King County launches video podcast to help homeowners be better recyclers

With just a few clicks of a mouse, King County residents can now learn how to make recycling at home easy and convenient. The King County Solid Waste Division today released its first video podcast, “Be a Better Recycler,” which offers tips and advice on recycling, including food scrap recycling.

Hosted by King County EcoConsumer Tom Watson, the podcast is available on the King County Web site, at www.kingcounty.gov/recyclemore, and on video sharing sites such as YouTube and iTunes.

“We wanted to take expand our efforts in recycling education,” said program manager Sharon Aller. “Online video is more popular than ever, and we see this podcast as a convenient way to not only give homeowners the information they need to recycle more, but also to show them exactly how it’s done.”

Although most King County residents say they participate in their curbside recycling program, more than half of what ends up in the Cedar Hills Regional Landfill is readily recyclable.

The video podcast is part of King County’s “Recycle More. It’s Easy to Do” education campaign. The goal of the podcast and campaign is to encourage King County residents to increase their recycling at home and start putting food scraps and food-soiled paper in their curbside yard debris carts, to meet the county’s goal of zero waste of resources by 2030.

King County research indicates that while many families understand what and how to recycle, there are still items that they don’t recycle because it’s inconvenient to do so. Included in the podcast is a series of easy to implement steps King County residents can take at home to make recycling more convenient and effective, including:

• Involving the entire family in recycling;
• Placing recycling bins around the house;
• Posting the do’s and don’ts of recycling near the trash bin;
• Recycling food scraps with yard waste; and
• Buying products made with recycled content.

For more information about recycling in King County, visit www.kingcounty.gov/recyclemore.

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Recycle More. It's Easy to Do.

King County Solid Waste Division