Seattle restricts disposal of recyclables.Seattle began prohibiting the disposal of paper and corrugated cor·ru·gate v. cor·ru·gat·ed, cor·ru·gat·ing, cor·ru·gates v.tr. To shape into folds or parallel and alternating ridges and grooves. v.intr. containers, aluminum and bimetal cans and bottles from commercial waste streams at the start of this year in an effort to reach a recycling goal of 60 percent. The city has also expanded its yard waste disposal ban to include commercially generated material as well as residentially generated material. The city is implementing the ordinance in phases. Now, those disposing significant volumes of recyclables in their trash cans In the Macintosh, a simulated garbage can used for deleting files and folders. The trash can keeps the files intact in case the user wants to restore them, but can be "emptied" from time to time to save disk space. will receive educational material. Beginning in 2006, repeat offenders may be fined and experience collection delays. To increase the level of recycling, Seattle will introduce several new recycling services, including commercial food scrap collection; more frequent collection of yard waste; the addition of vegetable waste to yard waste; recycling containers in public places; and free curbside curb·side n. 1. The side of a pavement or street that is bordered by a curb. 2. A sidewalk. adj. Located, operating, or occurring at or along the sidewalk or curb: recycling for businesses. In late March, Seattle added 96-gallon, wheeled carts to collect yard waste, vegetative vegetative /veg·e·ta·tive/ (vej?e-ta?tiv) 1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of plants. 2. concerned with growth and nutrition, as opposed to reproduction. 3. food waste and food-solid paper. "Nearly 40 percent of Seattle's residential garbage is made up of organic waste," Mayor Greg Nickels Gregory J. "Greg" Nickels (born August 7, 1955) became the 51st and current mayor of Seattle, Washington on January 1, 2002. He was elected to a second term November 8, 2005. says. The city will distribute 90,000 yard waste carts neighborhood by neighborhood through June. |
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