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Fort Collins advances toward zero-waste goals; compost and C&D infrastructure identified as near-term priorities
Summary
City staff told council the community diversion rate was 61% in 2023 and recommended feasibility work on a local compost facility and further focus on construction-and-demolition recycling, while contracted hauling expanded curbside yard-trimmings service to many households.
Chief Sustainability Officer Jacob Castillo and lead waste specialist Caroline Mitchell briefed the council on progress and next steps for the city’s zero-waste-related priorities, including composting, construction-and-demolition (C&D) recycling and commercial yard-trimmings policy.
Mitchell said the city measures diversion by sector and reported a community diversion rate of 61% in 2023; she highlighted that industrial diversion skews high because a large share of industrial materials is processed at a local crushing facility. As staff work toward increased diversion, they recommended feasibility analysis for a local compost facility and continued partnership with Larimer County on mixed C&D recycling.
Mitchell told council that Fort Collins measures diversion by sector (residential, commercial and industrial) and that the most recent completed year, 2023, showed residential diversion at about 25%, commercial at about 40% and industrial at about 82%. She noted Hofmann Mill’s aggregate recycling drives much of the industrial total and…
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