GV says no to composting due to low resident response on website

In the July 2023 issue of its monthly newsletter sent to all the city’s households, Greenwood Village announced, “Based on feedback received from the community, the City will not be pursuing providing a composting service.” They thanked “all 70 residents who provided their input and ideas regarding residential composting through Village Voices, the City’s online engagement platform, during the input period from March 3 to May 2, 2023.” For those who are interested in composting, “Information and resources will be available at Greenwood Village Day on July 29 from 4:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at Village Greens Park.”

Although the newsletter did not say why the decision was made, and it has not been discussed at any public meeting of the city council, GV told The Villager, “There was just not enough support for Council to establish a program at this time,” but they “are committed to more community education on this topic in the future.”

One hundred percent of the 68 responses left on VillageVoices.com by GV residents to the question of whether they want the city to provide composting service comments contained the answer “yes.”

They included:

• “STRONGLY SUPPORT GV making composting available.”

• “I strongly support a composting service in GV! I think it would be a great service to have in our community.”

• “I support Greenwood Village providing a weekly compost pick up service.”

• “Fully Support Composting! So many items that go in the trash can be composted. If it’s an option, why not provide it for residents?”

• “Composting in GV is essential to eliminating organic materials from the landfill, which contributes greatly to greenhouse gas.”

• “I strongly support having a composting service provided in Greenwood Village. We had it when we lived in

Denver, and so much less waste.”

• “Yes, we need a composting service, reduce trash and dumping into landfills.”

• “Yes! We would support and utilize residential composting!”

• “Absolutely GV ought to offer composting. We’re plagued with more and more consumer waste every year—let’s divert what we can responsibly.”

The discussion about composting in GV started in earnest when a GV resident, Julia Pace, came to the council a year