The results are in for the Waste Management Think Green Recycling Challenge. The last two months of the contest had neighborhoods shifting around in the rankings, including the Friday North route (Wallingford) which slipped to second place as of the end of February.

As you can see by the final results, the competition was intense.

With an increase in diversion of 0.92%, Friday South – Rainier Beach – will receive $50,000 for a community improvement project of their choice. Friday North came in fourth.

According to Waste Management Education and Outreach Coordinator Kristin Kinder, “Rainier Beach Community Club, our community …

The results from the Think Green Recycling Challenge for February are in, and Wallingford’s Friday North route slipped into second place. Our diversion rate lagged behind that of Friday South, represented by Rainier Beach Community Club, by a mere .06% .

The last day of the entire Recycling Challenge contest was March 30, so all of the garbage, recycling, and food waste that is going to be weighed has been weighed, so there’s nothing more we can do there.  Results for March will be out in about three more weeks. Until then? Think positive thoughts, generate some good karma, whatever …

It’s crunch time for ten neighborhoods competing in the Think Green Recycling Challenge.
The contest ends with waste collection on Friday, March 30, your last chance to get the heavy stuff into your recycling and food waste carts and go skimpy (but of course) on garbage.

Remember, Wallingford and our neighbors to the north could win $50,000 to spend on a community project if we continue to recycle more tonnage than other Waste Management customers, compared to last year.

Want to help? Do you have room in your yard waste cart? Reply in Comments below if you can help rake …

Results for the first four months of the Think Green Recycling Challenge have been released.

The Friday North route – which includes Wallingford and part of the Green Lake neighborhood – is in first place, but not by much. Our .98% diversion rate is followed closely by Tuesday North with .71%.

See the latest Recycling Challenge Results. Scroll to the bottom of the linked page to view the most recent diversion rate data and chart. This page also shows the boundaries of the Friday North route.

Wallingford residents are doing a great job sorting household waste into recycling and yard/food …