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Sustainability, Waste Reduction and Recycling
Sustainability
Green Building
This site provides links to organizations, resources, and other
information to promote sustainable design and construction in
Washington State.
Toward a Sustainable Washington
Information about some of the steps that we here at Ecology are
taking to foster sustainable communities and natural resources
within our state.
Bioenergy Inventory and
Assessment for Eastern Washington
Washington State University, the Department of Ecology, and
INTEC recently completed a Phase 1 project aimed at assessing
Eastern Washington’s twenty counties for available biomass and
calculating the potential energy production of the biomass via
anaerobic digestion. This report shows the results of that
assessment.
A Pocket
Guide to Sustainability
This pocket reference explains sustainability, provides examples
of sustainable behavior, and a checklist of activities that
anyone could easily implement into their daily lives. Also
available in Spanish:
Breve Guía Sobre Sustentabilidad
Waste Reduction
Find reusable building materials and large household items on 
FREE Business Assistance
Ecology’s Technical Resources for Engineering Efficiency (TREE)
Team offers free, non-regulatory, confidential assistance to
businesses. The team typically works with industrial companies
to engineer efficiency into their business -- reducing solid
waste, hazardous waste, water use, wastewater, and energy use.
For more information.
Energy Savings & Resource Conservation through Recycling!!!
In 2008, Washington recycling programs supplied industry with
over 7 million tons of recycled commodities such as metals,
plastics, paper, glass, wood and construction and demolition
scrap. Those efforts also reduced greenhouse gas emissions by
over 3 million tons.
Focus on the Benefits of Recycling.
Recycling
Discover what options exist for recycling household materials
in your county by visiting the
1-800-Recycle Web Site.
Event Recycling
Recycle FAQ Sheet
Recycling Press
Release - 6 Awards Given
Solid Waste and Recycling Data
Solid Waste Information Clearinghouse
How much waste is incinerated or landfilled in Washington or in
your county? What types and quantities of wastes were disposed
of last year? How much paper, plastic, or glass is recycled in
Washington? What other materials were recycled?
Click here to find details on the
management of Washington’s waste streams over the past years.
This section includes data from Ecology’s Solid Waste &
Financial Assistance data collection programs on solid waste
disposal, recycling, waste diversion and waste characterization.
For an overview of the the solid waste infrastructure in the
state, the implementation of solid waste activities through
grants to local governments, the statewide recycling survey for
2001, litter collection efforts and information on waste
disposal activities, please view
Solid Waste in Washington State.
What was Washington's recycling rate in the year 2007?
For a look at how much businesses and residents of Washington
State improved in recycling for the past year, please view the
2007 Recycling Rate Press Release.
Recycling Facilities
Your recycling facility may be exempt from solid waste
permitting under the new chapter 173-350 WAC,
Solid Waste Handling Standards. You may have a
notification requirement. See
Exemptions from Solid Waste Permitting for more
information.
The conditional exemption requires the facility to report
annually the quantities collected to the Department of Ecology
and the local health department.
Annual
Report form - Recycling Facilities
Addresses for the local health departments:
Local Health Jurisdictions in Washington
Recycling Survey Participants!!
Each year since 1987, Ecology has conducted a survey to
measure the statewide recycling rate. Information is provided by
local governments, haulers, recyclers, brokers and other
handlers of recyclable materials. The information generated from
the Annual Washington State Recycling Survey is valuable in
maintaining support for recycling, in demonstrating the progress
and success of recycling in Washington’s homes and businesses
and in planning solid waste and recycling services in local
jurisdictions.
Download your forms and instructions for the Recycling Survey
here.
Find suggestions for local government, state government, private
industry, and the state legislature that will increase the
state's recycling rate in
Revitalizing Recycling in
Washington – Panel Recommendations
Recycling Links:
City, County Recycling Web Pages
Other Links
