Waste
Cedar Grove Composting's expansion plans stalled
EVERETT -- Cedar Grove Composting will have to undergo the most thorough type of environmental study required if it wants to continue to pursue building an anaerobic digester to generate electricity, the
Date: 05/23/2012 | Local News
Port considers buying K-C mill site
EVERETT -- The Port of Everett is aggressively exploring whether it should buy the 66-acre Kimberly-Clark site, which is for sale after the waterfront pulp-paper mill closed last month.
Date: 05/13/2012 | Local News
Everett council fast-tracks sewer pipe fix
EVERETT -- The Everett City Council passed an emergency resolution Wednesday night so crews could get to work faster replacing a faulty sewer pipe that collects the waste of 15,000...
Date: 05/11/2012 | Local News
Cedar Grove under fire
Compost facility hasn’t fulfilled obligations, opponents say
Date: 05/04/2012 | Local News
Everett looks into 'significant' sewage spill in North Creek
EVERETT -- City officials still don't know what caused a 20-inch sewer pipe to crack Thursday morning, sending hundreds of thousands of gallons of raw sewage directly through one man's yard and into North Creek.
Date: 04/14/2012 | Local News
Crews work to stop sewage leak into Everett creek
EVERETT -- City crews planned to work into the evening Thursday repairing a 20-inch iron sewer pipe that broke near the 11800 block of Silver Way, sending hundreds of thousands of gallons of raw sewage into nearby North Creek.
Date: 04/13/2012 | Local News
Agencies prepare for tsunami debris
Later this year, it might not be such an uncommon sight to see a refrigerator, a car bumper or a garage door wash up on beaches in the state.
Date: 04/10/2012 | Local News
Cedar Grove emissions test shows low-level toxins
Recent state testing on emissions at one of Cedar Grove Composting's plants showed the presence of some toxic substances such as benzene and formaldehyde, but officials say it doesn't mean the business poses a hazard to human health.
Date: 03/26/2012 | Local News
Better garbage operations sought
EVERETT -- Snohomish County is negotiating to buy a rail yard from the Port of Everett to have more direct oversight of the system for sending local garbage to Eastern Washington.
Date: 03/05/2012 | Local News
Grand Canyon rangers make effort to cut down on waste
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. -- Like so many others who visit the Grand Canyon each year, Jennifer and John Stambaugh of Illinois toted bottled water as they took in the views recently.
Date: 03/01/2012 | Nation & World
Snohomish in line for $2.2 million loan to design sewage pipeline
SNOHOMISH -- The city is near the top of the list for a loan needed to design a pipeline from its wastewater treatment plant to Everett.
Date: 02/21/2012 | Local News
Nuclear Regulatory Commission approves first new nuclear plant in 3 decades
WASHINGTON -- The nation's first new nuclear power plant in a generation won approval Thursday as federal regulators voted to grant a license for two new reactors in Georgia.
Date: 02/09/2012 | Business
Everett allowed raw sewage into river, bay to prevent bigger mess
EVERETT -- Around the time most people were thinking cranberries and stuffing, city workers in Everett were worried about sewage.A heavy rainstorm in the days leading up to Thanksgiving threatened to overwhelm a storage lagoon at the city's water pollution control facility.
Date: 01/05/2012 | Local News
Ditch your old TV, electronics Jan. 14 at recycling event
Did Santa bring you an iPad for Christmas? Maybe there was a Kindle Fire under your tree or the latest flat-screen television set?When new technology arrives it's time to start thinking about what to do with yesterday's PC, laptop, television, monitor or cell phone.
Date: 01/03/2012 | Life
Mukilteo makes 'large statement' with bag ban
MUKILTEO -- Shoppers and retailers alike now have a year to get used to the fact they'll no longer be able to use plastic bags for groceries or convenience-store goodies.The City Council voted 7-0 on Monday to make plastic grocery bags illegal beginning Jan. 1, 2013.
Date: 12/13/2011 | Local News
Mukilteo could decide Monday to ban plastic grocery bags
MUKILTEO - By Monday night, Mukilteo could follow Edmonds' lead and ban plastic grocery bags. The City Council could vote on the plan at its meeting scheduled for 7 p.m. at City Hall, 11930 Cyrus Way. The public will have a chance to speak on the plan.
Date: 12/12/2011 | Local News
Ammonia tank washed up on Tulalip beach is removed
TULALIP -- A large, ammonia-filled
Date: 11/17/2011 | Local News
GOP irked as candidates line up against Yucca nuclear site
WASHINGTON -- Republican lawmakers from Washington state and South Carolina, which hold tons of nuclear waste, are none too pleased that leading candidates for the GOP presidential nomination are backing President Barack Obama's decision to shutter a central dump designed to store their...
Date: 10/23/2011 | Nation & World
Mukilteo considers plastic bag ban
MUKILTEO -- Shoppers toting reusable canvas grocery bags have become a common sight here, and folks who are bucking the trend might soon be required to join them.Mukilteo City Council members have been discussing a potential ban on plastic bags.
Date: 09/26/2011 | Local News
Brightwater plant's opening likely means less work for some
MALTBY -- One of the benefits mentioned regarding the construction of the massive Brightwater sewage treatment plant is the employment it provided for the people who did the work.
Date: 09/25/2011 | Local News
Arlington dedicates new wastewater treatment plant
ARLINGTON -- More than 100 people showed up for tours and a ceremony Wednesday marking the grand opening of the city's $35 million new-and-improved wastewater treatment plant, the biggest public works project ever undertaken by the city.
Date: 08/25/2011 | Local News
Monroe students learn about impacts from the street to the sea
MONROE -- You may live in Monroe, but your actions still affect local bays and waterways.That's what middle school and high school students learned earlier this month during a science camp at Monroe High School.
Date: 08/18/2011 | Local News
Brightwater tunnel completed
The digging for the Brightwater tunnel is done.The latest section being dug met up on Tuesday with a section already drilled, completing the 13-mile tunnel.
Date: 08/18/2011 | Local News
Brightwater work nearly done
Wastewater plant took 14 years, $1.8 billion to finish (video)
Date: 08/14/2011 | Local News
Cedar Grove fine stands
Composter ordered to pay $119,000 for odor violations
Date: 07/18/2011 | Local News
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