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Waste Reduction

Adams County was selected to receive no-cost consulting from the Colorado Circular Communities (C3) Strategic Technical Expertise for the Public Sector (STEPS) program to develop a composting feasibility study. The County is working with Resource Recycling Systems (RRS) and the cities of Brighton, Commerce City, Northglenn, Thornton, and Westminster to identify strategies to expand access to composting. As part of this study, the County will hold two virtual stakeholder meetings in November to gather input from residents and businesses in Adams County and the participating cities.

The Adams County Compost Feasibility team is seeking participants for each of the following 60-minute stakeholder meetings:

  1. Residents (including residents of single-family homes, condominiums, apartments, mobile home parks, homeowners associations, etc.)
    1. Monday, November 9th, 6:30 – 7:30 pm
    2. Residential Meeting Zoom registration link
  2. Businesses (including business and institution owners, employees, representatives, etc.)
    1. Tuesday, November 10th, 6:30 – 7:30 pm
    2. Business & Institutional Meeting Zoom registration link

Interested participants should register for the session using the appropriate Zoom registration link.
Thank you in advance for your time and assistance in this project. If you have questions about the meeting or study, please contact Joris Eigirdas at RRS (jeigirdas@recycle.com).

Reducing the amount of material going into landfills is very important as outlined below:

Landfill Space: Landfills have finite amount of space. The longer a landfill can be kept open the better because finding land for a new landfill is challenging due to space constraints, permitting, and community members generally do not want to live near a landfill.

Greenhouse gas emission: Throwing away organics like fruit and vegetable peels produce methane. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas and contributes to climate changes. Consider composting organic waste.

Pollution of Soil and Water: Landfills can leak harmful chemicals into soil and water systems, leading to potential contamination.

Adams County does no provide trash, recycling, or composting services. Learn more about setting up these services or drop-off sites.