Tips for reducing your business’ impact on the environment

Boulder is not only a beautiful place to live, but with its vibrant economy, it’s a great place to operate a business. Over the years, the city of Boulder and Boulder County have taken numerous steps to improve environmental sustainability in our community, especially in the area of waste diversion. Boulder’s recycling and compost rate of 39 percent is more than three times the state average, but we can do better, as more than 60 percent of our total waste is still sent to a landfill.

As discussed in my previous column, the city implemented the…