Tami Jayne Jackson

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Newsletter Feature Written For
Seattle Public Utilities (SPU)
Employee Newsletter
written by news correspondent: Tami Jayne Jackson

New Home Clean-up Regiment Trims
Community Services’ Waste

The Home Clean-up Program swept through the year with the cleanest record ever, thanks to a new efficient system where communities choose one of two new disposal options.

Each Neighborhood chose either to export reusable goods to an exchange drop site, or to use a one-time free access voucher and dispose of goods at a Recycling and Disposal Station.

Tom Gannon, Community Services Division, supervised exchanges at the various drop sites. He said people making donations and treasure hunters overlapped to make the sites very crowded.

“We were swamped to the gills from the moment that we opened.” Tom said.
Moreover, Tom said sometimes it was difficult to predict what items treasure hunters would haul away.

“We had somebody drop off an iron forge . . . with a billows attached to it. It was immense and huge and heavy,” Tom said. At first Tom worried about how he would dispose of the enormous item. Then Tom said, “While somebody dropped it off, we were satisfied somebody also took it.”

Meanwhile, over at the Recycling and Disposal Station, Diane Finch, Solid Waste Division, helped settle a lot of dust when she addressed a growing traffic jam. Diane said with the free voucher option cars frequently jam up the station.

“I had to kind-of get out and direct traffic for about ten minutes (last month) so I could get my own car out,” Diane said.

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