Denver Composting 101

September 7, 2021 Why Compost? It’s estimated over 50% of a household’s waste in Denver are organics that, when sent to landfills, produce methane, a potent greenhouse gas. By composting, we reduce...

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Meet Ridwell, the new service making it easy to sustainably reuse and recycle your stuff.

September 7, 2021 Wasting less made easy. Ridwell showed up in Denver this summer and in three months has signed up 700 Denverites who pay between $12 and $16 a month to recycle …...

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Save the dates: Global-to-local Food and Climate Change

September 5, 2021 Presented by the Institute for Science & Policy at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, the Environmental Sustainability Initiative at the University of Denver’s Josef Korbel...

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The Real Cost of Food Waste

September 4, 2021 WHOOPS! Did you leave almost half your groceries in the parking lot? Imagine this: you go to the grocery store and buy five bags of groceries. On your way out, …...

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New Trash Collection Days in 2022

January 31, 2021 What City Trash, Recycling, and Compost Customers Need to Know With the new year just a few weeks away, Denver’s Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DOTI) is reminding...

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Denver Recycles Roundup

January 18, 2021 Editor’s Note: Denver Recycles’ Roundup is a monthly news column written by Denver Recycles, a program of Denver Department of Transportation and Infrastructure’s Solid Waste...

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