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]

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Burien Residents Can Recycle Used Cooking Oil This Holiday Season

Waste Management will be recycling used cooking oil this holiday season, with the intent on turning it into “clean, green biodiesel.” According to a flier: For residents of Burien, the solution... [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]

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]

UPDATE: Sharon Nelson Will Speak At Sustainable Burien Meeting Jan. 10th

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... [Read more]

Monday Is Garbage/Recycling Day; Latest Burien Update

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... [Read more]

UPDATE: Saturday’s Burien Garbage/Recycling Information

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... [Read more]

Got Garbage? Here’s The Latest Waste Management Updates

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... [Read more]

Latest Updates On Burien-Area Garbage/Recycling Pickup

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... [Read more]

Normandy Park/Burien Recycling Event Is Sat. May 10th

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.,... [Read more]