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Western cities are already learning to live with less water
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Urban areas in the West and water districts are working to conserve water from the Colorado River Basin as it continues to face its driest 22-year stretch in more than 100 years. (Video by Skyler Ballard) Mike Petkash’s shaggy black dog Brandy bounded across his backyard chasing after a tennis ball. She leapt up the…
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Denver council to hold second vote on expanded waste services program
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Denver City Council approved on first reading a new pay-as-you-throw waste services proposal in a split 11-2 vote. It will hold a one-hour courtesy public hearing on the proposal at the final reading next week. While council members supported the intentions of the program, some felt that without a more comprehensive education plan, adding a…
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Denver committee advances fee-based waste services program
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Denver’s Land Use, Transportation and Infrastructure committee on Tuesday advanced a pay-as-you-throw waste services proposal to the full council, with a goal of kicking off the program on Jan 1. While most council members want to improve Denver’s waste diversion rate, some had concerns about getting residents properly educated on the program and the impacts…
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Polis signs bills on homelessness, election security, environment, recycling, wildfire prevention
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Gov. Jared Polis signed dozens of bills into law this week, including measures to create a statewide recycling program, improve election security and adopt stringent environmental regulations. House Bill 1355 aims to boost the state’s abysmal recycling rate by creating a recycling program funded by dues from companies that produce plastic packaging, primarily retailers and beverage…
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New plan aims to double Denver’s recycling, composting rates
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Denver on Tuesday released a new Sustainable Resource Management Plan detailing its goal to divert 50% of all solid waste from landfills to recycling or composting by 2027 and to increase its diversion rate to 70% by 2032. The plan, which is a collaboration between the Office of Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency, the Department…
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Denver considers new fee-based waste diversion program
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Denver is considering expanding its residential waste services to provide weekly recycling and composting services to all customers with a new leveled fee structure. The program would charge residents in single-family homes and small multifamily buildings a different amount monthly based on the size of trash bin they need. The fee structure would charge $9…
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Bill to mandate industry-paid recycling poised to surface in Colorado House
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A proposal that would require a shift in the financial responsibility for recycling from consumers to manufacturers is generating an uproar among a diverse coalition of industries, ranging from cannabis to newspapers, big box stores to small businesses. The bill, known as the Extended Producer Responsibility Act from Rep. Lisa Cutter, has not yet been…
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CoPo interview: Denver Mayor Michael Hancock previews his 3rd term
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Big-city mayors sometimes grow stale in their third term. Policies stall out. Controversies creep in. And before they know it, someone else is running for their job as their term limit approaches. Denver Mayor Michael Hancock said Wednesday that he’s determined not to let that happen to him. “I’m a guy who, I promise you,…
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Getting Denver out of the dumps and into the recycling bin
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Can an educational campaign propel Denver to the ranks of the top recycling cities in the country? After being trashed as one of the worst recycling cities in the country last year, the city will probe that question in joining with The Recycling Partnership on a pilot program. The nonprofit – which has helped…
