Reduce Waste and Win!
Approximately 200 tons of garbage are collected from Seattle households every day – the equivalent of 50 elephants! Much of this garbage could have been recycled, or better yet, not created in the first place.
To promote community-wide waste reduction, CleanScapes is piloting a Neighborhood Waste Reduction Rewards program in central Seattle. (See map for pilot project neighborhoods.)
Does your neighborhood need public benches, a pocket park, an information kiosk, public art or other improvements? Team up with your neighbors to reduce waste and win a $50,000 community improvement project selected by the community and installed and maintained by CleanScapes, the City-contracted garbage and recycling service in central Seattle.
To win, simply reduce the amount of garbage, recycling and yard waste set out for collection by households in your neighborhood collection area. The neighborhood with the greatest percentage reduction between Fall 2009 and Spring 2010 wins. Community councils representing the winning area will choose a community improvement project from a list of options worth $50,000. The winning area will be selected in early spring 2010, so spread the word and reduce waste now!
How to Win:
1. Find your neighborhood collection area.
2. Stop waste before it happens:
REDUCE purchases of disposable items
REUSE or DONATE products you already have
COMPOST at home
3. Get the word out and start organizing your neighborhood!
Visit www.cleanscapes.com for more ideas on how to reduce waste and win.
Candy Castellanos
Waste Diversion Project Manager
CleanScapes, Inc.
5939 4th Ave S
Seattle, WA 98108
www.cleanscapes.com
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Project Outline
- Creatives4Community
- Seattle, Washington, United States
- Creatives4Community and Yesler2014 works with and through the Planners Network (Seattle Chapter) and Youth Planners Network who are an association of professionals, activists, academics, and students involved in physical, social, economic, and environmental planning in urban and rural areas, who promote fundamental change in our political and economic systems through active participation at the ground-level in community, neighborhood, and city planning and design.
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If you have questions about the Neighborhood Waste Reduction Rewards program, please email EducationOutreach@cleanscapes.com.
A map of the eligible neighborhoods can be viewed online at http://www.cleanscapes.com/seattleres.
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