- Client: City of Bellevue
- Services: Environmentally Preferable Procurement, Market & Economic Development, Outreach & Education, Research & Writing, Technical Assistance & Engagement
- Areas of Expertise: Automobile Policy, Batteries, Commercial Recycling Outreach & Technical Assistance, Environmentally Preferable Purchasing, HHW & Used Oil Programs and Policies, Market & Economic Development, Outreach and Education, Paint Product Stewardship
This broadly recognized program—documented in a peer reviewed journal and a nationally-distributed trade magazine—has achieved a recycling rate above 90% for used motor oil from Do-It-Yourself oil changers. Over the course of the program we have successfully expanded the market for re-refined motor oil, and we built a strong public-private partnership with Bellevue’s automotive service sector. Full Circle is proud that this project received the 2012 North American Hazardous Materials Managers Association (NAHMMA, NW Chapter) Award for Best Education & Public Outreach Program.
Additional program activities include residential surveys – every-other-year since 2004, in partnership with Elway Research – regarding household hazardous waste behaviors and awareness. Full Circle also forged a partnership among the City, Habitat for Humanity, Call2Recycle and several retail partners to support rechargeable battery recycling. More recent activities include outreach to the retail paint sector (with three in-store visits per year to assist with customer relations), and secret shopper assessments of Bellevue retail partners in the State’s mercury-containing light product stewardship program.
