest.com/weatherboard.html.
If garbage is missed twice, residents may put out three times as much on the third scheduled collection day. We certainly will do all we can to keep that eventuality to a minimum!
We are also using outdial phone calls to help keep residents as well informed as possible.
Reminders about how to package extras:
If recycling or yard waste is regularly collected every other week, the missed material will be collected on the next scheduled day for that container (two weeks from the missed collection), unless residents are otherwise notified by telephone or on this site.
Extra garbage: Place next to garbage container in:
- Securely tied plastic bags labeled “Garbage” or
- 32-gal can with handle and lid (65 lb limit) labeled “Garbage”
Extra recycling: Place next to recycling cart in:
- Plastic recycling bins or
- Cardboard boxes (2×2x2 ft. limit) labeled “Recycling”
- No recycling in plastic bags
Extra yard trimmings (No food scraps or plastic): Place next to yard cart in:
- Heavy paper yard bags (available at hardware stores) or
- Reusable polywoven yard bags (available at hardware stores) or
- 32-gal cans with handles & lids (65 lb limit) labeled “Yard” or
- Bundles tied with sisal twine (4′x2′ limit)
| May ’08 |
| 10 |
| 9:00 am |
The Normandy Park & Burien Recycling Collection Event and Bin Sale is scheduled for this Saturday, May 10th, from 9am-3pm at the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Center, 19010 1st Ave. S., Normandy Park (see map below).
To encourage the use of recycled content material and more efficient use of water, the cities of Normandy Park and Burien are offering recycled plastic rain barrels and compost bins at a huge discount.
Here’s what’s being accepted for recycling at this event, along with subsequent fees for each:
- LEAD ACID BATTERIES: Car, truck, marine, and motorcycle batteries accepted.
- ALKALINE BATTERIES: AAAA, AAA, AA, A, B, C, and D cell batteries only.
- CARDBOARD: Please flatten. No wax coated cardboard.
- REUSABLE HOUSEHOLD GOODS AND CLOTHING: Clothing and miscellaneous household items in good condition will be collected by Seattle Goodwill. Mattresses and furniture will not be accepted. Items in need of repair will not be accepted.
- PORCELAIN TOILETS AND SINKS: $5 charge (cash only). Toilet seats, hardware, and base wax rings must be removed.
- PROPANE TANKS: Residential tanks only. $5 charge (cash only).
- CLEAN SCRAP WOOD: Includes milled wood, plywood, pallets, and other untreated and unpainted wood. No peg board, particle, or press board.
- BULKY WOOD: Includes large tree branches (minimum 6 inches in diameter), logs, and stumps. No leaves, grass, small branches, sod, or brush. Please lay a tarp under material for ease of removal.
- ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT: Computers, printers, mouse, keyboards, fax machines, scanners,and cellular phones. Equipment will be recycled as metal. Computer monitors will be collected for $10 each (cash only).
- TELEVISION SETS: TV sets with 36 inch or smaller screens and encased in plastic – $20 charge (cash only).TV sets with larger than 36 inch screens, wood console, sets encased in wood, and big screen TV sets – $25 charge (cash only). Projection TV sets – $30 charge (cash only).
- TIRES: Bias ply, steel belted, and studded tires accepted. Limit 6 passenger tires per household (18 inches and below) free of charge. $1.50 charge for each tire on a rim. $5 charged for each large truck tire and $15 charged for each truck tire on rim (cash only). No oversized tires accepted.
- MOTOR OIL, FILTERS, & ANTIFREEZE: Motor oil, oil filters, antifreeze, brake fluid, transmission fluid, 2-cycle oil, steering fluid, crankcase oil, kerosene, and home heating fuel. Do not mix with antifreeze, solvents, gasoline, or other substances.
If you don’t see it on the list above, it’s likely not being accepted at this event, but feel free to call and confirm at (206) 248-7603.
WHAT: Normandy Park & Burien Recycling Collection Event
WHEN: Saturday, May 10th from 9am to 3pm
WHERE: Washington State Criminal Justice Training Center, 19010 1st Ave. South, Normandy Park
INFO: For more event information, call (206) 248-7603
For more information about volume restrictions and other household hazardous waste disposal options visit http://www.govlink.org/hazwaste/house/disposal/ or call the Household Hazards Line Monday to Friday 9 am to 4:30 pm (except holidays) at (206) 296-4692.
Please note that appliances and scrap metals will NOT be collected at this event, but will be collected at a similar event this fall.
For all the details, download a PDF here.
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