Colorado’s recycling and composting rate has been stuck at half the national average for several years.

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Colorado’s recycling and composting rate has been stuck at half the national average for several years. That’s according to a new report released this week/last week/recently called The State of Recycling and Composting in Colorado.It’s put together every year by EcoCycle, a nonprofit recycler based in Boulder County, and COPIRG, the Colorado Public Interest Research Group. KGNU’s Sam Fuqua spoke with Rachel Setzke with EcoCycle, one of the co-authors of the report.

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Colorado’s recycling and composting rate has been stuck at half the national average for several years. Alexis Kenyon

Alexis Kenyon

Alexis Kenyon is a radio reporter with more than 15 years of experience creating compelling, sound-rich radio stories for news outlets across the country.