City of Denver leaders say they’re listening to people鈥檚 complaints who want to recycle and compost more but don鈥檛 always have access to those services. In 2022, 70% of voters said yes to the Waste No More ordinance, to expand those services to large apartment complexes, commercial buildings and businesses.
Now roughly two years later, project leaders are revisiting it in front of Denver City Council to update it after hearing some concerns. 鈥淲e want to be environmentally friendly, we want to address climate change, but those big systems changes also come with complications,鈥� Deputy Executive Director for the Office of Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency Jonathan Wachtel said.
Director of Policy in Denver Mayor Mike Johnston鈥檚 office Tim Hoffman said his team met with all council members who started to voice some of their concerns. 鈥淲e’ve spoken with all 13 city council members various times. They’ve raised a lot of concerns about how this is going to impact community-based events in their neighborhoods. How it’s going to impact small restaurants,鈥� Hoffman said. 鈥淎nd so, we’ve tried to make sure that those type of concerns are being reflected in the proposals.鈥