Seattle Goes Green

          My article is about Seattle going even more green than they already were. They want to reduce the garbage that is going to the landfills. They have changed a ton of the rules that will make this happen. One thing that they have done is stopped the styrofoam take-out and plastic bags. Another idea that they have is to make the people recycle cardboard and compost their food scraps. Many other cities think that they can make this “project” even bigger. They want to pick up garbage only every other week. This would save the city at least $6 million each year. It will also keep 1,400 tons of waste out of the landfills.
          Seattle wants to try it on 800 different homes first to make sure that it isn’t a terrible mistake. Most of the other cities collect their trash every week. But some of the cities collect it less frequently. Some people got very upset with all of the gross garbage sitting by their houses and smelling terrible. If Seattle does do this, it will bring the recycling rate up to 60%! I think that this is a fantastic idea that many other cities should follow along with. It would help out our environment a ton.
          This article will help out a ton. We now know how many different “projects” that we can do to help out the environment. I think that we could do just as many projects in our school and even around our city. Something else that I learned from this that can help us is that they aren’t giving up. Like I said, they are going to do test runs on 800 families. I know that we will want to give up sometime, but if we follow what Seattle did, we will succeed.


Le, Phuong. Bloomberg Businessweek. 2012.
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-04/D9U2OVV80.htm>.