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I’m Jenna Higgins, Recycling Programs Coordinator for the City of Kirkland. It’s a great gig – I get to work with residents and businesses on how to reduce waste and sort what they do have into the right spots. It’s…
Our society has done an outstanding job creating and perpetuating stereotypes: over-simplified assumptions and widely held beliefs about how a society, group, or thing might look or behave. So as not to offend, I’ll offer myself and my Scottish heritage…
So a couple of months ago I decided to buy a birthday present for myself. It’s one of those things that I had subconsciously coveted for literally decades but for some reason had never bought for myself or even considered…
You know that smoke detectors save lives, but did you know that you can save them from ending their life in a landfill? “A modern home reaches flashover (not survivable) in 3 1/2 minutes. The only warning you may have…
I’m sure we can all remember back in school when it was “field trip day.” It was an opportunity to get a break from the daily monotony of the classroom, see the world, and experience and learn something new. Whether…
Okay Kirklanders! Give yourselves a big pat on the back for making our semiannual recycling collection events a success for 20 consecutive years! Since 1994, Kirkland residents have brought everything from old appliances to worn tires to spent motor oil…
With ever-changing recycling guidelines, it’s difficult for our residents to keep up with what can and cannot be recycled. As my fellow professionals in the solid waste and recycling field will attest, we receive tons of great questions from the…
Kirkland residents work hard to recycle right. But, just where do these recyclables go after you’ve placed them in your recycling cart? You can participate in the virtual tour of the Cascade Materials and Recovery Facility. The tour teaches the…
Welcome to the first On the Road Again, my blog commentary where I let you in on some of my observations spawned by the sheer boredom of enduring several hours each week of I-405 gridlock. My basic premise for this…
Have you seen the documentary Addicted to Plastic? (You can find the trailer on YouTube.) In the film, a young man takes us on his journey to travel the world studying plastics: how they are made, how we dispose of them,…