Colorado isn't very good at recycling. Why?

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that over 40% of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions result “from production, transportation, use and disposal of material goods.”

“So, zero waste solutions like recycling, composting and reducing waste are really important answers to the climate crisis we're facing,” said Suzanne Jones, executive director of Eco-Cycle, one of the largest and oldest nonprofit recyclers in the country.

“We brought curbside recycling to Boulder back in the 70s, and we've been helping to build zero waste communities ever since … to foster a more equitable, sustainable and climate resilient future,” she continued.

For example, Eco-Cycle is home to CHaRM, the Center for Hard-to-Recycle Materials. Metal, refrigerators, toilets, mattresses and much more wait in stacks on the center’s property to be recycled properly.

But Colorado as a state, compared to others, is terrible at waste diversion.

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