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Welcome to the City Natural Resources Department Website. The department consists of four major program areas: Air Quality, Natural Areas, Recycling and Solid Waste, and Environmental Planning and Information. The Fort Collins community has a strong commitment to the environment, and recognizes that environmental protection is directly related to protecting human health and maintaining a high quality of life. The City has many programs that enhance and protect the land, the water, and the air, from pollution prevention to wildlife habitat enhancement.
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On Behalf of the Planet, We Thank You!The City of Fort Collins would like to thank all citizens who turned off their lights in support of Earth Hour 2009 on March 28 for an hour starting at 8:30 pm. Our gratitude also goes out to all 85+ City of Fort Collins employees who pledged to participate in Earth Hour 2009 to bring awareness of climate change! In appreciation for their support, City employees will soon receive a wallet-size Carbon Counter, along with a note of thanks! Thanks to your efforts, more than 85 CFL bulbs will be donated to the Housing Authority in appreciation for your participation. This donation will be possible thanks to the generosity of four companies: Johnson Controls, Inc., Sun Industries, Inc., Voss Lighting and Phillips Lighting! Around the world, lights went out in 4,085 cities in 88 countries in what has been described as the largest demonstration of public concern about change in history. You can view a video of the world going dark at: www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/03/earth_hour_2009.html Thanks for turning out for Earth Hour 2009! Let’s do it again in 2010 and double our numbers! The Fort Collins 2009 Earth Hour Team!CFLs to be Donated to Housing Authority in Support of Earth HourThanks to the generosity of Johnson Controls, Inc., Sun Industries, Inc., Voss Lighting and Philips Lighting, for each of the first 300 City employees who pledge to personally ‘power off’ on Earth Hour, a compact fluorescent light bulb (CFL) will be donated to the Housing Authority in appreciation. Did you know that if every American home replaced just one light bulb with an Energy Star qualified bulb, we’d save enough energy to light more than 3 million homes yearly, save more than $600 million in yearly energy costs and prevent greenhouse gasses equivalent to the emissions of more than 800,000 cars! A CFL uses 75% less energy than a standard incandescent bulb and lasts as long as six to 10 standard bulbs. That translates to a savings of about $30 in energy costs over its lifetime. The amount of mercury is extremely small--about the size of the period at the end of this sentence--and it doesn’t pose a direct health risk to you or your family when handled properly. Here’s how. When your CFL burns out, please recycle it at one of the several drop-off locations in Fort Collins. For a complete listing, consult the back of this brochure (PDF 591KB)(PDF 591KB). You’ll find that a number of local retailers who participate in the Fort Collins Utilities’ residential lighting program are collecting CFL bulbs at no charge to the customer. Both intact and broken bulbs are accepted when enclosed in a sealed plastic bag. Speaking of breakage, if a CFL bulb breaks, your greatest risk is being cut from the glass rather than the exposure to the mercury. To minimize risk even further, review the tips found in this brochure (PDF 591KB). For more information on Earth Hour and the City of Fort Collins’ support of this climate change awareness outreach, visit fcgov.com/earthhour Fort Collins Expands Plastics Recycling Program
Natural Resources
Physical Address: 215 N Mason St, Fort Collins, CO 80524 |
Residents of Fort Collins can now benefit from the City’s expanded plastics recycling program, giving the community the opportunity to recycle clean, plastic bottles and food containers numbered #1 through #7 at curbside pick-up, the