{"id":797729,"date":"2019-07-17T12:55:52","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=368877"},"modified":"2019-07-17T12:55:52","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:55:52","slug":"letter-to-the-editor-local-stores-need-to-embrace-zero-waste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/letter-to-the-editor-local-stores-need-to-embrace-zero-waste\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter to the editor: Local stores need to embrace zero waste"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m writing after reading the article about the county taking a good look at its trash. (\u201c<a href=\"mailto:Letter%20to%20the%20editor:%20Send%20I-70%20bound%20Breckenridge%20drivers%20through%20Frisco%20While%20researching%20this%20letter%20to%20the%20editor%20about%20the%20Westbound%20Interstate%2070%20Express%20Lane%20Project,%20I%20came%20to%20realize%20that%20I-70%20Exit%20205%20to%20Silverthorne%20and%20Dillon%20ha\">Volunteers dig through trash at the landfill to study what Summit County throws away<\/a>\u201d published July 10 in the Summit Daily News.)<\/p>\n<p>I always was proud to participate in recycling (and now composting) ever since I was a teen growing up in Michigan and they started the 10 cent bottle reimbursement and other recycling programs.<\/p>\n<p>I thought the High Country Conservation Center and the Summit County Recycling Program were doing a great job (I still do appreciate all their hard work.), but after I leave places like Whole Foods in Frisco, I have such a sad feeling and bad taste in my mouth. The recycling of things used at their deli and soup and salad bar is so upsetting. About two years ago, I wrote a comment\/complaint to the store about it, and they basically said it wasn\u2019t feasible for them to use reusable plates. All the containers used for salads, etc., are cardboard with a coating, and after it\u2019s used, it goes to the landfill.<\/p>\n<p>I remember when Wild Oats in Denver had their salad bar, they offered a reusable plate for people who weren\u2019t doing takeout. I also asked Whole Foods if customers could bring their own takeout containers, and they said it would be too hard to weigh them.<\/p>\n<p>The Zero Waste Task Force needs to target the stores and businesses that are not making the extra effort to help with this huge problem. And I need to stick with my goal to not give my business to places that only care about the bottom line.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/opinion\/letter-to-the-editor-local-stores-need-to-embrace-zero-waste\/?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m writing after reading the article about the county taking a good look at its trash. (\u201cVolunteers dig through trash at the landfill to study what Summit County throws away\u201d published July 10 in the Summit Daily News.) I always was proud to participate in recycling (and now composting) ever since I was a teen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-797729","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-18 01:53:15","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=797729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797729\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=797729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=797729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=797729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}