Recycling at the Drop-Off Center

Drop-Off Center Information

Location: Parking lot of Fire station. View a Map.

Hours: Mobile collection provided on the third Saturday of each month, 12 p.m. - 2 p.m.

Contact: 303-444-6634

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
• Plastic tubs & cups with a #2 or #5 on the bottom. (No lids.)

Paper Materials: all mixed together

Corrugated Cardboard and Brown Paper Bags

Please flatten boxes.

Magazines/Catalogs

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/Low-Grade Paper Products

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

Smaller, low-grade paper items such as: cracker boxes (throw away inside bag), hanging file folders, paper egg cartons, soap boxes and facial tissue boxes, paper shopping bags (brown bags go with corrugated cardboard), paper tubes (e.g., paper towel tubes, toilet paper tubes, etc.).

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.

 

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