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Mandatory food and yard waste collection comes to Bellingham in 2025

Customer gripes of cost, odor, inconvenience outweighed by environmental impact, proponents say

Dec. 25, 2024 9:00 p.m.

Tons of construction and demolition waste in Bellingham area have potential for reuse

Wood, construction debris make up almost 25% of waste stream in Washington

Updated Dec. 9, 2024 1:30 p.m.

Intelligent robotic sorting cuts landfill waste, risk to human workers

Even in 'facility of the future,' plastic bags are still a problem

July 10, 2024 10:00 p.m.

What makes Whatcom’s trash and recycling system unusual?

No landfills, and the only WA county with a privatized ecosystem

June 17, 2024 10:00 p.m.

City, county curbside recycling changing to single rolling bin

Organic waste collection mandated in Bellingham starting 2025

June 2, 2024 10:00 p.m.