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Recycle more neighborhood challenge
On May 28, six Renton neighbors accepted the challenge to see how much they could reduce their garbage. Over a period of four weeks, each family competed to drop the weight of their trash by at least 20 percent. You can meet the families Download PDF , 142 K and view the extensive news coverage of the competition. Here are the final results.
Recycle More Neighborhood Challenge results
We weighed the total garbage for the following six families over four consecutive weeks
|
Contestant |
Initial garbage |
June 5 |
June 12 |
June19 |
June 26 |
Avg. compared to initial weigh-in |
|
Family 1: |
17 pounds |
12.9 pounds |
9.6 pounds |
7.3 pounds |
6 pounds |
47% lost |
|
Family 2: |
30.8 pounds |
17 pounds |
18.5 pounds |
20.1 pounds |
15.4 pounds |
42% lost |
|
Family 3: |
62.6 pounds |
32.8 pounds |
24.6 pounds |
18 pounds |
14.6 pounds |
63% lost |
|
Family 4: |
7.4 pounds |
5.2 pounds |
3.9 pounds |
4.5 pounds |
3.9 pounds |
46% lost |
|
Family 5: |
16.8 pounds |
2.7 pounds |
3.5 pounds |
2.9 pounds |
2 pounds |
82% lost |
|
Family 6: |
11.6 pounds |
29.8 pounds |
18.4 pounds |
12.6 pounds |
8.9 pounds |
147% gained |
