CleanScapes $10,000 Neighborhood Prize pays for benches along Interurban Trail

Five benches resulted from 2009-2010 contest

Five new benches have been installed along the Interurban Trail in Shoreline. The benches were purchased by CleanScapes, Shoreline’s contracted waste hauler, and installed by the City of Shoreline Parks Department.

CleanScapes awarded the $10,000 community project to residents in the Friday collection area. These residents won the reward by reducing their overall waste from 2009 to 2010, as compared to the other four collection areas.

Mayor McGlashan commented that “we are thrilled with the addition of these benches to the Interurban Trail. They are a great amenity for the neighborhoods that won, and the broader Shoreline community. They are also a great reminder that people can do more to recycle and reduce the amount waste they generate.”

Chris Martin, President of CleanScapes, stressed the importance of overall waste reduction: “Everything we throw away has environmental and economic costs. Recycling and composting are very important, but it still takes trucks and fuel to collect these materials, and energy to process them. A better solution is to cut back on how much stuff we use in the first place, and we want to reward those neighborhoods that demonstrate a commitment to that.”

Benches chosen by neighborhood committee and paid for by CleanScapes

CleanScapes

CleanScapes was founded in Seattle, Washington in 1997, and provides sustainable solid waste and recycling collection and comprehensive StreetScapes management services to municipalities, commercial properties, business improvement districts and stadiums in Washington, Oregon and California.