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PitCo Considers New Trash Ordinance

Elizabeth Stewart-Severy
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Aspen Public Radio

Pitkin County residents may soon see some changes in their trash bills. Officials have proposed an update to a 27-year-old ordinance governing waste and recycling.

 

The proposal is meant to reduce the amount of garbage that gets buried in the landfill. It includes a new rate structure where residents can save money by creating less waste. The City of Aspen has a similar incentive program in place.

The updated ordinance would also require garbage companies to provide recycling pickup. Currently, they just have to offer the service, and solid waste director Cathy Hall said about 25 percent of county residents and businesses do not use curbside recycling.

The public can learn more about the proposed changes and give feedback at a meeting Thursday at 1 p.m. at the Pitkin County Library.

 

Aspen native Elizabeth Stewart-Severy is excited to be making a return to both the Red Brick, where she attended kindergarten, and the field of journalism. She has spent her entire life playing in the mountains and rivers around Aspen, and is thrilled to be reporting about all things environmental in this special place. She attended the University of Colorado with a Boettcher Scholarship, and graduated as the top student from the School of Journalism in 2006. Her lifelong love of hockey lead to a stint working for the Colorado Avalanche, and she still plays in local leagues and coaches the Aspen Junior Hockey U-19 girls.
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