Colorado PIRG: 5th Annual Report Finds Colorado's Abysmal Recycling Rate Requires Major Shift in How We Support Recycling
November 16, 2021
November 16, 2021
DENVER, Colorado, Nov. 16 (TNSRep) -- The Colorado Public Interest Research Group issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2021:
In their fifth annual State of Recycling & Composting in Colorado Report, Eco-Cycle and CoPIRG found Colorado's 2020 waste diversion rate of 15.3% has failed to improve over the last few years and remains well below the national average of 32% and the over 50% rate that leading Colorado cities currently achieve. In 2020, Coloradans buried over 5.9 . . .
In their fifth annual State of Recycling & Composting in Colorado Report, Eco-Cycle and CoPIRG found Colorado's 2020 waste diversion rate of 15.3% has failed to improve over the last few years and remains well below the national average of 32% and the over 50% rate that leading Colorado cities currently achieve. In 2020, Coloradans buried over 5.9 . . .