Astute readers of the Reporter-Herald might have noticed an article last week discussing this evening’s meeting in Fort Collins in which the progressive city will take public input on a potential service.

The city that was the first in Northern Colorado to develop a climate action plan now is looking at more ways in which to be active on the environmental front: by offering curbside pickup of yard waste.

Sounds familiar? If so, it’s because such a service has been offered for years in the city of Loveland. From April to November, residents who pay a small fee can fill their green yard waste carts with grass clippings, leaves, flowers and small twigs for pickup and removal to the city’s recycling center, 400 N. Wilson Ave. There the products are part of a composting program in the city that allows residents to buy that nutrient-filled compost to make the next year’s gardening even better.

Read more at The Loveland Reporter-Herald.