Eighteen Bellevue business, plus the city of Bellevue, have been named to the 2010 “Best Workplaces for Recycling and Waste Reduction” list.

The list, produced by King County’s Solid Waste Division, recognizes businesses with exceptional recycling programs and for their commitment to reducing the amount of waste their company produces.

Last year, businesses in King County sent more than 200,000 tons of recyclable materials to the landfill. Surprisingly, the commercial waste stream still contains 22 percent paper, what many consider the easiest item to recycle. At 27 percent, the largest percentage of material heading to the landfill from businesses is food scraps and food-soiled paper.

This year’s innovative recycling and waste reduction strategies run the gamut from “paperless mortgages” to hotel guest room recycling and new comprehensive food scrap collection programs at restaurants and cafeterias.

Bellevue honorees are Ascentium, CDM, CH2M Hill, city of Bellevue, David Evans and Associates, Drugstore.com, HDR Engineering, Hyatt Regency Bellevue, MulvannyG2 Architecture,

Outsource Marketing, Overlake Hospital Medical Center, Pacific Software Publishing, Printex Press, Roth Hill, Sound Intellectual Property, Symetra Financial, The Fairfield Inn by Marriott Bellevue, The Westin Bellevue and Yoga Centers.