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Civic Center Eats Tries Out 'Green Week'

DENVER (CBS4) - The food trucks at Civic Center Park will soon leave after another year of success. But, for the last week, Civic Center Eats has been testing out Green Week.

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Organizers are using three-stream recycling, which includes composting, and electrical plug-ins for the food trucks.

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"We certainly feel that we have a responsibility as stewards of Denver's most important public space that we need to be taking care of this space and taking care of our city," said Eric Lazzarri, a spokesman for the Civic Center Conservancy.

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The test run will help the Civic Center Conservancy learn about the costs and potential hurdles to making the green changes permanent.

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Civic Center Eats has one more week before ending for the winter.

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