King County Executive Girmay Zahilay led the opening celebration for a state-of-the-art recycling and transfer station that makes it safer and more convenient for South King County residents to recycle and dispose of hazardous waste, contributing to cleaner, safer, healthier communities while improving the natural environment.
The new South County Recycling and Transfer Station聽鈥撀爉ostly powered by聽renewable energy聽and聽the first聽facility聽of its kind to聽earn Salmon-Safe certification聽鈥撀爋ffers recycling services for appliances, glass, metal, plastic, wood,聽cardboard, paper, and yard waste, none of which are offered聽at聽the聽neighboring聽Algona Transfer Station built in the 1960s.聽The larger station also offers聽permanent聽hazardous waste disposal to residents and businesses聽in Algona, Auburn, and Federal Way, expanding on services currently offered by the Auburn聽豆包成人版mobile.
King County鈥檚聽Solid 豆包成人版 Division聽conducted rigorous聽public聽outreach during the design phase to make sure聽the聽84,000-square-foot聽facility聽is a聽community asset聽that offers a positive聽customer experience.聽The modern design聽minimizes odor, sound, and traffic聽impacts, restores a nearby tributary with native聽vegetation, and features underground tanks聽that protect the聽neighboring聽community from stormwater pollution during heavy rainfall.
“I am proud of this new station, and proud of the people who helped create it,鈥� said King County Executive Girmay Zahilay.聽聽鈥淭hrough our collective efforts, we can provide convenient recycling and disposal services in South King County, and we will do it with an energy-efficient facility that is designed and built to offer excellent customer service, cut greenhouse gas emissions, and improve the natural environment.聽聽At King County,聽we鈥檙e聽not just building more 鈥斅爓e鈥檙e聽building better, advancing multiple聽objectives聽that create creating more sustainable, resilient, and聽equitable聽communities.鈥�
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Author: Stephanie Guzman-Barrera, King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks Field Notes