EnviroCertified News
Big B’s Truck Repair
Big B's provides expert truck repair while protecting our environment.
Spokane Waste & Recycle Directory
Aqua Duck, Defender of the Aquifer, helps residents and business owners find ways to safely dispose of hazardous and other wastes at www.SpokaneWasteDirectory.org.
City of Spokane Fleet Services – 5 Star Certification
The City of Spokane’s Fleet Services Department has been recognized as a 5 star certified “Spokane EnviroStar” for its work to protect the environment by properly managing and reducing hazardous materials and waste. The department sought the certification after moving into the new Spokane Central Service Center, which was designed to comply with LEED green building criteria.
“As the City of Spokane proceeds with more than $300 million in work to improve the health of the
Spokane River, it just makes sense to follow through with other practices that protect our river and drinking water supplies,” says Gene Jakubczak, the
First ever EnviroCertified spring clean media blitz
“Clean-up time? Got waste? Put it in the right place!” Residents and businesses can visit https://spokanewastedirectory.org for locations to properly dispose of waste.
LightRecycle WA steps in to help safely dispose CFL Bulbs
As of January 1, 2015, Washington State residents will be able to recycle mercury-containing lights at no charge through the LightRecycle Washington Program. Click here to find a free collection site near your. For more information on CFL bulbs and other wastes you’d like to get rid of or to find a green alternative, visit www.spokanewastedirectory.org. Aqua Duck’s Guide to Recycling CFL Bulbs gives you the skinny on why recycling CFL Bulbs is so important to protecting the aquifer and river in our area. Why can’t CFL bulbs go in the garbage? CFL bulbs last longer and are
E-Cycle for the Holidays
Find vendors who recycle electronics at www.spokanewastedirectory.org Today’s iPhone has more computer power than NASA used to send man to the moon. Point being, it doesn’t take long for yesterday’s technological breakthrough to become a relic ready to be tossed. In 2009, 2.7 million tons of electronics entered the waste stream in the United States. The shame is electronics don’t have to be a waste at all. Rather, they can be recycled and reused. What options are there? Many people don’t realize how easy it is to recycle electronics. You can e-cycle for free within minutes of your home or
Visit New Envirocertified Waste Directory
The Spokane River Forum has launched a new waste directory designed to help local residents and businesses make choices that protect the region’s sole-source aquifer and improve the quality of the Spokane River. Done in collaboration with 8 local agencies and non-profits, safely disposing of hazardous and other waste just got easier. Visit www.spokanewastedirectory.org
Aqua Duck captures the spirit and stories of Upriver Scrub
Madison Garner Communications Major, Whitworth University
A group of middle school students spend their Saturday, not playing video games, but picking up trash on the Spokane River. Employees chat, not over drinks, but over planting trees. Couples enjoy each other’s company, not at a movie theater, but collecting garbage along the river trail. It’s all a part of the Upriver Scrub, an event where members of the community come together to clean up one of Spokane’s most valuable resources. Let’s follow Aqua Duck to some of the locations to learn more about the event and the people working it.
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Spokane River Forum hits the water with Project Hope
The Spokane River Forum had the pleasure of taking the youth from Project Hope on an eco-tour paddle. These inspiring youngsters farm urban gardens and provide landscaping services in the West Central neighborhood, just minutes from the Spokane River near Kendell Yards...