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Cityoy <br />Louisville <br />City Manager's Office <br />Memorandum <br />To: Louisville Sustainability Advisory Board <br />From: Hannah Miller, Sustainability Manager <br />Date: November 20, 2024 <br />Re: Staff Updates <br />Projects and Programs <br />Waste: <br />• The Spring Cleaning voucher program has ended, with lower -than -expected participation. Staff <br />are now working with Eco-Cycle to establish this as a permanent program rather than an annual <br />event. <br />• The Division is rebranding waste diversion programs funded by the bag tax. The Commercial <br />Sustainability Grant will go live in the new year. This program is an evolution of Program 5, the <br />Sustainability Grant, offering $1,000 for businesses to use on a sustainability project of their <br />choice, pending Division approval. <br />• Diversion rates are as follows: Single-family residences at 32.964%, commercial at 9.344%, and <br />multi -family at 72.670%. Average rates for 2024 are looking to sit around —42%. <br />o By 2026, the State of Colorado's Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) legislation will <br />make commercial recycling free. <br />• Logan Johnson will step in as Louisville's new Resource Conservation Advisory Board <br />representative in December. This County -level board requires municipal engagement to provide <br />guidance and input on waste -related strategies and policies. <br />• In July, the Division launched a new partnership program with Resource Central, the Building <br />Materials Pick -Up Program. This program helps residents divert building materials from the <br />landfill —such as cabinets, tiles, and lumber. See below for program metrics. <br />Number of Pickups <br />July- 13 <br />August- 6 <br />September- 7 <br />Diverted Landfill weight (Ibs) <br />July- 7520 <br />August- 2280 <br />September- 3845 <br />• The update on the compost facility is that consultant is working on feasibility study. The first <br />task is creating a high-level decision matrix on organics processing options (like composting, <br />decentralized, anaerobic digestion, etc.) and evaluating these based on a list of criteria like <br />costs, community impacts etc. That is what the consultant is working on currently. <br />1 <br />