Seriously?

In the Puget Sound area, we have more opportunities to reduce, reuse, recycle than just about anywhere else in our galaxy. Why, then, are appliances, electronics, carpets, all types of furniture, and bags of trash routinely set out on the street or dumped into sensitive areas? Nothing says, “I’m too lazy to go to the […]

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Is Recycling a Political Statement?

From the City of Kirkland, Washington’s Environmental Services Blog. John MacGillivray is the Solid Waste Programs Lead in the Public Works Department. He is not a known relation of the venerated Jacobite Donald MacGillivray, subject of a rousing Scottish folk song often featured by the Wicked Tinkers. (Here’s to recycling and Johnny MacGillivray!) *** Is Recycling a Political […]

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Fukushima Rains on Seattle

Seattle’s EPA Radnet radiation spikes with downpour Sept 5-6, 2013.. I was told it was coming but here’s the proof. Click on the above link for the scientific data. I simply do not understand why the state of the damaged nuclear reactor in Japan isn’t getting more attention. In terms of the harm it can […]

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Storm Drains

Last week I was tooling along in my motorcar listening to a well-known Seattle area talk show host. He began to discuss legislation that frowns upon fundraising car washes and sets requirements in place for how to conduct them in an ecologically friendly manner. I anticipated that he would not like this being mandated at […]

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