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New COVID-19 restrictions will prohibit indoor dining, personal gatherings
Advocates want to create a statewide recycling program
Diana DeGette and other lawmakers grill oil executives BY CAITLYN KIM COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO
In Washington, it was a contentious time on Capitol Hill April 6, as six oil and gas executives faced questions from lawmakers about the high cost of gasoline. Democrats focused on the fact companies are making record profits, while Republicans took aim at President Joe Biden’s energy policies.
Single-stream recyclables are pictured in a nearly full Boulder County Recycling Center bin on Wednesday, April PHOTO BY ANDY COLWELL/SPECIAL TO THE COLORADO SUN 21, 2021.
And charge companies to do it
Colorado Congresswoman Diana DeGette chairs the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s oversight panel, which held the hearing. She said high gas prices are constraining “constituents’ budgets and their patience.” As she spoke, DeGette displayed a chart behind her showing the price of crude oil going up and down, even as the price SEE GAS, P4
Brighton could consider public safety committee
easier to use would cut deeply tempts at improving Colorado’s into trash across the state, Priola abysmal recycling rates. said. Priola and two Democrats are “If you can get 60, 70, 80% of leading the “Producers Responthe people to start doing the sibility” bill in the legislature, which would require the compa- right thing, that’ll mean less reBYMICHAELBOOTHANDJESSEPAUL sources being wasted. Less water nies whose brand is on the packCouncilors agreed at THE COLORADO SUN being wasted. Less air pollution. aging to charge themselves a fee their April 5 meeting to A more vibrant local economy,” discuss creating public State Sen. Kevin Priola had his to fund improved local recycling he said. safety recycling epiphany while staring services across Colorado. county is required to committee. follow based on the By Ellis Arnold like Cities or counties without at long an empty box. “We just to make A line pizza of cars outside the city of Brighton’s rapid testing site at One reason a Republican severity of a county’s localwant virus spread. Colorado Priola got on board was the Community Media their own recycling services The grease stains on the lid sure we have a good Riverdale Regional Park. The site has had to close early many days effort in recent The dial grew discussion out of the state’s safer-atto be business-friendly: Recould take the fees to start up a spelled it out for the Henderson about public weeks due to high demand. County’s 14-day test positivity rate advocates Assay Denver metro counties continue to home order —safety the policy camethose after cycling a steadier program. Places like Denver or Republican: Colorado recycles Adams andthat gather inch closer to local stay-at-home orders stream of packaging materiBoulderto who run or contract forDepartment. the statewide best stay-at-home order only 15.9 about 15% of its be-17, according practices wethis can was percent, aswaste of Nov. Tri-County Health als than like aluminum, and system of coronavirusextensive recycling couldboth use the cause recycling is too hard. Even applynumerous in our commuunder glass Colorado’s spring and allowed types of Brighton and Commerce City’s test positivity rates were higher cardboard will eventually ease fees to expand — many aparta dedicated recycler like Priola nity,” related restrictions, the state announced businesses to reopen.Mayor Greg Mills 13 percent. Forty-five people in Brighton and 29 in Commerce City have ment dwellers don’t get recycling the supply chain woes and inflawas surprised to learn that BY SCOTT TAYLOR said. “I know there is new level of rules that prohibits indoor The state recently switched to color died from with COVID-19 related health issues. for To example. limit the Or spread tion plaguingamany American services, they of COVID-19, cardboard food stains is not STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM an active case out there dining and personal gatherings — a identifiers — levels blue, yellow andsome companies. could turn recycling welcome the papermoved bin. to tighter that is questioning at least 15incounties restrictions thatprograms prohibits indoor and Also, the businesses creating change that applies to the majority of thecould over to nonprofits and private orange rather practices than numbered levels — to He’s learned to rip the postBrighton create involving our personal gatherings. and delivering packaging are in companies likely to enter the pepperoni top off the pizza box a public committee to police.” Denver metro area and many counties in avoid confusion. Until Nov. 17, level red charge of the proposed program. and recycle the rest. And Priola’s market. monitor the Brighton Nicholas Villarini, other regions. meant a stay-at-home order. Now, level House Bill 1355 would create an Giving recycling access to all doubled down on recycling by Police in the wake of a 27, faces two counts of The state’s COVID-19 dial, which has red — “severe risk” — is the secondColorado consumers and makbeing a co-prime sponsor on one deadly October police Photo by Belen Ward been in effect since September, is the set ing the sort-and-return systems of the most ambitious recent atchase. SEE RECYCLE, P3 SEE COMMITTEE, P5
Discussion in May could come in light of deadly October police chase
of different levels of restrictions that each
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