Denver Expands Compost
Program to Offer Service to Every Neighborhood
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Heather Burke 720-865-2578
Nancy Kuhn
720-865-8720
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FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
November
15, 2017
Denver Expands Compost Program to Offer Service to
Every Neighborhood
DENVER — There’s no
better way to take part in America Recycles Day than by signing up for
compost service in Denver! All neighborhoods citywide are now eligible for
compost collection service – Denver Public Works has expanded its program
this year to help increase Denver’s current recycling and composting rate of
20 percent to 34 percent by 2020.
Residents who sign up for the
Denver Composts program will receive a large green compost cart and a
two-gallon kitchen pail to collect organic material like food, non-recyclable
paper and yard debris for composting. Denver Public Works has found that 19
percent of what most residents throw away is food waste, while 17 percent is
yard debris.
Composting this organic
material helps reduce the amount of waste sent to the landfill and prevents
greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, composting also helps produce a
valuable product that increases overall soil quality.
Denver
residents can call 311 to sign up for service for the new routes or go to denvergov.org/compost.
Denver Public Works will deliver the compost carts at the end of the month,
and then start collection in December.
The
Denver Composts program is a fee-based service and residents have two options
for payment: a quarterly payment plan of $29.25 every three months or a
one-time payment of $107 for the entire year. (There is a discount for paying
annually.)
There
are about 176,000 eligible homes in Denver, and currently, about 12,000 of
those households participate in the Denver Composts program.
For more information on the Denver Composts
program, please visit denvergov.org/compost.
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