Eco-Cycle Inc

INNOVATE, IMPLEMENT, AND ADVOCATE FOR LOCAL AND GLOBAL ZERO WASTE SOLUTIONS.

RECYCLING OF MATERIALS FROM COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL COLLECTIONS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT. ALSO, EDUCATION OF THE COMMUNITY CONCERNING THE IMPORTANCE OF RECYCLING AND COMPOSTING, AND ZERO WASTE AS A CLIMATE SOLUTION. PROCESSED AND MARKETED OVER 60,000 TONS OF SINGLE-STREAM RECYCLABLE MATERIALS AND MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF HARD-TO RECYCLE MATERIALS FROM COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL SECTORS; COLLECTED RECYCLABLES AND ORGANIC WASTE FROM HUNDREDS OF BOULDER COUNTY BUSINESSES; CONDUCTED OVER 1,700 ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PRESENTATIONS IMPACTING OVER 39,000 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS DESPITE COVID-19 SCHOOL CLOSURES; EDUCATED OVER 1,000 COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN BENEFITS OF RECYCLING AND COMPOSTING AND ENGAGED THEM IN COMMUNITY CARBON FARMING CAMPAIGN AND LEGISLATIVE ADOPTION OF THE PLASTIC POLLUTION REDUCTION ACT. OUR SCHOOLS PROGRAM IMPLEMENTED COVID ADAPTATIONS TO CONTINUE PROVIDING EXCEPTIONAL SCHOOL PROGRAMMING AND MAINTAIN CONTRACTS BY MARKETING VIRTUAL ON-LINE TEACHING AND CREATING MORE DIGITAL LESSON PACKAGES. AT THE CENTER FOR HARD TO RECYCLE MATERIALS FACILITY AND THE BOULDER COUNTY RECYCLING CENTER WE WERE ABLE TO MAINTAIN OPERATIONS BY ADAPTING AND ADOPTING COVID PRECAUTIONS AND PROTOCOLS.ECO-CYCLE TEMPORARILY CLOSED DOWN THE ZERO WASTE EVENTS PROGRAM DUE TO THE LACK OF LARGE PUBLIC EVENTS AS A RESULT OF THE COVID PANDEMIC. ECO-CYCLE IS REVISING THE ZERO WASTE EVENTS PROGRAM TO NO LONGER PROVIDE STAFFED EVENT SERVICES BUT WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE DO-IT-YOURSELF EVENT EQUIPMENT RENTAL, HAULING OF EVENT RECYCLING AND COMPOSTABLE MATERIALS, AND CONSULTING ON HOW TO ORGANIZE ZERO WASTE EVENTS.ECO-CYCLE HELPED CRAFT AND PASS THE HB21-1162, THE PLASTIC POLLUTION PROTECTION ACT, TO REDUCE USE OF SINGLE-USE DISPOSABLE PLASTIC BAGS AND POLYSTYRENE TAKE-OUT FOOD AND DRINK CONTAINERS IN CO. WE MORE DEEPLY INCORPORATED EQUITY INTO OUR WORK BY RAISING WAGES FOR THE LEAST PAID EMPLOYEES IN THE ORGANIZATION AND BY REVAMPING OUR SOCIAL EQUITY POLICY STATEMENT TO BETTER ARTICULATE THE DISCONNECT BETWEEN COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY PRODUCTION POLLUTION AND THOSE WITH HIGHER CONSUMPTION LEVELS. ECO-CYCLE ENGAGED MORE DEEPLY IN ZERO WASTE POLICY DISCUSSIONS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL AS CO-FOUNDERS OF THE NEWLY LAUNCHED ALLIANCE OF MISSION BASED RECYCLERS (AMBR), INCLUDING NOTABLY AS NEW MEMBERS OF THE U.S. PLASTICS PACT.ECO-CYCLE HIRED A NEW JOINT BUSINESS/CHARM DIRECTOR (JUSTIN STOCKDALE) TO MERGE THE TWO DEPARTMENTS INTO A MORE SYNERGISTIC TEAM AND APPLY AN ENTREPRENEURIAL LENS AND UPDATE OUR BUSINESS PLANS. WE TRANSFORMED DAN MATSCH'S ROLE TO BECOME A FULL-TIME DIRECTOR OF OUR EVOLVING COMPOST & CARBON FARMING DEPARTMENT TO MAKE THE MOST OF THIS EMERGING ZERO WASTE FRONTIER. WE HIRED A NEW DIRECTOR OF THE SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT (KIM ORR) AS CYNDRA'S SUCCESSOR AFTER 30 YEARS AT ECO-CYCLE. ECO-CYCLE TRANSITIONED TO CIGNA AS OUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER TO PROVIDE STAFF WITH A ROBUST AND COST-EFFECTIVE BENEFITS PACKAGE.

