The City of Olympia, WA, takes pride in their always-on strategy in educating their residents on recycling best practices and encouraging the use of Recycle Coach.
Recently, we sat down with the wonderful Kim Johnson, senior program specialist for the City of Olympia, WA, to chat about their local recycling program and how they use Recycle Coach. Kim works closely with single- and multi-family homes in her community and takes pride in educating residents on recycling best practices. You can check out the full interview below:
To get the word out, Olympia uses an always-on strategy to encourage resident adoption by featured Recycle Coach on their annual collection calendar, on all of their acceptable item lists, and in their utility billing inserts to make sure residents are taking notice. Kim also takes advantage of of the data from her residents' material searches to include specific information on utility billing inserts, in addition to the city sending on average 20,000 to 30,000 every month.For anyone interested in serving their municipality and getting involved in the waste industry, Kim says the most rewarding part of her job is being able to educate customers and see the light bulb go off with residents on why recycling is so important for the environment.
Conclusion
More than 15,000 residents in Olympia are part of the Recycle Coach ecosystem, and we are so proud to call them a partner.
We’ve seen benefits internally, with us as our own self-hauler and reduced missed pick-ups. Recycle Coach has also helped with utility billing and questions about putting the right cart out.
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