Meals on (bike) Wheels goes green in Longmont

June 21, 2010 · Posted in Bikes, Environment · Comments Off 

 

Jennifer Martinez delivers meals for seniors on a bike | Longmont Times Call

The “wheels” in Meals on Wheels, the national service that delivers hot meals to seniors and the disabled, usually means a car.

But in Longmont — at least in a few cases — the wheels now may mean a bike, thanks to a couple of local women. From this weekend’s Longmont Times Call:

The program marks the first time Meals on Wheels has made deliveries via bike in Longmont, said program coordinator Karla Hale. It also is the first bike-powered program in the state that has been implemented under Meals on Wheels, she said.

“A lot of it has to do with going green and what can we do as a community or an organization to help the environment,” she said. Read more

Longmont gets composty

The photo illustration of what can be composted that ran with the Longmont Times Call story on the city's new pilot composting program.

The city of Longmont plans to launch a pilot curbside composting program this spring, according to a story in today’s Times Call.

If the pilot is successful, Longmont will start a citywide program in 2011.

A year ago, Boulder expanded its own pilot curbside composting program to serve the entire city.

Eight months later, Boulderites were using the composting program — along with the single-stream recycling program — to divert 50 percent of their trash from the landfill.

If you live in Boulder County and you want to know how you can compost, check out the composting resource page on BigGreenBoulder. Read more about Longmont’s program here, or check out an article on the success of Boulder’s program at DailyCamera.com.