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Colorado to expand free recycling pickup statewide, adding service to 700,000 homes

The program shifts recycling costs to packaging producers and aims to keep 400,000 tons of waste out of landfills annually by 2035, reducing emissions equal to removing 280,000 cars.

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Colorado owns one of the worst recycling rates in the United States, but state leaders and environmentalists hope a new program to expand free recycling services across the state will improve that poor ranking. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s Hazardous Materials and Waste Management Division this week approved a program that will create free statewide recycling, shifting the cost to companies that produce packaging and…

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Colorado to expand free recycling pickup statewide, adding service to 700,000 homes

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s Hazardous Materials and Waste Management Division approved a program that will create free statewide recycling.

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Coloradans will soon no longer have to pay to recycle

A new statewide program will shift recycling costs to producers of packaging.

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Colorado Public Radio broke the news in on Friday, December 12, 2025.
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