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City of Boulder Curbside Collection

For more information call your local trash hauler, call the Recycle Boulder Hotline (303) 441-4234. All haulers are required by the city of Boulder to collect the items listed below.

Curbside Accepts: 

  • Commingled Containers (all in one bin): include aluminum cans/clean foil, steel/tin cans, empty aerosol cans, glass bottles/jars, plastic #1 (bottles, jugs, screw top jars only), plastic #2 (bottles, jugs only), paper milk/soy cartons/drink boxes
  • Mixed Paper (all in one bin): includes cardboard/brown paper bags, magazines/catalogs, newspaper, office paper/opened mail, paperboard, phone books

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Boulder County Recycling Center

1901 63rd Street, Boulder, (720) 564-2220
Open 24 hrs / 7 days

Accepts: 

  • Commingled containers (all in one bin): include aluminum cans/clean foil, steel/tin cans, empty aerosol cans, glass bottles/jars, plastic #1 (bottles, jugs, screw top jars only), plastic #2 (bottles, jugs only), paper milk/soy cartons/drink boxes

  • Cardboard/brown paper bags

  • Magazines/catalogs

  • Newspaper

  • Office paper/opened mail

  • Paperboard

  • Phone books

  • Scrap metal (call for details)

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CU Recycling Intermediate Processing Facility

Located northeast of Folsom Stadium on Stadium Drive, Boulder
Office: UMC 355, (303) 492-8307
Open M – F: 7:30 am – 4 pm

Accepts: 

  • Commingled containers (all in one bin): include aluminum cans/clean foil, steel/tin cans, empty aerosol cans, glass bottles/jars, plastic #1 (bottles, jugs, screw top jars only), plastic #2 (bottles, jugs only), paper milk/soy cartons/drink boxes
  • Cardboard/brown paper bags
  • Magazines/catalogs
  • Newspaper
  • Office paper/opened mail
  • Paperboard
  • Phone books
  • Laser/inkjet cartridges

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Western Disposal Transfer Station

5880 Butte Mill Road, Boulder, (303) 444-2037
Summer Hours: M – Sat.: 7 am – 5 pm
Winter Hours: M - F: 7 am – 5 pm & Sat.: 7 am – 2 pm

Accepts: 

  • Commingled containers (all in one bin): include aluminum cans/clean foil, steel/tin cans, empty aerosol cans, glass bottles/jars, plastic #1 (bottles, jugs, screw top jars only), plastic #2 (bottles, jugs only), paper milk/soy cartons/drink boxes
  • Cardboard/brown paper bags

  • Mixed Office Paper (all in one bin) includes magazines/catalogs, office paper/opened mail

  • Newspaper

  • Scrap metal - may have a recycling fee

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