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Larimer County wins state grants, advances compost pilot and recycling policies
Summary
County staff reported two Colorado Energy Office awards (about $2.1M for methane expansion and about $2M for diversion/policy work), described a pilot Gore composting system and said the county will pursue policies to phase certain materials out of landfill disposal as diversion infrastructure is built.
Larimer County told commissioners on May 4 that it has secured state grant funding and is moving to expand diversion programs, pilot composting and prepare policy changes tied to an extended producer responsibility (EPR) initiative in Colorado.
Solid Waste Director Dwayne Penny said the county won two Colorado Energy Office grants: roughly $2.1 million to expand methane‑gas collection at the existing landfill and an additional grant of about $2 million intended to support policy development and planning for a mechanical construction and demolition (C&D) sorting system.…
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