As exploding COVID-19 numbers close down indoor dining in more than two dozen Colorado counties, restaurants are once again turning to pickup and delivery orders as their lifeline to staying in business. But with that surge in to-go eating comes yet another — if rarely mentioned — scourge of the COVID-19 pandemic: mounds and mounds of takeaway trash. “More takeout orders are going to have an impact on our environment,” said Danny Katz, who heads the Colorado Public Interest Research Group.

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