City Briefs

City plans program to collect plastic film

The City of Shelton, in partnership with Mason County and SC Johnson, is launching a six-month pilot program to offer curbside collection of plastic film to residents.

SC Johnson is a manufacturer of household consumer brands. The company has already partnered with the towns of Point Roberts and Friday Harbor on curbside plastic film recycling programs.

With the program, residents can recycle clean and dry plastic bags, plastic storage bags such as Ziploc brand bags, dry cleaning bags, and other flexible plastic film by placing them in a recycling bin labeled “Plastic Film Only.”

The city selected two routes for the pilot program, and residents are being notified by postcard about the program. To participate, those residents must call Waste Connections at 360-426-8729. “Plastic Film Only” recycling carts and instructions will be delivered to residents along the two designated routes to choose to participate in the free program.

The first collection will be on April 27 on Route 3-16R: Parsley Sage, Springfield Loop and Christmas Village. May 11 will be the first collection day for Route 1-16R in Mountain View. Monthly collections will follow.

For more information about the program, visit the program webpage on the city’s website, or call Mary Ricker, the city’s communications specialist, at 360-432-5114 or [email protected].

Council moves to surplus, level house

Paint is peeling off the outside of the decrepit house next to the Shelton Civic Center. Inside, the walls are stained with mold. The occupants have been gone for more than two decades, but mice clearly have made themselves at home.

The City of Shelton owns the house at 218 S. Fifth Street. For about the past 20 years, the city has used it as a storage facility.

On Tuesday evening, the Shelton City Council gave preliminary approval to declaring the house surplus and make way for its demolition. The council can make the move official with passage at its April 19 meeting.

In its report, the city’s community development department declared the house is “unfit habitation, is unsightly and nearing a nuisance structure.” After the building is declared surplus, the city’s police department can practice techniques on brushing a building, and Central Mason Fire and Emergency Services can conduct practices attacking a burning building.

The 1,082-square-foot house is valued at $37,235.

The city has contacted the Mason County Historical Society, Mason County Habitat for Humanity and the salvage companies Second Use and Earthwise to see whether they want to salvage any of the materials.