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Mark your calendars. Edmonds College will be hosting their annual recycling collection event! They will have Paper Shredding and E-Waste Recycling available. There may be more recycling opportunities as well, more details to come.
WHEN Saturday March 15th, 2025
WHERE Edmonds College
MORE Find out more, keep checking their website here.
 For more information on this event, please visit our website here.
City of Lynnwood Recycling Collection Events Sponsored by the Washington State Department of Ecology.
You may have heard about the current struggle to recycle glass in our area. While the below article is about Seattle, this is effecting our haulers as well. Our haulers do have seats on the mentioned round table.
As for now, our haulers are continuing to collect glass. They are finding uses for it as road bedding at their facilities and stock piling the rest in hopes of finding a new solution. IF it is determined they can no longer accept it, all residents will be notified. But for now, you can continue to recycling clean glass bottles and jars.
 This photograph shows bottles on a production line at the O-I glass bottle manufacturing factory in Beziers, southern France, on November 19, 2024. (SYLVAIN THOMAS/AFP via Getty Images)
Glass recycling in Seattle takes a hit after bottle facility closure
According to SPU, Ardagh Glass Packaging notified the state that it had permanently closed its Seattle facility on Nov. 7.
The closure, following a production halt that began in July 2024, is attributed primarily to the manufacturer's struggle with competitively priced imports. This departure has significantly disrupted the local market for glass recycling.
Despite these market challenges, SPU reassures customers that the recycling program remains operational. The utility urges the community to continue to recycle glass bottles and containers, emphasizing the importance of ensuring the recyclables are empty, clean, and dry to reduce contamination and enhance their value.
To navigate the recent upheaval in glass recycling, SPU, alongside regional and national partners, has established a Glass Recycling Roundtable sponsored by Seattle and King County. The goal of this collaborative initiative is to devise both immediate and long-term strategies to maintain sustainability in glass recycling.
In response to the facility's closure, SPU is working in tandem with Strategic Materials Inc., a local glass processor. SMI has increased stockpiling of clean glass and is expanding its storage capacity through rentals of additional space from SPU, all while continuing to clean and sort glass.
In addition to these measures, SPU is investing in innovation and new market opportunities for recycled glass. Collaborations with the Seattle Office of Economic Development, the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, and other regional economic organizations are underway to explore alternative applications for recycled glass.
Despite facing unprecedented market conditions, there remains a strong national demand for recycled glass. SPU and its partners say they remain committed to reinforce and rejuvenate the glass recycling infrastructure in the region.
This article is provided by Fox13 news. Full article can be found here: https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/glass-recycling-challenges-closure
Do you have any ideas or suggestions about how to make this newsletter better? Are you involved in or know of any recycling events in our area? Please send an email to pwrequest@lynnwoodwa.gov and reference the Recycling Newsletter.
The City of Lynnwood's Waste Reduction education program, including this newsletter, is funded in part by the Washington State Department of Ecology.
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