Food scraps and food-soiled paper can now be mixed in with Clean Green yard debris

Starting today, Monday, July 12, 2010, Spokane Regional Solid Waste System (SRSWS) facilities will accept food scraps and food-soiled paper that residents place in curbside Clean Green carts or bring as Clean Green to one of the three SRSWS facilities.

In addition to offering greater recycling options, customers taking advantage of this new program may find that when they include food scraps with their Clean Green materials, the amount of waste they put in the garbage cart may be reduced enough that they can move to a smaller collection container at a lower price.

More information on food scraps collection (including which food scraps and food-soiled paper can be included and which are prohibited) and other recycling and solid waste topics are available from the Spokane Regional Solid Waste System website at www.solidwaste.org or by calling the Recycling Hot Line, 625-6800.