VAIL – — Recycling may start at home, but business recycling is important, too.
The Vail Town Council Tuesday heard a report from Laurie Batchelder Adams and Michelle Kincheloe of LBA Associates, Inc. That company had been hired by the town to look into how much, or how little, town businesses are recycling. The study was done as part of a town goal to get 25 percent or more of its waste out of the Eagle County Landfill by 2019.
Batchelder Adams and Kincheloe spent several months surveying town businesses, culminating with an actual “audit” of what those businesses threw out, conducted over two days in February.
The study found that more businesses might be willing to recycle if it was more convenient. But Vail’s lack of alleyways, the fact that many trash cans are located virtually underneath hotel and condo bedrooms, and the high price of virtually every square foot of commercial space conspire against more effective programs.
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