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Get the highlights of the 7th annual State of Recycling and Composting in Colorado report. In this year’s edition, Eco-Cycle and CoPIRG Foundation also examine the “three Rs”\u2014reduce, reuse, and recycling\/composting\u2014critical and proven climate change solutions, and many can also save money for local governments, businesses, and schools. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the full report<\/a> to learn more about nation-leading state policies, local actions, and entrepreneurial business models that could help build a statewide circular economy and vault Colorado to the top of the recycling world in the next five years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While Colorado\u2019s recycling rate remains far below the national average, we highlight examples of nation-leading state policies, local actions, and entrepreneurial business models that could help build a statewide circular economy and vault Colorado to the top of the recycling world in the next five years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":20689,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"resource_type":[42],"resource_topics":[18,64,72,59],"resource_keywords":[97,106,63,108,50,103,53,62,61,99,57,138,60,65],"class_list":["post-20704","resources","type-resources","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","resource_type-report","resource_topics-community-education","resource_topics-community-actions","resource_topics-plastics-pollution","resource_topics-zero-waste-benefits","resource_keywords-apartments","resource_keywords-business","resource_keywords-climate-solutions","resource_keywords-colorado","resource_keywords-composting","resource_keywords-contamination","resource_keywords-educational-materials","resource_keywords-infrastructure","resource_keywords-policies","resource_keywords-pollution","resource_keywords-recycling","resource_keywords-reports","resource_keywords-zero-waste-community-planning","resource_keywords-zero-waste-policies"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nExecutive Summary: The State of Recycling and Composting in Colorado 2023 - 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