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Thurston County recycling and waste‑reduction staff report expanded outreach, new pilots and award-winning Fix-It Fair
Summary
Public Works presented program highlights including billing inserts reaching more than 36,000 households, a compost giveaway that distributed 20 cubic yards to 62 attendees, a pilot bike‑rescue program, and plans for a redesigned recycling guide and restaurant bin study to support the state organics law.
Thurston County Public Works staff briefed the Solid Waste Advisory Committee on a year of expanded outreach, pilot programs and continued effort to reduce contamination and increase reuse and recycling.
Rob Putner and colleagues described an expanded billing-insert program that distributes five inserts through LeMay Pacific Disposal bills to more than 36,000 households per issue, and they said county staff use the inserts to drive attendance at events and direct residents to where to take items for proper disposal.
Public Works staff recapped three signature outreach events: a May compost giveaway that distributed 20 cubic yards of compost to 62 attendees in roughly an hour; an Earth Day Fix-It Fair in April where…
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