12/9/20 12/9/20

‘Tis the Season to Make Less Waste!

11/20/20 11/20/20

Give Thanks and Save the Food!

10/16/20 10/16/20

The TrashBlitz Event - October 25-31

9/21/20 9/21/20

Solid Waste Management Seasonal Event

7/3/20 7/3/20

Help Us Spread the Word and Compost!

2/14/20 2/14/20

Seven Simple Reasons to Love the Denver Composts Program

With Valentine’s Day here, we’re wondering… will you be our customer? More than 22,000 Denverite’s have shared the love and signed up, but we’re hoping for even more love in 2020.

1/22/20 1/22/20

Prevent Food Waste and Compost the Scraps!

There are many reasons to prevent food waste. After all, wasting food wastes all of the valuable resources used to grow, harvest, transport and store food in the first place. In a recent report, the Natural Resources Defense Council found that wasted food is responsible for wasting 19% of all U.S. cropland, 18% of all farming fertilizer use, 21% of our landfill content, 21% of our agricultural water usage, and 2.6% of all greenhouse gas emissions.

1/8/20 1/8/20

Recycle Right in the New Year!

Here are a few quick reminders and tips that will help keep valuable recyclables out of the landfill and help keep Denver’s recycling program operating smoothly:

12/6/19 12/6/19

'Tis the Season to Reduce Waste and Recycle!

American households generate 25% more waste between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, adding one million tons of waste to landfills each week. Together, we can help change this statistic. Here are just a few tips and tools from Denver Recycles that will help you keep waste prevention, recycling, and composting in mind as we move into this festive (and often wasteful) time of year:

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