Denver residents would face new bills for garbage pickup starting in October — and get free compost recycling pickup — under an overhaul city leaders favor to align pricing with climate-friendly goals in dealing with waste.
Denver residents, long accustomed to free garbage pickup, would face new bills of $9 to $21 a month for that service starting in October — and get free compost recycling pickup — under an overhaul city leaders favor to align pricing with climate-friendly goals in dealing with waste.pickup — every week instead of every other week as at present — if the 13-member city council approves this overhaul next month.
“Right now, we’re asking people to pay for something we want them to do — compost recycling. And we’re providing them — for free — trash pickup service. This really doesn’t incentivize anybody to change their waste disposal behaviors,” said Grace Rink, director of Denver’s Office of Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency, who worked with transportation and infrastructure officials on the proposed overhaul.
Denver currently lags behind other cities and the national average for recycling. Roughly 26% of waste was diverted from landfills in 2020, city data show, compared with 34% nationwide. City officials said they want to ensure 50% of waste is recycled before 2027. City waste inspectors currently monitor recycling waste streams and tag purple bins they find to be contaminated with garbage. Notices inform residents problems must be fixed before bins will be emptied. Inspectors remove bins if issues aren’t resolved.
Denver residents long have benefited from free garbage pickup. If a resident fails to pay a garbage bill, city officials said, that household would receive notices similar to those sent when residents don’t pay fees for other city services. Unpaid bills persistently ignored could, after a multi-year process, lead to liens on property.
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