Colorado EPR scheme signs funding deals for producer-funded curbside recycling

Circular Action Alliance Colorado, the producer responsibility organisation running the state's extended producer responsibility programme for packaging and paper, has signed funding agreements with the city of Cortez, the town of Dolores and the town of Oak Creek to provide free curbside recycling. The cities of Golden and Thornton, among others, are expected to join soon, while the PRO has also signed service agreements with recycling collectors and processors including Apex Waste Solutions, Boulder County, Bruin Waste, Clean Valley Recycling and Ranch Creek Waste.

Why this mattersEPR fee revenue is now funding municipal collection contracts in Colorado, a template for producers facing similar laws in other US states.

• CAA Colorado signed funding agreements with Cortez, Dolores and Oak Creek for free curbside recycling.
• Golden, Thornton and other cities are expected to join the programme soon.
• First service agreements for processing facilities include Apex Waste Solutions, Boulder County, Bruin Waste, Clean Valley Recycling and Ranch Creek Waste.
• Discussions are under way with Republic Services, Waste Connections of Colorado and WM.
• The programme operates under Colorado's Producer Responsibility Program for Statewide Recycling Act (H.B. 22-1355).
• The law aims to raise Colorado's recycling rate from 25% to 41% by 2030.

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