Recycling Challenge History

Mayor Larson's Recycling Challenge is not the first recycling challenge for King County. In 2008, Renton held the first recycling challenge for the county with 6 teams competing against each other to see who could reduce their waste by the greatest percentage.

If you are interested in the previous challenge and the contestants visit:
http://your.kingcounty.gov/solidwaste/garbage-recycling/neighborhood-challenge.asp

Some of the differences in the challenges is that in Snoqualmie families will be competing against the mayor as well as other residents, which is pretty unique. The way in which the families were chosen are different between the two cities, in Renton they were all on one block and in Snoqualmie it is open to all residents. In Renton families trash was weighed each week by King County, which was allowed due to proximity of the contestants. In Snoqualmie families will only have their trash weighed twice, once at the begining and once at the end.

Both challenges help bring awarness and excitement within communities around recycling. Each challenge has been a colaboration between the city and county, which helps build transparency and support across governmental scales. In the end all benefit from the efforts and outreach done through holding an event like this.