recycling
10 states use bottle deposits to boost recycling rates. Could it work for Colorado?
States with bottle bills have some of the highest recycling rates in the country. But many were implemented before curbside recycling came to fruition.
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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
Consumer gadgets are getting harder to fix and that’s creating a disposable culture
By Tamara Chuang Technology Primary category in which blog post is published
Colorado has two years to hit its 28% recycling goal. A new report shows we’re nowhere close.
By Tamara Chuang Environment 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.
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
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
