Colorado habitants tend to have a relatively high income. That doesn’t mean all Coloradans are rich, but the median household salary was $59,448in 2014, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Recycling has become more expensive for residential and commercial users as of summer 2019, with MRF tip fees equal or greater than disposal fees in some cases, according to Colorado’s Department of Public Health & Environment. The agency reports drop-off programs are struggling (some have closed) and some MRFs are having trouble getting fiber or mixed plastics to market. In response, CDPHE has revised grants programs, conducted MRF outreach and worked to remind facilities of material turnover requirements.
The agency also conducted a survey, designed by The Recycling Partnership, of all state MRFs to identify top contaminants. Based on results, it has shared educational material focused on bags and food contamination.
Colorado habitants tend to have a relatively high income. That doesn’t mean all Coloradans are rich, but the median household salary was $59,448in 2014, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
In the 1890s, gold was found on the western slope of Pikes Peak, that gold made more of the third of the millionaires in the nation, therefore the city was called “City of Millionaires”.
The Lyrics to the song “America the Beautiful” by Katherine Lee Bates were inspired by the beauty of Pikes Peak, when the singer spent the summer of 1893 in Colorado Springs.
The US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs was the first of its kind and has been the home of the U.S. Olympic Committee since 1978. Thanks to how highly equipped and reliable the center was, situated relatively high, which is proven to enhance training effectiveness.
Manitou Springs’ mineral springs and clean mountain air established the area as a health resort in the early 1890s, the area attracted a lot of tubecar patients, doctors and medical professionals as well as celebrities and tourists.
From 1899 to 1900, Nikolai Tesla was conducting experiments in his Knob Hill Lab, when testing his coil, he produced lighting bolts extending to 100-feet long. Which resulted in knocking the city’s Main Power Generator, everyone in Colorado Springs at the time lived with no electricity for a whole week.
Robert A. Heinlein spent some time in Colorado Springs, having problems with his neighbor. In his novel “The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress”, he made up a story about Colorado Springs being wiped out due to an attack conducted by NORAD.
The town is known to be pet-friendly, as in 2004, it was named as The country’s most pet-friendly city by Forbes, as of in 2007, issue of “Men’s Health” named it the best city for dogs.
The city is surrounded by a triangle of military bases, Fort Carson to the south, Peterson Air Force base to the east and the U.S. Air Force Academy to the north. As the top 44 employers in Colorado Springs were all military related.
Garden of the Gods is one of the most attractive places in the city, as the red sandstone formations were thought to be sacred by the Arapaho, Cheyenne, Kiowa and Ute tribes.
194.74 sq mi (504.38 km2)
Territory available
464,474
Total Population
≈ 673,487 tons
Amount of Trash Produced Each Year in Colorado Springs, CO
Colorado Springs, CO
176,026
Total Households
$65,593
Median Household Income
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