Glenwood Springs may ban certain types of materials at the city’s South Canyon Landfill that can be recycled or composted, in order to extend the life of the landfill. “It’s basically items brought to the.
Glenwood Springs is working to move to single-haul trash collection in 2023 to help divert recycled goods out of the landfill and into the local recycling system. Glenwood Springs City Council has not voted on.
Pitkin County’s recycling and composting rates are the second highest in the state in 2020, with 38% of total residential and commercial waste stream right behind Boulder County, according to the 2021 State of Recycling and Composting in Colorado by Eco-Cycle and CoPIRG.
Used electronics, jugs of old gasoline and dead leaves rarely make a good combination, but on April 16, Glenwood Springs is asking residents for all three and more in celebration of Earth Day.
The city of Glenwood Springs will have modified facility schedules and closures on certain days during the holiday week and into early January and including the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.