News Archive for King County: Tukwila
Finalists for the 2024 Tukwila Earth Day Contest
Happy Earth Day, and congratulations to the finalists for the 2024 Tukwila Earth Day Video & Photo Contest! This year, we received over 80 incredible applications and creative interpretations of how to rethink waste. The finalists for each category, elementary and secondary school, included: 1st place: Jamera G. “Recycled tree of life,” and Christian V. […]
The Truth About Recycling: 7 questions with the Recology Head of Sustainability
In honor of this year’s Earth Month theme: “Planet vs. Plastics”, Julia Mangin, Head of Sustainability at Recology, recently sat down for a Q&A to dispel some of the myths around recycling, discuss the complexities around the recycling process, and explain the importance of contributing to the circular economy. Read on for Julia’s answers to […]
Rethinking waste: Recology’s methane reduction strategy
Landfills, the third-largest source of methane emissions globally, significantly contribute to the climate crisis. While the waste management industry traditionally relies heavily on landfills, an alternative approach that focuses on resource recovery—diverting material from landfills for recycling into new products or returning to the earth—is paramount in methane reduction. Reuters, Dec. 12, 2023.
Residential Billing Update
Attention Tukwila residential customers: Recently, you should have received your first invoice from Recology King County for your solid waste services during the months of November and December. It has come to our attention that there was an error on the bill that you were issued. The City Utility Tax was incorrectly listed on your […]
Here’s how we could become better recyclers in WA | Op-Ed
Although Washington’s recycling system is working well, there’s always room for improvement. That’s why Anthony Brocato, General Manager of Recology King County, is encouraged to see the Washington State Legislature take up proposals that will improve circularity across the state. The Seattle Times, Jan. 8, 2024.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Service Update
Recology King County will be honoring the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, 1/15. There will be no service occurring on Monday, and collection will be delayed by one day this week. Please place your carts on the curb on the day after your normal day of service.
Billing Update 1.5.2024
Dear Recology King County Customers, Recology recently experienced a cybersecurity incident which caused some of our systems and applications to be temporarily unavailable. Because of this outage, you may have experienced a delay in billing. Customers who are billed quarterly will be billed January 12th for their November, December, and January service. Customers who are billed […]
Billing Update
Dear Recology King County Customers, Recology recently experienced a cybersecurity incident which caused some of our systems and applications to be temporarily unavailable. Because of this outage, you may have experienced a delay in billing. Customers who are billed quarterly will be billed December 15th for their October, November, and December service. Customers who are […]
Important Service Change Information
With the Recology Tukwila Solid Waste Contract taking effect on November 1st, we want to ensure that all customers have access to the necessary resources for a successful transition. It has come to our attention that some residents have not received the scheduled mailer information notifying residents of the upcoming solid waste service change, and […]