City of Olympia Expands to Twice Weekly Commercial Organics Collection

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Compost and recycling bins at the Fresh Food in Schools SummitThe City of Olympia’s commercial composting program has added a second day of collection to its growing service. The additional day was brought about by an increase in customers and tons collected. The City now collects from over 140 commercial customers and hauled nearly 600 tons of organics for composting last year. “Moving to twice a week collection is a big step up for us, “says Spencer Orman, Sr. Program Specialist for the City who works with businesses on compost collection. “Our once a week collection has grown so much it was pushing our collectors into overtime to finish their routes. The need was there.”

Twice a week collection creates opportunities for businesses and for better service. “It’s a great option for businesses concerned about odor and pest issues to get picked up more frequently.” For businesses with limited space for containers, such as in downtown or with crowded garbage enclosures, the use of smaller or fewer containers collected more frequently is a great help. “It can be the difference between having and not having an organics program”.  For City collection, it reduces the need for overtime and makes it possible to focus on certain areas of the City on a certain day.

Businesses can learn more about the City of Olympia’s Commercial Organics program athttp://olympiawa.gov/organics

 

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