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Thank you for all you do that makes our planet a little more GREEN and clean
Join our members for the many amazing Earth Day events happening all across the state. We hope you take the day to continue to advance the great work you are doing in the recycling and composting space as well as celebrate your accomplishments over the past year. Keep up the incredible work Recycle Colorado Members!
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Recycle Colorado's Poster Contest Winners Brighten up Earth Day! ☀️
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We incredibly impressed by the posters that were submitted to our "Colorado Loves Clean Compost" poster contest this year. With over 160 different submissions from 24 different schools in Colorado it made it hard to narrow down a select few winners.
As the Front Range & many others implement new composting guidelines, we tried to utilize this contest as a way for kids to express their creativity while also learning about an important part of our waste diversion efforts in Colorado. Winners from this year will have the opportunity to also tour a composting facility in June.
Winning posters from this year's contest are posted on our website and social media. Please share to brighten up your social feeds with the talented work of Colorado's young artists.
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Have you Registered for the Summit? This Friday is the last day to receive an extra discount on pricing for tickets. After April 21st, prices will go up!
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Who is presenting at the Summit for Recycling? The website is updated weekly as we confirm speakers and panelists. Here is a peak at some of the exciting and informative sessions scheduled:
- KEYNOTE: John H. Giordanengo, Ecosystems as Models for Stoking a Circular Economy
- KEYNOTE: An interview with the key people in the Producer Responsibility Program
- Recruiting Cleantech Recyclers to Colorado's Circular Economy Development Center
- Producer Responsibility and Recycling Refunds: Can they work together? A panel discussion
- A workshop with the new Circular Economy Development Center
- Reduce. Reuse. Divert. Repeat: Breaking the Disposable Culture
- Growing Smart: The Growing Compost Industry in Colorado
- Waste Diversion and Resource Recovery at C&D Jobsites
- CDPHE MMP & TASP Programs
Thank you to everyone who submitted award nominations and applied for the future leaders scholarship. We are reviewing submissions and will contact the winners soon!
The hotel block for the Summit at the Steamboat Grand is filling up! Make sure to book your rooms now before it fills or by May 8th when rates will increase.
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April Snack & Share
TODAY April 20th!
Come learn about the Hefty ReNew program! The Hefty ReNew program, formerly the Hefty EnergyBag Program, provides a way to collect hard-to-recycle plastics curbside and uses them as valued resources. These hard-to-recycle plastics include common household items like candy wrappers, bread bags, and foam takeout containers.
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The program diverts these materials from landfills, reduces dependence on fossil fuels, increases efficiency at recycling facilities, and improves the quality of other recycled materials. The Hefty ReNew program provides communities and residents an important step toward a more circular plastics economy and a more sustainable future.
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- The NextCycle Colorado Pitch Competition 2023 will take place at eTown Hall in Boulder, CO. The competition will feature ten teams pitching their company & idea for creating a circular economy in Colorado for a chance to win a $5,000! Register for this Event!
- Consider applying for a Front Range Waste Diversion (FRWD) grant to help support the implementation of your next project. Review the RFA background, overview, and schedule and Register for the Grant Overview and Q&A Session on April 21st.
- The RREO Recycling Rebate for 2022 is now accepting applications. Apply!
- Eco-Cycle’s first-in-the-nation electric compost collection truck has finally arrived!
- Boulder County Resource Conservation Division is looking for their next Zero Waste Strategic Advisor. Apply today!
- Read about last year's Meredith Mead Volunteer award winner, Muhammad Khan, and how he found a sense of community in volunteering
- SWANA's Lunch and Learn: State of Colorado's innovative waste diversion programs, FRWD, EPR, and CGBN. Register with code RECYCLECO
- Boulder County Public Works department is seeking to hire an Administrative Technician. Apply Today!
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