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Leaf Letter
The Newsletter of Spokane County’s
Master Composters/Recyclers
Winter Edition February 2022
In this issue:
2022 Class Begins March 29
2022 MC/R Class 1
The 2022 Spokane County Master Composter/Recycler class will be virtual
again this year. Starting March 29, weekly meetings will be held Tues. evenings
from 5:30 to 7 p.m. A small group “learning lab” will be scheduled the first
weekend of the course in the compost demo area at either WSU Extension or the
Children’s book on 2 new Spokane Conservation District facility off 8th. The lab will give students the
WTE
opportunity to meet in person and build a compost pile that will be monitored
throughout the class.
MC/R graduates are welcome to attend the virtual classes and can find the
E-Cycle 2 schedule of topics along with the meeting link on the Google shared calendar.
Washington Help will also be needed on April 2 with the learning lab. Please consider
volunteering to help students build the pile and answer questions about your own
When Waste 3 composting systems and what it is like being an MC/R. Materials will also be
Becomes Fashion needed to build the pile that day. If you have any brown or green material you can
donate to the activity, please let Kris know and she will follow up with details
closer to the date.
Calendar of Events 4
Check MC/Rs out
on Facebook
Design courtesy of AmeriCorps volunteer Emily Schirmacher.
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E-Cycle Washington
E-Cycle Washington is a free program that makes it easy for Washington residents
to recycle their broken, obsolete or worn-out electronics. A service fee is assessed
to these products when purchased and the money is used to fund take-back and
recycling programs.
What is included in this program? Televisions, computers, laptops, monitors,
tablets, e-readers, and portable DVD players are all on the list.. Most electronic
products contain valuable materials that can be recycled and toxic chemicals that
should be kept out of the landfill or incinerator.
In January 2022, the E-Cycle Washington program collected 872,967 thousand
Green Cart pounds of TVs, computers and monitors for recycling. This is 66.34% of the 1.25
Service million pounds collected
Resumes over the same period in
2021. Over the
program’s lifetime the
If you subscribe to a total volume collected is
green yard waste cart,
weekly pickup resumes
441.6 million pounds.
this week. Don’t The Washington
forget that all food and Materials Management &
uncoated food-soiled Financing Authority
paper can go in the (WMMFA) has provided
cart along with weeds
and small branches. a detailed county-by-
Green carts are great county breakdown of
for the things that can’t the collection data
go in your backyard which can be found on
compost pile and if you
don’t think you can fill
the E-Cycle Washington
one by yourself every website.
week, consider sharing
the cost with a
neighbor. There is too
much organic material New Children’s Book is now Available
still going into the
waste stream and a
yard waste cart can Exploring Spokane: Turning Waste to Energy is a new children's book that
help reduce that! explains how Spokane disposes of its trash in the only waste to energy facility
in the state. Follow Jules, Oliver, and a curious marmot as they take readers
on a journey through the solid waste system. More importantly, they learn why
making less trash to
begin with is the best
thing to do.
The book is availa-
ble free of charge.
Please fill out an online
form to request your
own copy or one can be
picked up in person at
the Administration
Building of the Waste to
Energy Facility at 2900
S. Geiger Blvd., M-F
between 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Winter Edition Page 3
When Waste Becomes Fashion
If interested in “trashion” design, 350 Spokane is seeking artists for its upcoming
fundraiser, Catalyst for Cool in May. Check out their call for artists below.
Free
Compost
Offer
Barr-Tech, the
commercial
compost facility that
takes all of Spokane
County’s organic
waste collected in
its Clean Green
program has an
offer you can’t
refuse. Through the
end of June, green
cart subscribers can
get 1/2 yard of free
compost from
participating
vendors. This is for
current as well as
new subscribers.
Check out
GoGreenSpo-
kane.com
for details.
Spokane Master Composters/Recyclers
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Calendar of Events
In-person events are back. As many organizations return to holding in-person
conferences, workshops and events, the MC/Rs have been asked to attend and share
waste reduction knowledge and resources. This provides a better opportunity to
have face-to-face conversations with people and address questions more thoroughly
than we could ever do over the phone or by email.
Please consider volunteering to staff these events and share your knowledge. You
2900 S. Geiger Blvd.
can sign up for open shifts on the Google Shared Calendar. Once you are on the list,
Spokane, WA 99224 more details follow.
Phone: 509-625-6580
Recycling Home & Garden Show
Information: 509-477-6800
March 11-13, Spokane Convention Center
E-mail: Various shifts are available that weekend
solidwaste@spokanecity.org
Staff information table on composting and recycling
Free admission and parking (within easy walking
distance)
We are on the web!
spokanecountysolidwaste.org
Pile Building and Mentoring
Saturday, April 2, 9 a.m. to noon
Location TBD
Help the 2022 class build a demonstration compost pile
The Leaf Letter is a
Pile Building
publication of the
Spokane County Regional
Tuesday, April 26
Solid Waste System 1 p.m. at Finch Arboretum
(SCRSWS) with partial Build a demonstration pile for the spring compost fair
funding provided by a
grant from the
Washington State Spring Compost Fair
Department of Ecology. Saturday. April 30 at Finch Arboretum
Set up at 10 a.m. and tear down complete by 3 p.m.
Editor: Kris Major Help as long as you can
Bloomsday Corporate Cup
Sunday, May 1
Downtown Spokane
9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Staff recycling sort stations in Corporate Cup area
Inland Empire Garden Expo
Saturday, May 14
Spokane Community College
When printed, it is on recycled/
recyclable paper. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Staff information table on composting resources
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