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[article originally posted at: http://blogs.denverpost.com/thespot/2013/04/22/denver-city-council-launches-composting-program-at-city-hall-bring-us-your-refuse/94406/] Denver City Council on Friday sent out a press release saying that composting has come to the City and County Building, meaning staffers in the building will be able to compost their food scraps and coffee filters. Aurora and Cherry Creek school kids are introduced to the benefits of composting –something Denver’s City Council understands. The council on Friday sent out a press release announcing an effort to compost materials in city hall. The city has not expanded its residential composting program for years. Though the announcement came that government officials and staffers will be able to compost, the city is woefully short of its goal to bring composting to the rest of the city. The city launched a pilot program in 2008, using money…