Zero Waste Services for Businesses

Collection, Education, and Promotion

1. Collection
We handle 100% of your waste stream. Whether you simply want to recycle your cardboard or work toward eliminating your trash can altogether, Eco-Cycle has a program for you.

Recycling Single-stream recycling collection allows you to combine commingled containers (bottles, jugs and tubs) with mixed paper (office paper, cardboard, newspaper, etc.) in one convenient bin. Composting Collection of food waste (meat, bone and dairy products, too!), waxed cardboard, paper towels, napkins and plant and landscaping waste. CHaRM on the Road Collection of computers and other materials accepted at our Center for Hard-to-Recycle Materials (CHaRM), including stretch wrap, cell phones, hard-cover books, textiles, copier & fax machines and other electronics.

"Whatever’s Left” Eco-Cycle sub-contracts with small, local haulers to offer collection of anything that can't be recycled or composted.

2. Education
Our experienced staff is eager to provide your business with the following education services:

• Workplace assessments to measure your success on the road to Zero Waste
• Zero Waste purchasing resources to guide purchasing departments toward environmentally-preferable products and services
• Training sessions for employees describing why and how to implement your program
• Tours of the state-of-the-art Boulder County Recycling Center, which Eco-Cycle operates
• Electronic resources including our information-packed Web site, www.ecocycle.org, and e-mail newsletters full of recycling and resource conservation tips
• Annual reports on weight of material diverted from landfills and resources conserved as a result of your efforts

3. Promotion
Eco-Cycle takes pride in promoting Boulder County businesses that go the extra mile to demonstrate their commitment to the environment. View the winners of our most recent Zero Waste Business Awards.

		Your business will be featured:
		In the Eco-Cycle Times, our semi-annual publication with a circulation of 40,000 On our website, www.ecocycle.org In e-mail newsletters to the business community In advertising in the Boulder County Business Report and other publications On interchangeable signs on the sides of Eco-Cycle collection trucks On a window sticker for the front entrance of your business

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