Between 2018 and 2019, Chaffee County generated more waste, but recycled or composted less, the audit found. The report was prepared by Erica Wohldmann-Gift and GARNA executive director Dominique Naccarato. In 2018, the county generated 25,420 tons of waste, and in 2019 that figure increased to 26,237 tons. The amount of that waste that was recycled or composted decreased year-to-year from 2,058 to 1,912 tons. That makes for an estimated landfill diversion rate 8.1 percent in 2018 and 7.3 percent in 2019, according to the report. The statewide average diversion rate in 2018 was 12 percent, and the national average rate is 35 percent. On average, each resident of Chaffee County throws away 6.5 pounds of trash per day, the report said.