Natural gas as clean energy choice, efforts to short circuit electrifying...
As Colorado’s largest electric utility considers adding renewable natural gas to its arsenal of anti-climate-change tactics, the Sierra Club and Earthjustice have released a new report saying the fuel...
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Sustainable Denver business turns tomato sauce cans into jewelry in up-cycled...
What seemed like a fluke to Thomas Paul Althaus seven years ago is a steadily growing business that transforms used tin cans into earrings, cuff bracelets, necklaces and other jewelry. The company,...
View ArticleProtect your privacy and the environment while upgrading your gear
Taking better care of your tech gear can help make it last longer, but sometimes you just need to upgrade. Even if your phone, tablet or computer hasn’t suffered a fatal flop, you may find it doesn’t...
View ArticleAfter 21 years, Pepsi Center to be renamed Ball Arena as part of new partnership
So long Pepsi Center. Beginning Thursday, the home of the Denver Nuggets and Colorado Avalanche will be known as Ball Arena as part of a multiyear global partnership between Ball Corporation and...
View ArticleColorado recycling drops, and state is working to fix that
By Michael Elizabeth Sakas, Colorado Public Radio via AP DENVER — 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...
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Indoor dining restrictions aren’t helping Colorado’s recycling problem
As exploding COVID-19 numbers close down indoor dining in more than two dozen Colorado counties, restaurants are once again turning to pickup and delivery orders as their lifeline to staying in...
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Letters: Mayor takes a holiday from his own sound advice (11/30/20)
Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune Mayor takes a holiday from his own sound advice Re: “Mayor ignores own advice,” Nov. 26 news story I was disappointed to learn that our mayor chose to travel for...
View ArticleHere’s how to correctly recycle your Christmas tree in Denver
In with the New Year, out with the Christmas tree. Denver, as well as other cities and counties in the metro area, have programs to recycle live Christmas trees. Denver’s “Treecycle” program turns...
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“Sorty McSortface” and “Sir Sorts-a-Lot” are part of Colorado robotics...
Before the coronavirus started spreading, the Boulder County Recycling Center was having problems keeping fully staffed. The pandemic hit and people started buying more online, cooking more at home:...
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Trash wars: Arvada residents vow to fight municipal takeover of waste collection
Arvada wants to boost its sluggish recycling rate and reduce heavy truck traffic, while giving residents a break on their trash bill with a municipally run curbside garbage collection program. Starting...
View ArticleWaste Management postpones Denver-area trash collection due to weekend storm
Metro area trash and recycling collection will be postponed until next week, Waste Management of Colorado confirmed Wednesday. The company said they will be unable to service residential customers in...
View ArticleBan plastic bags? Put millions toward recycling? Or do both? Colorado...
Colorado lawmakers have a decision to make: Ban single-use plastic bags and foam takeout containers from many restaurants and retailers, or keep the plastics as an option but have food service...
View ArticleFire at recycling center in Denver generates heavy smoke
A fire at a recycling yard on Wednesday afternoon in Denver generated heavy smoke that was visible from interstates 70 and 25. Crews responded to a trash fire at 5350 Washington Street along with...
View ArticleMcMillin: Plastic bags are going, going, but can we make them gone?
We’ve got a few months to figure out how to organize our lives without the plastic grocery bags and foam take-out containers that are mostly banned under a new Colorado law, and in Denver, a 10 cent...
View ArticleColorado will ban single-use plastic bags and polystyrene, create bag fees
Gov. Jared Polis signed a new law Tuesday that’s meant to force Colorado businesses and consumers to reduce their use of single-use plastic and polystyrene products. “We know that plastic pollution...
View ArticleLabor shortages stink, for some worse than others as trash collection suffers...
There’s waiting longer for a table or dinner at a restaurant because of labor shortages. Then there’s waiting for someone to pick up a full-to-the-brim trash can sitting in 90-plus-degree summer heat....
View ArticleEXPLAINER: Western water projects in infrastructure deal
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Included in the sweeping $1 trillion infrastructure bill approved by the Senate is funding for Western water projects that farmers, water providers...
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CU Boulder, city push for waste reduction amid student move in
They come with cardboard boxes and bins, hauling plastic grocery bags stuffed with instant meals and new furniture cradled in plastic foam. Every spring and fall, thousands of University of Colorado...
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Higher fees, better packaging among solutions eyed to cut Colorado’s landfill...
Nearly every family in Denver participates in the city’s recycling program and yet last year about 500 pounds of trash per person — a total of 193,988 tons — arrived in a landfill, up more than 5%...
View ArticleOpinion: Colorado’s dismal recycling record needs a response and we have a plan
The news isn’t good when it comes to recycling and composting in Colorado. The Colorado Public Interest Research Group (CoPIRG) and EcoCycle released their yearly State of Recycling and Composting...
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