Colorado’s Progress to Increased Sustainability Statewide

Colorado’s Current Stats:

Recycling rate of 17.2%., below national average of 35%. 

Hurdles:

• Ensuring enough materials are entering the recycling markets
• Building infrastructure to handle increased recycling

Colorado Advanced Legislation. 2 Bills to Interim Committee: 

• Study how to use tax breaks to incentivize companies to convert recycled items into new products.
• Requires the state to create a proposal for statewide composting to improve soil quality.

Colorado Sun | Colorado is bad at Recycling, so lawmakers spent months looking for solutions. Here’s what they professed.