Recycling

With the projected closing of the Terrace Heights landfill set for the year 2022, Yakima city officials are looking for answers.

The city of Yakima only provides a single can for all of our trash -- unlike the city of Seattle, where you get cans for regular garbage, recycled items (cans, bottles, cardboard etc.) and another can for yard clippings and grass. So if you want to be a good citizen and conservationist in Yakima, you can go downtown and make a couple of bucks on your bottles and cans BUT if you just want to dispos

Want to learn how to compost in your backyard? Yakima County Solid Waste will be presenting a free Backyard Composting class on Saturday, March 28th.

Yakima's curbside recycling pilot program is getting a lot of participation.

A new pilot recycling program in Yakima started Tuesday, and if the program is successful the City Council could expand it to include the entire city.

Liberty Bottleworks in Union Gap is looking for sustainability officers, people who are making a difference through environmental, economic or social sustainability. Co-founder Ryan Clark says if you are a big recycler or living green in other ways and promoting that kind of living at home or the office or at school then you may want to get involved...

It's time for the Central Washington State Fair and kids all over are scheming and saving their money for fair fun. It brings back a lot of memories.

Sixty percent of people in the US are still participating in the tradition of buying a real tree versus the artificial one. Although the smell of pine is wonderful during the holiday season, looking for a place to dispose of it can be a bit of a hassel...