Through July 2020, the Town of Carbondale is hosting a community initiative investigating short-term and long-term strategies to reduce single-use plastic consumption. This process is about Carbondale and how we can bring less single-use plastic into our community. This initiative seeks to address barriers thoughtfully and develop a recommended strategy that is realistic, implementable and workable on the local level.

If you have questions, or would like to setup a one-on-one interview, please contact the project team at plastics@carbondaleco.net or (970) 510-6544. Learn more at https://carbondalegov.org/plasticsplan.

 

INSTRUCTIONS: Please provide as much information as possible. This information will be used to inform this process and what reduction strategies might work well for Carbondale.

Paper copies of this form are available at Carbondale Town Hall or can be downloaded: {PUT PDF LINK HERE}

Column A:

What are the top 3-5 single-use plastic items that you use in or for your business (from the moment it enters your business to the moment it exits)? – Examples include, but are not limited to: food and beverage packaging, straws, stirrers, plastic bags, trays, water bottles, packing peanuts, etc.

Consider the different stages of your operational process:

• Storing
• Preparing food and beverage or other retail goods
• Displaying
• Serving or providing food and beverage or other retail goods
• Transferring goods to customers
• Delivering food and beverage or other retail goods
• Other uses as part of your operation

 

Column B: Where do you purchase these items from (who is the item supplier)?

 

Column C: Approximately how much do/did you pay for single-use items? ($Cost/quantity)

 

Column D: Are these single-use plastics, or do you return to supplier, reuse, recycle or manage in some other sustainable manner?