WA-6Adopt a Commercial Recycling Ordinance that Includes Multifamily Properties
Progress
- Not started
- Planning
- Completed
- Implementation
Description
Mid-year 2025 update, in accordance with the City's Universal Recycling Ordinance (URO) recycling collection is now required for all commercial and multifamily properties in Longmont. Organics (composting) collection is now required for all commercial businesses producing food waste. Currently Longmont has 59% of our total commercial waste being diverted from the landfill.
Tasks
What are we doing?
- 1/1/2029
URO Phase V Implementation
What has been done?
- 06/01/2025
URO Phase IV Implementation
The fourth phase of implementation of the Universal Recycling Ordinance (URO) will begin on June 1, 2025, requiring organics (composting) collection for other select business types.
- 01/01/2025
URO Phase III Implementation
The third phase of implementation of the Universal Recycling Ordinance (URO) will begin on January 1, 2025, requiring organics (composting) collection for food wholesalers, distributers, manufacturers, and grocery stores.
- 06/01/2024
URO Phase II Implementation
The second phase of implementation of the Universal Recycling Ordinance (URO) will begin on June 1, 2024, requiring recycling collection recycling services required for all commercial and multifamily properties.
- 01/01/2024
URO Phase I Implementation
The first phase of implementation of the Universal Recycling Ordinance (URO) began January 1, 2024, requiring recycling collection recycling services required for commercial properties over 10,000 square feet and multifamily properties with more than 75 units that are not already subscribed to recycling collection services.
- 07/11/2023
URO Passed in City Council
On July 11, 2023, Longmont’s City Council passed the Universal Recycling Ordinance (URO) as an effort to support the City’s waste diversion goals.
- 06/01/2023
URO Draft
On December 13, 2023, Longmont City Council discussed the components of a Universal Recycling Ordinance (URO). City staff is planning to return to Council with a draft Ordinance the second quarter of 2023 for further direction.
The fifth and final phase of implementation of the Universal Recycling Ordinance (URO) will begin on January 1, 2029, requiring composting collection for landscaping companies.