American Lung Association Provides free Home Health Assessments, trained volunteers go to your home and identify health hazards and help you put together a plan to improve your home’s air quality alaw.org
Home Energy Consumption Measure home energy use and show you how to conserve energysavvy.com
Too Good Too Toss Washington State Department of Ecology’s exchange for reusable building materials and large household items 2good2toss.com
Household Hazardous Waste Sites Location and hours of hazardous waste sites including burned-out Compact Fluorescent bulbs seattle.gov/householdhazardouswaste/
Earth 911 Locates disposal options by ZIP code; call the U.S. Environmental Recycling Hotline at 877.327.8491; or contact your local waste-management agency for community guidelines (877) 327-8491 Earth911.org
InterConnection Support reuse by donating your old laptop computer and other electronics. A Seattle non profit that provides job training locally and distributes refurbished computers globally (206) 633-1517 interconnection.org
eco-friendly gardening
The Saving Water Partnership A group of Puget Sound water providers that have information about using water wisely, including a list of low-water-use plants (206) 684-7283 savingwater.org
Seattle Conservation Corps Compost bins for your yard and kitchen waste are available at a discount to Seattle residents from Seattle Public Utilities seattle.gov/parks/scc
Earth 911 Locates disposal options by ZIP code; call the U.S. Environmental Recycling Hotline at 877.327.8491; or contact your local waste-management agency for community guidelines (877) 327-8491 Earth911.org
InterConnection Support reuse by donating your old laptop computer and other electronics. A Seattle non profit that provides job training locally and distributes refurbished computers globally (206) 633-1517 interconnection.org