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Neighborhood Waste Reduction Rewards
Waste Less. Win More.
$50,000 Winner Announced
 Congratulations Capitol Hill, First Hill, Madison Valley, Madison Park, Denny-Blaine, Madrona and Montlake Neighbors!
These neighborhoods are located in CleanScapes Thursday collection area and are the winners of the 2009/2010 Neighborhood Waste Reduction Rewards competition!
Residents in Thursday’s neighborhood collection area reduced their garbage, recycling and yard debris by 19% during the competition period and will receive a $50,000 community improvement project selected by the community and installed and maintained by CleanScapes.
During the first three months of the competition they produced an average of 177 tons of garbage, recycling and yard waste every week. By March they had reduced their weekly waste generation to an average of 142 tons per week. Click here to find out how much waste your neighborhood reduced!
We want your community project ideas!
Between now and July 31, Seattle residents have the opportunity to submit project ideas for construction in the Thursday collection area, which includes parts of Capitol Hill, First Hill, Madison Valley, Madison Park, Denny-Blaine, Madrona and Montlake. Projects should be items such as a public benches, playground equipment, neighborhood kiosks or community garden structures that will be accessible to the public.
Frequently asked questions and answers about the Community Project Proposal are available here.
Please submit your proposed project ideas by July 31 using the Community Project Proposal form and email to CleanScapes at educationoutreach@cleanscapes.com or mail to:
CleanScapes
Attn: Education Outreach
5939 4th Ave S.
Seattle, WA 98108
Click here to view CleanScapes' May 6, 2010 press release.
Keep up the good work and help tip the scales for your neighborhood in 2011! Starting in Fall 2010, all CleanScapes residential customers will be eligible to compete for the $50,000 neighborhood project. The key to winning the competition is to get started now and team up with your neighbors to reduce waste.View 2010/2011 map here.
To win, reduce ALL waste – garbage, yard waste, and recycling! Shorten the garbage train that takes Seattle’s garbage 300 miles away to Oregon. The neighborhood collection area with the greatest percentage reduction in garbage, recycling and yard waste between the fall and spring wins!
Sign up for our weekly waste reduction e-newsletter!
New! "Beyond Waste at Home" waste reduction checklist
Stop waste before it happens! Use this checklist and list of resources to identify wasy to reduce waste at home and create a sustainable household.
Win $50,000 for a Community Improvement Project!
Neighborhood Waste Reduction
Rewards
• The 2010/2011 competition begins this fall!
• View map for the 2010/2011 competition.
• Congratulations to Lauren Honican, the 2009 Waste Reduction Student of the Year Scholarship winner!
• Neighborhood Rewards Frequently Asked
Questions.
• Elementary School Teachers! Sign up now
for fall waste reduction student workshops.
Did you see us rolling by?
• Visit our Recources Page to learn more tips on how to reduce waste and win!
Waste Reduction Tips
Tip of the Week
• Reducing Your Footprint in Flight
Your bags are packed. You have your tickets, your snacks and in-flight reading. Hmmm…..is there anything else you are forgetting?
Consider packing your travel mug and reusable water bottle. You recycle at home and at work, why not reduce and reuse on the road? While you will have to pass through airport security with these reusable and refillable containers empty, think of the resources and money you will save by filling up at the airport drinking fountain as you head to your gate, and using your travel mug for the in-flight beverage service.
• The Big Picture
One million plastic cups are used on airline flights in the US every six hours(1). In one year that adds up to approximately 1.4 billion plastic single-use cups.
While some airlines are making green strides and providing recycling programs for cans, water bottles and newspapers collected in-flight, you can help stop waste before it happens and use your reusable water bottle and travel mug instead.
Sources: (1) Chris Jordan “Running the Numbers” | King 5 News "Horizon Airlines Recycles"
Share Your Winning Idea
• Send us a tip we have not mentioned for a chance to win a stainless steel countertop container!
Calculate Your Impact
• Use the EcoConsumer Waste Calculator.
Students Create art and letters to help reduce waste!
• Click hereto view art.
What Are Your Neighbors Doing?
• If you are looking for local inspiration, you don't have to look too far. The following stories and interviews were inspired by individual and community waste reduction projects happening in Seattle and Shoreline!
• Queen Anne Legislator’s Family Challenge
• Local Family’s Goal: Zero Waste
• Local School Holds "No Trash Lunch Day"
• Holiday Trees Transformed Into Spring Garden Mulch
• Share your story! Email what you, your family or your community group is doing to reduce waste in your neighborhood, and we will contact your for an interview.
Remember to Reduce first. Reuse what you can, and then Recycle.
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