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Lafayette Council adopts business recycling and reusable-foodware incentives, affirms local climate emergency
Summary
The Lafayette City Council unanimously approved two incentives for businesses to expand recycling and reusable foodware and passed a resolution recognizing a global climate emergency, citing local grants and prior recycling ordinance efforts.
The Lafayette City Council on March 18 unanimously approved two incentive programs aimed at expanding business recycling and reusable foodware and adopted a separate resolution recognizing the global climate emergency and reaffirming the city’s climate priorities.
Councilors said the measures build on the universal recycling ordinance adopted last year and align with the city’s Climate Action Plan. City staff described financial incentives administered through a Boulder County partnership and outlined pilot programs and recent state and regional grant awards that support local electrification and waste-reduction efforts.
The first action amends an intergovernmental agreement with Boulder County to increase the county’s existing commercial recycling rebate. Under the amendment, businesses and apartments would be eligible for a total rebate of $1,150 (the county’s…
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