We’re pleased as punch that the city is now picking up food and yard waste weekly instead of semimonthly*, but we were confused that in two pick-up days running, they neglected our recycling bins. Today, we checked the Seattle Intertubes and found out why: recycling pick-up day has switched to the other other other week for us, despite the flier they delivered to our clearly indicating the contrary:
Anyway, in case you were in the same boat, we thought we’d share the link to look up your pick-up day.
* We use “semimonthly” instead of “bimonthly” because the latter can mean either twice per month or once every two months. Not that you would think the city would only pick-up yard waste once every two months, but clarity in language is a discipline that must be practiced semiregularly.
I was also thrown off by this. I happened to check online and see that the recycling date differed from the mailing, so my recycling was out this week for pickup.
I can’t begin to say how happy I am that my pickup days didn’t change. Still Friday, and recycle days are still the day after my bi-weekly pay days. And might I add that I’m ecstatic about the new yard waste and recycling rules! Ok, I’ve turned into a complete recycling freak over the past few years. I’m trying to restrain myself from bringing home my entire work group’s compostable carry-out containers from work. Is there some kind of 12-step program for this?
What’s up with the new micro garbage cans? Is there an easy way to open them once the lid is snapped in place? It took me ten minutes and a lot of cursing last time I tried. Now I just leave the lid off.
I’ve been trying to maximize my use of the Food & Yard Waste container now that you can put more in it. I’ve been using brown paper Trader Joe’s bags to dispose of my food waste scraps. I’ve noticed on the website for the city that they are offering coupons for special “approved” compostable bags….does this mean that regular brown paper bags are not allowed?
I got in a fist fight once over the difference between biweekly and semiweekly. When it comes to money, that’s not a mistake you want to make in a legal document.
Bill, I think the “approved” compostable bags are plastic-like bags that hold sodden foods better than regular paper. They make a point of saying they are a different color so you can distinguish them from plastic bags.
Elsewhere, they say that “food soiled paper bags” are OK.
On related note, Whole Foods says their coated paper containers are OK for compost.