From Michigan to North Carolina, states are investing in Zero Waste as a shovel-ready economic development strategy. The potential to create even more jobs is tremendous-recycling creates at least 9 times more jobs per ton of waste than landfills.
Our recycling, reuse and re-manufacturing industries currently provide nearly 86,000 jobs in Colorado and generate $8.7 billion in economic benefits each year. Instead of burying valuable resources-such as cardboard, metals, and food waste-in landfills, we can recycle and re-purpose these materials to strengthen local Colorado economies. Zero Waste drives quality job growth in Colorado. Read The 2021 State of Recycling in Colorado report > Join us in building Colorado’s new recycling economy! Why Zero Waste? > NEW REPORT: How does YOUR Colorado hometown rank when it comes to recycling? > Read our one-page fact sheet on the benefits of recycling in Colorado How do Colorado cities compare when it comes to recycling? Zero Waste Colorado is working to help communities, businesses, institutions and nonprofits recycle more. It’s time for Colorado to lead again.Īcross the state, communities are ready to move forward, but they need funding, infrastructure, technical support, and new policies to pave the way. We can do better! Boosting recycling and composting rates will be a boon to local economics and yield big environmental benefits.
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See how your city compares and our five recommendations on how to move Colorado forward faster on recycling.Ĭolorado is one of the most wasteful states in the nation, recycling only 17 percent of its waste compared to 35 percent nationwide. >The State of Recycling in Colorado, 2017Įco-Cycle and CoPIRG launched the first-ever statewide survey of recycling rates to compare Front Range cities and mountain/rural areas. > Read the Summary of the 2018 State of Recycling in Colorado Report This report is divided into two parts to focus on both state and local actions to transform Colorado’s wasteful habits. Our beautiful state continues to be one of the most wasteful in the country. > The State of Recycling in Colorado, 2018
Key recommendations for moving Colorado forward were to attract more recycling businesses to Colorado and to add curbside recycling for all residents in all Front Range cities. The report highlighted 30 cities as Gold and Silver Medal winners for leading the state and providing curbside recycling programs for all their residents. > The State of Recycling in Colorado, 2019Ĭolorado’s 2018 progress on recycling was mixed: our recycling rate continues to slowly inch upwards, yet our state also produced a record amount of waste. Read the press release for The State of Recycling and Composting Colorado 2020 Read more to find out which Colorado cities are leading and the local and state-level actions we can take to accelerate our recycling and composting programs to build a circular economy and reduce climate pollution. Yet despite the downward trend, dozens of Colorado communities continue to demonstrate how recycling and composting can be successful in Colorado. > ESTADO DE RECICLAJE Y COMPOSTAJE 2020- RESUMÉN EJECUTIVOĬolorado wasted more and recycled less in 2019 than in 2018, continuing to fall short of our state recycling goals and behind the rest of the nation.
>The State of Recycling and Composting in Colorado 2020 While the state as a whole is failing to make significant progress to increase recycling and composting, some leading Colorado communities are recovering more than 50% of their discarded materials, demonstrating that recycling and composting can be successful solutions for Colorado to reduce climate emissions, create green jobs, and conserve natural resources. In 2020, Colorado’s statewide recycling and composting rate was just 15%, which is less than half the national recycling and composting rate of 32%. THE STATE OF RECYCLING AND COMPOSTING IN COLORADO REPORTS >READ OUR LATEST REPORT: The State of Recycling and Composting in Colorado 2021 Zero Waste Colorado: Building Colorado's New Recycling Economy
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