The Boulder County
Board of County Commissioners has awarded $36,702 to seven waste
reduction programs for the Resource Conservation Division's
Community Outreach Program 2006.
For the past nine
years, the Boulder County Resource Conservation Division has funded
$675,000 towards educational or infrastructure programs within
Boulder County and Broomfield County.
Programs funded for 2006:
·
ReSource Website
Redesign $5,000
Center for ReSource
Conservation (CRC)
ReSource will use
funds to redesign the ReSource website to enable customers to view
inventory at ReSource without needing to make a trip to the
facility. This will reduce unnecessary trips while increasing sales
and waste diversion.
·
Recycling Containers at the Boulder Reservoir
$10,000
The City of Boulder
will use funds to purchase recycling containers for permanent
placement at the Boulder Reservoir. With more than 35,000 visitors
generating 110,840 pounds of trash a year, introducing a recycling
program to this recreation area will not only educate tens of
thousands of people a year but also will assist with Boulder's waste
reduction goal.
·
City
of Longmont's REACH (Reuse, Education And Community Help) program
assistance
$3,000
City of Longmont
The City of
Longmont's REACH program will use funds for a storage trailer to
store reused items from its Stop-n-Drop events. The reused items are
set aside by volunteers and distributed to non-profit groups for
low-income or humanitarian needs.
·
City
of Louisville Zero Waste
Events $2,500
City of Louisville
The City of
Louisville will use funds to continue to sponsor its four city
Zero-Waste events in 2006.
·
Litterless Lunch Project and Waste-Free Lunch Contest $3,820
Eco-Cycle/Boulder County School
Recycling and Env. Education Program
Eco-Cycle/Boulder
County School Recycling and Environmental Education Program will use
funds to purchase reusable cloth lunch bags for the Litterless Lunch
Project and to implement the Waste-Free Lunch Contest. This will
enable Eco-Cycle to implement the Litterless Lunch Project in at
least 20 classrooms and the Waste Free Lunch contest in six schools,
involving approximately 3,000 students and their families
countywide.
·
Growing Green Tours: A Composting Education Project $4,766
Eco-Cycle/Boulder
County School Recycling and Env. Education Program
Eco-Cycle/Boulder
County School Recycling and Environmental Education Program will use
funds for 12 Growing Green Tours for 3rd - 5th grade students in
Boulder and Broomfield County public schools. These tours promote
composting to participating students and their families, and
encourage teachers to include composting in their curriculum.
·
Hydraulic Lift Stake Body Truck
Bed
$7,616
The Green Girl Recycling Services
Green Girl will use
funds to purchase a second 10-foot long hydraulically operated
staked bed. This will allow Green Girl to double the amount of homes
they currently provide recycling services for in the mountains.
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