Join a Council or Committee
Fill out the form linked below with your council or committee interest(s) to start receiving email updates and calendar invites for monthly and quarterly meetings.
Colorado Composting Council
 The Colorado Composting Council works to grow market-driven compost infrastructure and or capacity, create and drive end markets requiring standards for use and drive local and state policies requiring the use of organic recovery and compost. The compost council has developed a strategic plan and is working diligently on multiple projects. This council is also associated with the U.S. Composting Council.
Co-Chair: Dan Matsch, Eco-Cycle
Co-Chair: Sandy Briggs, City of Boulder
Financial Liaison: Julie Mach, Elements Mountain Compost
Recorder: Naomi Curland, Sustainable Resilient Longmont
Construction and Deconstruction (C&D) Council
 The C&D Council promotes the increase of end markets for C&D material in Colorado. The council has prioritized C&D materials by economic value and researched end markets for the five most valuable materials with no end markets in Colorado. This council recently completed their work on their C&D policy toolkit which provides resources, tips, and tools for communities as they pursue sustainable built environment diversion goals.
Chair: Emily Freeman, City of Boulder
Vice Chair: Kat Slaughter, Vert Sites
Recorder: Ryan Call, Eco-Cycle
Northern Colorado Council
The Northern Colorado Council supports Recycle Colorado members in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Weld County, and Boulder County. The council serves as a business education and outreach group, providing recycling education through social media, thank-you cards that encourage businesses to recycle, and quarterly presentations on important topics. In 2023, presentations highlighted specific material recyclers who are located in northern Colorado communities and have developed innovative solutions for Colorado's recyclable materials. In 2021 presentations focused on local Colorado end-markets and in 2022 focus on upcoming state and local plastic bans and how they will affect our Northern Colorado communities.
 Chair: Nick Wilson, West Highland Management Group
Vice Chair: Chandra Valenza, Boulder County
Recorder: Kara Wright, Pinyon Environmental Inc.
Plastics Circularity Council
As we continue to grow as an organization, we are always looking for new ways we can support our membership and Colorado community. With an increased interest in creating a plastics council within our organization, it is now a reality! This group will focus on exploring a variety of topics and projects to help understand and map out the current and future potential for plastics recycling in Colorado.
Policy Committee
 The Recycle Colorado Policy Committee works on state and local policy to advance waste diversion through recycling, reuse, remanufacturing, and composting.
Chair: Randy Moorman, Eco-Cycle
Vice Chair: Jenifer Freeman, Constellation Strategies
Vice Chair: Brandy Moe, Republic Services
Recorder: Nick Wilson, West Highland Management
Rural Recycling Policy Committee
The Rural Recycling Policy Committee is a branch of the policy committee that acts as support and a voice for our rural communities in Colorado. If you would like to improve recycling and composting in this areas, please feel free to join a meeting.
Western Slope Council
The Western Slope Council serves multiple counties including, but not limited to, Delta, La Plata, Mesa, Montrose, San Miguel, Ouray, Pitkin and Gunnison. This council is currently working on an outreach project to try and understand the recycling and waste needs of the Western Slope.
Chair: Jennifer Richardson, Mesa County Solid Waste
Vice Chair: Email us if you are interested!
Recorder: Celene Peck-Andreano, Glass to Glass Denver
Membership Snack & Shares
Join us during your lunch hour to network, learn, and have fun with the Recycle Colorado membership! Each month we will host a member spotlight presentation which will allow you to learn about the various industries and recyclers across Colorado. We will be celebrating achievements and milestones within everyone organization, sharing what's in store for Recycle Colorado, and creating a space to share challenges and brainstorm solutions. All members and nonmembers are welcome to join. If you are interested in presenting, please send us an email.
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