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NREL scientists have a plan to fight ocean plastic: Upcycle it into something valuable
All the plastics in the sea could literally outweigh the fish unless cast-off bottles and containers find a different, more valuable destination
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A breakdown of the 8 issues Colorado lawmakers will study before the 2020 legislative session
By John Frank Politics and Government Primary category in which blog post is published
Colorado trash companies invest millions to speed up recycling. Now they just need more people to recycle.
By Tamara Chuang Environment Primary category in which blog post is published
Why Styrofoam — amid all of Colorado’s recycling struggles — is being targeted for extinction
By Tamara Chuang Business Primary category in which blog post is published
How a first-year Colorado lawmaker tried to “go big or go home” with a zero-waste bill
By John Frank Politics and Government Primary category in which blog post is published
Colorado’s ban on banning plastics has cities’ plans to outlaw single-use bags and straws in limbo
A little-known Colorado law written to protect recycling stands is in the way of cities that want to outlaw straws, plastic grocery bags and Styrofoam containers
Coloradans produced a record 9.3 million tons of trash last year. Only 12 percent of it was recycled.
Colorado's recycling rate has flat lined at about a third of the national average
Meet the robots and other contraptions making Colorado’s recycling more efficient
From robots to smart cameras, technology is improving recycling efficiency despite China’s ban on imported recycled waste
Colorado’s largest recycling company — finally — will be able to recycle Starbucks and other coffee cups
As major chains are spending $15 million to develop a compostable container, Alpine thinks it can divert 5 tons of cups from the landfill each month
Recycling in Colorado is tedious, cost-prohibitive, voluntary — and evolving
As China — the destination for most of Colorado's recycling — gets stricter about what it takes in, Colorado's patchwork of recycling providers is adjusting in big ways and small
Recycling can be a hard sell in rural Colorado. That hasn’t discouraged a resourceful nonprofit effort in tiny Swink.
Clean Valley Recycling started small, but now serves three towns with curbside service and collects everything from books to building materials — all from an old sugar plant
Coloradans generate 9.6 pounds of trash per person, per day. Where does it all go?
The state has 190 closed landfills and produces increasingly more waste each year. We’re not out of room, but that’s not the point.
