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What happens when Colorado stays home? Lots of residential trash, for one thing.
From haulers to recyclers to landfills, the coronavirus changed the way they do business. And some of the changes just might stick.
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Will 2020 be the year Colorado bans plastic bags, Styrofoam and other single-use plastics?
By Tamara Chuang Politics and Government Primary category in which blog post is published
10 states use bottle deposits to boost recycling rates. Could it work for Colorado?
By Moe Clark Environment Primary category in which blog post is published
Colorado’s recycling rate improves to 17.2%, but we’re producing more trash than ever
By Tamara Chuang Environment Primary category in which blog post is published
Colorado is bad at recycling, so lawmakers spent months looking for solutions. Here’s what they proposed.
By Moe Clark Politics and Government Primary category in which blog post is published
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
A breakdown of the 8 issues Colorado lawmakers will study before the 2020 legislative session
The Democratic-led General Assembly is analyzing topics ranging from school safety and college affordability to private prisons and tax breaks
Colorado trash companies invest millions to speed up recycling. Now they just need more people to recycle.
U.S. firms are reopening paper mills, expanding plants to turn recycled waste into something useful and need more glass, plastics and paper
Why Styrofoam — amid all of Colorado’s recycling struggles — is being targeted for extinction
The plastic industry warns that there's no guarantee potential foam replacements will be recycled more just because they can be.
How a first-year Colorado lawmaker tried to “go big or go home” with a zero-waste bill
“It’s sort of messy, but that’s part of the beauty in a way,” says state Rep. Lisa Cutter, on the lessons she learned about the legislative process
Thousands of usable iPhones trashed by one Colorado firm because well-meaning donors forgot to turn off “Find my iPhone”
Lafayette recycler can’t do a thing with working, but locked, iPhones and donors aren’t getting the financial impact expected
Forget plastic bans: Mountain towns try volunteerism, bootcamps as solutions to single-use
Telluride and Mountain Village are working together to find products that can solve the town’s reliance on plastic and recycling
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
