Waste management and pollution control

With toilet paper in short supply, people are flushing other products, clogging sewer lines

Global pandemic affects respiratory, not gastrointestinal system, so what gives?

DATE: Apr 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Two city services remain largely undisrupted during pandemic: trash, recycling

Managers make contingency plans in case virus disrupts operations

DATE: Mar 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dolores town manager proposes water and sewer rate increases

Funding needed for system upgrades, staff say

DATE: Feb 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango water, sewer pipes need constant maintenance, repairs

Tree roots, grease mean underground infrastructure is always at risk

DATE: Jan 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Volunteers aim to ban single-use plastic bags in Durango

Other Colorado cities have approved similar measures

DATE: Nov 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Tastes great, less land-filling ... beer in a paper bottle

COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Danish brewer Carlsberg says it is developing a paper beer bottle made from sustainably sourced wood fibers. The Copenhagen-based company earlier this month ...

DATE: Nov 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Food

Eco-bluegrass comes to Absolute Bakery

San Juan String Band joins in Mancos library celebration

DATE: Oct 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

Durango residents play role in reducing recycling costs

Companies improve sorting techniques, lifting value of goods

DATE: Oct 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

San Juan County, N.M., using app to battle illegal dumping

FARMINGTON, N.M. – A northwestern New Mexico county is hoping to fight illegal trash dumping with a new mobile app. San Juan County recently released the Clean Up San Juan app thr...

DATE: Sep 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Beer Pong getting sustainability makeover with new aluminum cup

Beer pong may be getting more environmentally friendly. Ball Corp., the 139-year-old packaging company that has benefited as beverage companies shift away from plastic amid pollut...

DATE: Aug 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Business

Durango has your number with plastic recycling

Where does my plastic go after I recycle it in Durango’s single-stream recycling bin? What are the odds that it’s really getting made into other plastic goods? Am I just fooling myself into ...

DATE: Aug 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Action Line