By Lisa Cutter and Kevin Priola
Guest Commentary
The news isn’t good when it comes to recycling and composting in Colorado.
The Colorado Public Interest Research Group (CoPIRG) and Eco-cycle released their yearly State of Recycling and Composting report a few weeks ago and it turns out we...
The Denver Post Parade
11.3 million tons of textiles went into landfills in 2018.
“If we can keep the stuff that’s already been made in circulation a little longer, there’s less impact on the planet from production,” says the NRDC’s Hoover. That means, think before you buy. Could you patch t...
By Michael Elizabeth Sakas
Colorado Public Radio
Colorado is wasting more and recycling less.
From 2018 to 2019, the state’s recycling rate dropped to 15.9% from 17.2%, far below the national average of 35%, according to an annual report released by Eco-Cycle and the Colorado Public Interest Rese...

Words by Tina Casey
MAY 25, 2020

Analysts were already predicting the end of recycling last year, when mountains of waste began to pile up after China and other countries began refusing to accept such shipments from overseas. The COVID-19 outbreak has further complicated global recyc...