Recycling in Allenspark

Recycling at the Drop-Off Center

Drop-Off Center Information

Location: Off County Rd. 84 & State Hwy. 7. View a Map

Summer Hours: Mon. and Fri. 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; Wed. 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; Sat. and Sun. 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Winter Hours: Mon., Wed., and Fri. 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; Sat. and Sun. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Contact: 303-747-2107

The Following Materials are Accepted at the Drop-Off Center:

Containers: all mixed together

Commingled Containers

  • Glass bottles and jars of any color (please avoid breaking glass)
  • Aluminum cans (Do not crush or flatten cans.)
  • Aluminum pie pans and aluminum foil (Ball all aluminum foil together into one large ball 2" or larger, or flatten pieces. No small, balled-up foil please.)
  • Steel (tin) cans
  • Metal jar lids
  • Metal bottle caps
  • Empty aerosol cans (no caps)
  • Paper milk cartons/drink boxes/juice cartons
  • Plastic bottles and jugs with a #1, #2, or #5 on the bottom (please step on gallon jugs and bottles 1 liter or larger.)
  • Plastic screw-top jars with a #1 on the bottom
Paper Materials: all mixed together

Magazines/Catalogs

NO phone books

Office Paper/Opened Mail

Blueprints, brochures, computer printouts, file folders, fax paper, greeting cards, letterhead, pamphlets, pastel colored legal pad paper, slick/glossy ads & brochures, stationery letters, white ream wrappers, white & pastel-colored paper, white & pastel-colored envelopes (windows envelopes OK)

Newspaper and newspaper inserts

NO bags or string

Phone Books

Paperboard Boxes

Larger single-layer boxes, such as: cereal boxes (throw away inside bag), gift/shirt boxes, shoe boxes, 6-pack & 12-pack cartons/boxes.

Corrugated Cardboard and Brown Paper Bags

Please flatten boxes.

 

Additional Information

For more detailed information on what can be recycled in any of these categories, please refer to the guidelines of the latest Eco-Cycle Times. You can print the center pull-out section for a convenient guide to recycling in all of Boulder and Broomfield Counties.

You can also visit the Frequently Asked Questions section of our website or call us at any of the numbers listed below.

 

 


Do you have an unusual item you don't want to toss in the garbage? Check out our Guide to Hard-to-Recycle Materials.