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Hard to Recycle Items

Looking beyond your recycling bin, there are many non-traditional items that can be recycled in Boulder County. Eco-Cycle, a local non-profit agency in Boulder County, provides an excellent resource for Hard to Recycle items.

To find out where to recycle the following items,
consult Eco-Cycle's Hard to Recycle Guide
  • Aerosol Cans

  • Air Conditioners

  • Aluminum Cans and Foil

  • Ammunition/Explosives

  • Antifreeze

  • Appliances

  • Art and Hobby Items

  • Asphalt

  • Backpacks

  • Barrels/Drums/Tanks

  • Bathtubs

  • Batteries - All

  • Batteries - Car

  • Batteries - Rechargeable

  • Batteries - Silver Oxide and Button

  • Bicycles

  • Bicycle Inner Tubes & Tires

  • Binoculars and Spotting Scopes

  • Books

  • Box Springs

  • Boxes

  • Bubble Wrap

  • Business Surplus--Equipment/Supplies

  • Cameras and Photo Equpment

  • Candle Wax

  • Cardboard

  • Cars and other vehicles

  • Car Seats

  • Carpet Padding

  • Carpet

  • Cassette Tapes

  • CD Players

  • CDs/CD Cases/DVDs

  • Ceiling Tiles

  • Cell Phones

  • Ceramic and Porcelain Items

  • Christmas Trees

  • Clothing and Fabrics

  • Computer Equipment

  • Concrete and Asphalt

  • Construction Materials and Deconstruction Services

  • Cooking Oil/Grease

  • Copiers

  • Corks

  • Dishwashers

  • Deconstruction Services

  • Dirt

  • Diskettes and Computer Tapes

  • Dry Cleaning Garment Bags

  • DVDs

  • Electric Motors

  • Electronics

  • Envelopes

  • Explosives/Ammunition

  • Eyeglasses

  • Fabric

  • Fax Machines

  • Fencing

  • Fire Extinguishers

  • Fishing line/spools

  • Fluorescent/Halogen Bulbs

  • Freezers

  • Food

  • Furniture

  • Glass Bottles and Jars

  • Glass--non-container

  • Greeting Cards

  • Grills

  • Hangers

  • Hazardous Waste

  • Holiday Trees

  • Household Items

  • Jewel Cases

  • Landscaping Materials

  • Lawn Mowers

  • Leaves and Pumpkins

  • Light Bulbs/Fluorescent Lighting

  • Light Strings

  • Magazines and Catalogs

  • Mattresses and Box Springs

  • Medical Equipment and Supplies

  • Metal--Scrap

  • Microwaves

  • Milk Cartons/Drink Boxes/Aseptic Containers

  • Motor Oil

  • Newspaper

  • Office Paper and Opened Mail

  • Oil Filters

  • Other

  • Packing Peanuts

  • Paint

  • Pallets

  • Paper

  • Paperboard

  • Phone Books

  • Photographic Materials/Film Canisters

  • Plastic

  • Plastic Bags

  • Plastic Bottles

  • Plastic Nursery Pots

  • Plastic Tubs

  • Plexiglas

  • Porcelain

  • Prescription Medications

  • Printers

  • Printer Cartridges and Ribbons

  • Propane Canisters

  • Prosthetic Limbs

  • Refrigerators

  • Rugs/Carpet

  • School Supplies

  • Scrap Metal

  • Shipping Envelopes

  • Shoes

  • Shredded Paper

  • Sinks

  • Sod

  • Smoke Detectors

  • Sporting Goods

  • Steel Cans and Metal Jar Lids

  • Styrofoam® Coolers

  • Styrofoam®/Polystyrene and Bubble Wrap

  • Telephones /Telephone Systems

  • Televisions and VCRs

  • Tennis Balls and Cans

  • Textiles

  • Thermometers/Thermostats

  • Tires

  • Toilets

  • Tools

  • Toothbrushes

  • Toys

  • Tree Limbs/Leaves/Yard Waste

  • Tyvek®  Cleanroom Garments

  • Tyvek® Envelopes

  • Vacuum Cleaners

  • VCRs

  • Video Tapes

  •  Washers and Dryers

  •  Water Heaters

  • Wine Corks

  • Wire/Wire Fencing

  • Wood

  • Wrapping Paper

  • X-Rays

  • Yard Waste

  • Yoga Mats

To find out where to recycle the above items,
consult Eco-Cycle's Hard to Recycle Guide

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