Colorado

  • Coke to Recycle at National Conventions

    August 26th, 2008


    Coca-Cola Recycling LLC hopes to recover 85 percent of all materials used at the Democratic and Republican national conventions, reports the Austin-American Statesman.

    Thousands of bins, help from local volunteers and an interactive recycling trailer on display outside the venues will be used to encourage consumers to put their beverage containers in the proper receptacles.

    Coke’s goal is to recycle 100 continue …


  • Recycle Ski Equipment for Free in Colorado

    August 25th, 2008


    Labor Day is the beginning of ski and snowboard sales season in Colorado, a new recycling and reuse program by Colorado Ski & Golf is aiming to keep obsolete ski accessories out of landfills.

    Regardless of whether you make a purchase, the company’s five SKI REX locations in the Rocky Mountain area will accept skis, snowboards, bindings, boots and poles continue …


  • Best Buy Hosts Electronics Recycling Event in Colorado

    August 20th, 2008


    Best Buy and Samsung have partnered to provide free electronics recycling this weekend at the Southwest/Littleton Best Buy location to coincide with Denver’s Green Sunday and the Democratic National Convention.

    Items accepted on both Saturday, August 23 and Sunday, August 24 include most consumer electronics:

    Televisions and computer monitors
    Computers and accessories
    Phones and cellular phones
    Scanners, printers, fax machines and ink cartridge continue …


  • GM’s Green Scene in Detroit

    July 18th, 2008


    General Motors Corp. celebrated July 16 the opening of a $15 million green dealership in suburban Detroit, reports Advertising Age.

    The LaFontaine Automotive Group’s Buick-Pontiac-GMC and Cadillac dealership has many green features:

    85 skylights to make more use of natural light and reduce light bills
    Doors made of corncobs and wheat
    A system that allows 85 percent of its car-wash water to be recycled
    The system also allows rainwater to continue …


  • Colorado Ski Towns Compete To Reduce Use of Disposable Plastic Bags

    July 10th, 2008


    Two Colorado ski towns, Telluride and Aspen, are competing in reusable bag sales in an effort to reduce the use of disposable plastic bags in grocery stores, reports the GJ Sentinel.

    Local grocery stores will pay 5 cents per reusable bag sold to help fund renewable energy projects in each town. The competition winner will be determined by which town raises more money continue …


  • Plastics One Through Seven Accepted in Larimer County, CO

    June 25th, 2008


    Larimer County now has the broadest plastic recycling program in the state of Colorado, reports the Coloradoan.

    All plastic food and beverage containers, numbers one through seven, will be accepted by the curbside program. These include:

    Beverage bottles
    Food tubs
    Nalgene and similar bottles
    Buckets and pails
    Plant containers
    Plastic lids that snap on
    Personal care, prescription, vitamin and household product containers

    Items need to be cleaned and continue …


  • No Need to Separate Recyclables in Boulder, Colorado

    June 3rd, 2008


    Easy single-stream recycling is hoped to increase recycling rates.


  • CFL Bulbs Accepted at Various Ace Hardware Stores

    May 16th, 2008


    Ace Hardware stores in Montana, Utah and South Dakota are now accepting CFL bulbs for recycling.


  • Colorado Town to Recycle Electronics

    March 26th, 2008


    The fifth annual Evergreen Electronics Recycling Day will allow Denver-area residents to recycle their electronic products on May 3 at Evergreen’s Church of the Hills.


  • EPA Adds 12 Hazardous Waste Sites to Superfund

    March 19th, 2008


    EPA’s Superfund program has identified 12 new hazardous waste sites throughout the U.S. to add to its list of locations that need to be cleaned up, in addition to six other sites that have been proposed as additions.