Tag: Trash
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As bears emerge hungry, bill sets stiffer fines for negligent feeding
Black bears are emerging from winter dens across Colorado, and wildlife officials are encouraging residents to lock up garbage, remove bird feeders and eliminate other food sources before the animals learn that people mean easy meals. At the same time, the Colorado legislators on Tuesday passed a bill dubbed “Negligently Luring Bears” that would make…
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WATCH: Trash piles up at second Aurora apartment complex
Another Aurora apartment complex owned by a landlord who claimed Venezuelan gangs ran them off has been overrun with trash and filth. Residents, who are mostly Venezuelan immigrants, say that landlords abandoned this one and took off with their rent money months ago. The company, CBZ, is already being sued by one former resident from the complex…
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Over 10,000 pounds of trash pulled from South Platte by non-profit this year alone
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Between the tall grasses and rocks of the scenic South Platte River’s banks lies a problem: tens of thousands of pounds of manmade waste ranging from cigarette butts and soda cans to car tires and discarded weapons. Beneath the familiar brick of Denver outdoor icon…
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Denver adopts volume-based trash program in split vote, implementation will begin on Jan. 1
Denver will implement a new pay-as-you-throw waste services program at the start of 2023 after council adopted the program in a 8-5 vote Monday night. Council members in support of the program reiterated that there was no time to waste in acting against climate change, while those who voted against were greatly concerned about the…
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Briefing on expanded waste program coming to Denver committee this week
Denver City Council’s Land Use, Transportation and Infrastructure committee will hear its second informational briefing this Tuesday on a proposal to expand waste services with fees based on volume of trash going into the landfill. City officials said the conversation will be around implementation. The proposed program would charge residents in single-family homes and small…
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Woman killed in Colorado bear encounter identified
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The La Plata County coroner has released the identity of a woman killed by a bear outside Durango on Friday. Officials said 39-year-old, Laney Malavolta was walking her dogs in Trimble, a town 10 miles north of Durango, when she was attacked by a bear.…
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Waste Management will not be collecting trash, recycling in Denver this week
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denverites with overflowing trash and recycling will have to keep suffering until next week. Waste Management of Colorado confirmed on Wednesday that its collection trucks won’t be making their usual residential routes across the metro…