Denver’s Waste No More Ballot Measure

Via ballot measure in the 2022 midterms, Denver voters endorsed new rules mandating that large apartment buildings, restaurants and a broad range of other commercial businesses be required to recycle or compost as much waste as possible. Waste No More Denver covers all apartment and condo buildings over eight units, businesses that create food waste like restaurants, hospitals, sports venues and food trucks, and requires construction and demolition projects to salvage and recycle materials ranging from cardboard to scrap metal.

The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure is tasked with creating complete rules including setting fines and penalties for violators, per the ballot language. The city will also review annual waste plans from the new class of mandated recyclers and composters.