98-095 - King County - Special Recycling Event

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waste behaviors by limiting waste and increasing recycling. These actions will move us toward our overall goal of 65% waste reduction by 2000. We will coordinate our technical assistance activities with the County's Business Recycling Program by providing information and assistance to any Tukwila business referred to the City by the County. We will participate in any industry- or topic specific campaigns which the County implements. We hope to provide assistance to approximately 40 businesses from the sectors discussed above. B. Promotion/Education We plan to promote non residential recycling and waste prevention by choosing from the most promising of several activities. This may include: 1) placing ads in or writing press releases for local publications promoting business recycling, waste reduction and the City's technical assistance; 2) preparing semi annual newsletters as inserts for King County's Business Recycling Newsletter, 3) preparing informational materials promoting non residential recycling. We anticipate that greater promotion will enable more businesses to benefit from our technical assistance services. Providing information about the benefits of recycling/waste reduction and the mechanics of recycling/waste reduction will expand awareness of recycling/waste reduction among businesses. In turn, this will lead toward increased recycling and waste reduction activity among businesses, and assist Tukwila in achieving its waste diversion goals. We will coordinate our promotion/education activities with the County as follows: use of the County's program materials, and participation in Green Works promotional activities /advertising. We will continue to insert our "Tukwila Business Recycler" newsletter in King County's business recycling newsletter for distribution to Tukwila businesses. We will involve County staff as appropriate in any workshops or recognition events. 4. Evaluation We plan to evaluate program activities by tracking the number of firms assisted by the Tukwila Business Recycles program, the number of Green Works members (new/Distinguished/Partners) we assisted, and the number (and source) of calls for assistance. We will try to measure progress by surveying garbage and recycling haulers to gain information about recycling/waste diversion rates in late 1998. We will prepare and submit quarterly progress and final evaluation reports. Evaluation activities and the time allocated to accomplish them are included in the Technical Assistance and Education/Promotion categories.