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Waste Management details Woodinville operations, fields questions about missed pickups and recycling
Summary
Waste Management presenters described local operations, recycling processing at the Cascade Recycling Center, emergency-weather protocols and customer communication tools; councilors pressed the company on missed pickups, credits, contamination rates and opportunities to expand recycling or glass handling.
Waste Management managers told the Woodinville City Council on March 18 that the company operates local collection and recycling services from a Woodinville base and has invested in communications and outreach to reduce service gaps. "We collect your trash and recycle and yard waste with trucks that are run on compressed natural gas," said Hahn Kirkland, a public sector manager with WM, describing fuel and local processing at the Cascade Recycling Center in Woodinville.
The presentation said WM serves roughly 8,000 residential containers and 685 commercial containers in the city, with a local driver team of about 16. Steven Sobchak, district manager…
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