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Apr 23, 2008 8:48 am US/Mountain
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Denver Family Learns To Recycle More Trash
Reporting
Ed Greene
DENVER (CBS4) ―
One family in Denver's Stapleton neighborhood can serve as a model for recycling in the home. The Killingers saw a 40 percent increase in the amount they recycled after taking part in Stapleton's recycling challenge for 6 weeks.
"I thought 'we do a lot, we know a lot,' but that's not the case," said the family's father. "We learned a lot of different things and made it easier for us to do."
Denver Recycles came in and gave the family a room-by-room audit to see where and how they could recycle more.
"A lot of it was the paper in the home office we were letting slide into the garbage," the dad said.
They also got smarter about what goes in the big recycling bin outside.
"Cans, you don't need to take the paper off, they say it burns up," the Killingers' mother said. "Any plastic with a screw cap on is recyclable no matter what the number on the bottom. Anything screwed on make sure you toss in without the cap."
The family also learned how to compost.
"It's a great way to get rid of kitchen waste instead of tossing it in the garbage and filling up landfills," dad said.
Denver says people in the city are recycling 70 percent more than they did 4 years ago.
There is still some confusion about what can and cannot be recycled in the Denver Recycles bins.
Learn more at
denvergov.org.
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