The city of Seattle recently expanded the items it will pick up for recycling. Residents can schedule extra pickups of Styrofoam blocks for free, but not peanuts or large pieces of foam.

RAVE to Seattle Public Utilities for free and easy scheduling on its website to recycle Styrofoam blocks. Logged on, signed up and the packaging for my new window air conditioning unit was ...

The plastic containers are also petrol-based and hard to recycle. Supporters of a Seattle ban said they'd push for provisions requiring that the foam is replaced with more environmentally friendly ...

Seattle banned foam food containers more than a decade ... a waste reduction and recycling specialist with the state Department of Ecology. “It can create those microplastics more easily than ...

Since COVID-19 started in March 2020, members in Seattle diverted ... The polystyrene foam goes to a partner called Styro Recycle in Kent, Wash. Plastic film is compressed into large bundles ...

Plastic-foam cups and containers used for take ... But even with improved recycling, consultants said Seattle will continue to dispose of at least 360,000 tons per year. Small businesses fear ...

Seattle has banned foam take-out containers and plastic bags, told residents they must recycle cardboard and compost food scraps, and set up a registry for people to opt-out of getting phonebooks.

WOODINVILLE, Wash. — Thick smoke billowed for miles from Woodinville to North Seattle after a huge pile of scrap metal, rubber and Styrofoam caught on fire at a recycling plant Wednesday afternoon.

Styrofoam, broken equipment, and hard-to-recycle plastics. Seattle Seahawks and Virginia Mason Franciscan Health Team Up with the Nick of Time Foundation to Prevent Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Local ...

Striving to reduce the trash it sends to landfills, Seattle has banned foam take-out containers and plastic bags, told residents they must recycle cardboard and compost food scraps, and set up a ...