RECYCLING OF MATERIALS FROM COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL COLLECTIONS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT. ALSO, EDUCATION OF THE COMMUNITY CONCERNING THE IMPORTANCE OF RECYCLING AND COMPOSTING, AND ZERO WASTE AS A CLIMATE SOLUTION. PROCESSED AND MARKETED OVER 60,000 TONS OF SINGLE-STREAM RECYCLABLE MATERIALS AND MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF HARD-TO RECYCLE MATERIALS FROM COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL SECTORS; COLLECTED RECYCLABLES AND ORGANIC WASTE FROM HUNDREDS OF BOULDER COUNTY BUSINESSES; CONDUCTED OVER 1,700 ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PRESENTATIONS IMPACTING OVER 39,000 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS DESPITE COVID-19 SCHOOL CLOSURES; EDUCATED OVER 1,000 COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN BENEFITS OF RECYCLING AND COMPOSTING AND ENGAGED THEM IN COMMUNITY CARBON FARMING CAMPAIGN AND LEGISLATIVE ADOPTION OF THE PLASTIC POLLUTION REDUCTION ACT. OUR SCHOOLS PROGRAM IMPLEMENTED COVID ADAPTATIONS TO CONTINUE PROVIDING EXCEPTIONAL SCHOOL PROGRAMMING AND MAINTAIN CONTRACTS BY MARKETING VIRTUAL ON-LINE TEACHING AND CREATING MORE DIGITAL LESSON PACKAGES. AT THE CENTER FOR HARD TO RECYCLE MATERIALS FACILITY AND THE BOULDER COUNTY RECYCLING CENTER WE WERE ABLE TO MAINTAIN OPERATIONS BY ADAPTING AND ADOPTING COVID PRECAUTIONS AND PROTOCOLS.ECO-CYCLE TEMPORARILY CLOSED DOWN THE ZERO WASTE EVENTS PROGRAM DUE TO THE LACK OF LARGE PUBLIC EVENTS AS A RESULT OF THE COVID PANDEMIC. ECO-CYCLE IS REVISING THE ZERO WASTE EVENTS PROGRAM TO NO LONGER PROVIDE STAFFED EVENT SERVICES BUT WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE DO-IT-YOURSELF EVENT EQUIPMENT RENTAL, HAULING OF EVENT RECYCLING AND COMPOSTABLE MATERIALS, AND CONSULTING ON HOW TO ORGANIZE ZERO WASTE EVENTS.ECO-CYCLE HELPED CRAFT AND PASS THE HB21-1162, THE PLASTIC POLLUTION PROTECTION ACT, TO REDUCE USE OF SINGLE-USE DISPOSABLE PLASTIC BAGS AND POLYSTYRENE TAKE-OUT FOOD AND DRINK CONTAINERS IN CO. WE MORE DEEPLY INCORPORATED EQUITY INTO OUR WORK BY RAISING WAGES FOR THE LEAST PAID EMPLOYEES IN THE ORGANIZATION AND BY REVAMPING OUR SOCIAL EQUITY POLICY STATEMENT TO BETTER ARTICULATE THE DISCONNECT BETWEEN COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY PRODUCTION POLLUTION AND THOSE WITH HIGHER CONSUMPTION LEVELS. ECO-CYCLE ENGAGED MORE DEEPLY IN ZERO WASTE POLICY DISCUSSIONS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL AS CO-FOUNDERS OF THE NEWLY LAUNCHED ALLIANCE OF MISSION BASED RECYCLERS (AMBR), INCLUDING NOTABLY AS NEW MEMBERS OF THE U.S. PLASTICS PACT.ECO-CYCLE HIRED A NEW JOINT BUSINESS/CHARM DIRECTOR (JUSTIN STOCKDALE) TO MERGE THE TWO DEPARTMENTS INTO A MORE SYNERGISTIC TEAM AND APPLY AN ENTREPRENEURIAL LENS AND UPDATE OUR BUSINESS PLANS. WE TRANSFORMED DAN MATSCH'S ROLE TO BECOME A FULL-TIME DIRECTOR OF OUR EVOLVING COMPOST & CARBON FARMING DEPARTMENT TO MAKE THE MOST OF THIS EMERGING ZERO WASTE FRONTIER. WE HIRED A NEW DIRECTOR OF THE SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT (KIM ORR) AS CYNDRA'S SUCCESSOR AFTER 30 YEARS AT ECO-CYCLE. ECO-CYCLE TRANSITIONED TO CIGNA AS OUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER TO PROVIDE STAFF WITH A ROBUST AND COST-EFFECTIVE BENEFITS PACKAGE.