{"id":4444,"date":"2024-04-26T09:19:54","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T16:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/?p=4444"},"modified":"2024-04-26T09:19:57","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T16:19:57","slug":"a-steaming-pile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/2024\/04\/26\/a-steaming-pile\/","title":{"rendered":"A steaming pile"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/files\/2024\/04\/Bruce5-865x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4445\" width=\"688\" height=\"814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/files\/2024\/04\/Bruce5-865x1024.jpg 865w, https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/files\/2024\/04\/Bruce5-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/files\/2024\/04\/Bruce5-768x909.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/files\/2024\/04\/Bruce5.jpg 1212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Our colleagues in Planning &amp; Public Works do a great job managing solid waste.&nbsp; And they just made a change that is a real win-win!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, anywhere in Pierce County, your food waste can be added to your yard waste bin (Or does your family call it a \u201ccart\u201d?) for composting. This change in how we handle food waste is beneficial for many reasons.&nbsp; First, it reduces the amount of garbage going into our landfill.&nbsp; Second, food waste rotting in a landfill creates methane gas which is bad for our environment.&nbsp; Instead, food waste composts well with our yard waste.&nbsp; And finally, this compost can be sold and end up in someone\u2019s garden.&nbsp; From my count that is 4x \u201cwins\u201d &#8211; we avoid two bad things and replace them with two good things!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more, I recently had the chance to tour the composting operations at the Purdy Transfer Station and was amazed at the work the team is doing. It\u2019s really impressive \u2013 and quite warm!\u00a0 And I learned it was also the first in the world!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/files\/2024\/04\/Bruce2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/files\/2024\/04\/Bruce2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/files\/2024\/04\/Bruce2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/files\/2024\/04\/Bruce2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/files\/2024\/04\/Bruce2-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/files\/2024\/04\/Bruce2-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Take a look at this latest edition of Inside Pierce County and learn what all the steam is about:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_64815\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lAC1VH12IsA?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=1&#038;playlist=lAC1VH12IsA&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My thanks to Kevin Green, Chris Brown and Ryan Dicks for the great tour and behind the scenes access to the compost operations.&nbsp; As they say, \u201cif you can eat it, we can compost it!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before I close, I want to thank everyone who joined me this week in our latest Employee Town Hall. We had nearly 60 questions submitted in advance and I regret I couldn\u2019t answer all of them.&nbsp; But please know that I read every one of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you didn\u2019t have the chance to join us live for the Town Hall, I invite you to grab your lunch and check out the replay <a href=\"https:\/\/my.co.pierce.wa.us\/3390\/Employee-Town-Hall\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have a great weekend, and thanks for reading,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"79\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.piercecountywa.gov\/executive\/files\/2022\/02\/Bruce-blue-signature-small-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3352\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Bruce<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our colleagues in Planning &amp; Public Works do a great job managing solid waste.&nbsp; And they just made a change that is a real win-win! 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