The Colorado Municipal League and Colorado Recycles undertook a collaborative survey of municipal trash hauling and curbside recycling programs throughout Colorado. The survey was the first of its kind, and was designed to provide the organizations and the public with threshold information for each community. Two hundred and seventy-one communities were surveyed during the summer and fall of 2006, and more than 80% of the communities completed and returned the survey instrument.

The information gleaned from those surveys forms the basis of the data and tables that you will find on this web site.

The survey was intended to be the first of a series of surveys and research products into the trash hauling and recycling activities in Colorado. The information in the accompanying tables does not include information for the unincorporated areas of Colorado, and has only rudimentary information concerning private trash hauling and recycling services. More research and surveys are being planned to gather that information.

The metholodogy used in the survey instrument was a simple and straight forward set of questions for the municipal officials to complete. The survey was distributed through a combination of direct mail, FAX, email, municipal web site and community newsletter reviews and telephonic interviews. Both the Colorado Municipal League and Colorado Recycles greatly appreciate the cooperation and assistance of the municipal officials who provided this information.

It is the intent of the Colorado Municipal League and Colorado Recycles that this web site be continually updated as information becomes available. On the menu bar in left hand margin is a link for communities to use to submit updated information. That feature is under construction and will be launched as soon as it is completed and tested.