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Feb. 1, 2010
Eleven King County schools recognized for recycling, resource conservation efforts
King County is honoring 11 schools for completing the first level of the Green Schools Program. Participating schools receive assistance on how to conserve resources such as paper, electricity and water, and they are often rewarded with reduced utility and garbage disposal costs.
Jan. 19, 2010
Rattle, whir, recycle (Windows Media, external)
At Allied Waste's plant, recyclable materials rattle through magnetic screens and whir on conveyor belts into bins that sort paper from metal. Watch this video to see how recyclables are sorted at this state of the art processing plant.
Jan. 12, 2010
Cold? Turn up the garbage (external)
In the past, the county would drill wells to pump out the gas to prevent fires or explosions and just flare it off. Now that same gas is expected to produce a million dollars in yearly income for the county—from King5.com.
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