Survey: Managing Food and Yard Waste at Home
Survey: Managing Food and Yard Waste at Home
King County Solid Waste Division wants your input on how we can get more residents to compost food waste instead of putting it in the garbage. Food waste makes up more 20% of what gets thrown away by King County residents. Keeping food out of our landfill is an important environmental action to reduce waste and support climate goals.
We want to hear from residents in King County to help inform policies and programs that affect how food and yard waste are collected at the curb.
The survey should take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete and will be available until April 30.
All answers are anonymous. To be entered into a drawing for a countertop food scrap bin and other cool items, you have the option to enter your contact information at the end of the survey.
About your household
We need your help to plan for future policies to reduce garbage, protect the environment, and meet the needs of your community! A recent survey found over 80% of residents agree King County should take steps to divert waste from the garbage so new landfills are no longer needed. We want to hear from you on how to best keep food waste and other compostable materials out of the trash.
King County is committed to its goal of zero food to landfill by 2030. Our data shows that by weight, over 20% of garbage collected curbside from single-family residents is food waste.
To divert more food waste, we want to hear from you to better understand:
- Why you do or do not use curbside food and yard waste service
- What incentives or strategies encourage you to divert your food waste
- Benefits and challenges to potential requirements around composting