Longmont’s Recycle it Right! Campaign Takes Off
 The city of Longmont and Eco-Cycle have teamed up to offer a new influx of recycling programs and resources to help move Longmont closer to Zero Waste. Read more about it below.
Want to participate? We’d love to hear from you! Just call Eco-Cycle’s Longmont Campaigns Coordinator, Julie Hayes, at 303-772-7300, ext. 120, or
e-mail her.
Recycling tips and guidelines delivered straight to your door
Armed with Recycle it Right! door hangers and guidelines, Eco-Cycle volunteer Block Leaders and staff have traveled door-to-door to more than 6,000 Longmont homes in an ongoing effort to help residents learn what is accepted and not accepted in single-stream recycling carts.
Now presenting… how to Recycle it Right!
With a basket of recyclables and contaminants in hand, Eco-Cycle staff have shared essential recycling facts and tips with more than 300 Longmont residents, students and business groups, including the Longmont Rotary Club, Longmont Neighborhood Group Leaders Association, Longmont Area Human Resources Round Table, Front Range Community College and many others. Call us for a presentation to your group!
Neighborhood competes, brings out the best in recycling
Longmont’s Sugarmill Farms neighborhood divided into east side vs. west side to take part in the first ever Recycle it Right! competition. The rules? The team with the most garbage-free recycling bins wins. And the winner was… the west side with 63%! Congrats to the east side for putting up a fight and getting to 41%. To celebrate, Eco-Cycle threw the whole neighborhood a Zero Waste block party.
Casa de la Esperanza sets the bar for apartment recycling programs
The housing complex’s 32 families went from recycling 0% of their waste up to 40% in just 8 months! Eco-Cycle volunteers and staff were there to guide them through the process with recycling events like presentations, paint-your-own recycling bin activities, waste monitoring and more. Check out our video on how Casa started to Recycle it Right! by visiting www.ecocycle.org and clicking on “Longmont” under “Choose your local center.”
Apartment complex and condo recycling resources
Are you an apartment-dwelling recycler with no recycling services where you live? Fret no more: The city and Eco-Cycle are here to help. We can provide tenants and property managers with everything they need to get on board and start recycling, solve common challenges and potentially reduce trash costs. Just give us a ring (see contact information above).
Ask Tee-Cee
Why can’t drinking glasses go in your recycling bin? How can you get rid of junk mail? These questions and more are answered every Monday in the Longmont Times-Call “Tee-Cee” Green Monkey column.
Longmont Ledger columns
Check out Eco-Cycle’s monthly columns in the Longmont Ledger for local Zero Waste happenings, ways to live an eco-friendly lifestyle in Longmont and more.
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