Guided tours of Boulder County Recycling Center

FREE TOURS and NEW EXHIBITS

See the new single-stream recycling technology in action! Come for a guided tour of the Boulder County Recycling Center, 1901 63rd Street, Boulder.

Guided Tour Dates:

• Wednesday, December 3, 2008,  2-3 p.m. FREE
• NO guided tour in January
• Thursday, February 5, 2009, 2-3 p.m. FREE
• Thursday, March 5, 2009, 2-3 p.m. FREE
• Thursday, April 2, 2009, 2-3 p.m. FREE
• Thursday, May 7, 2009, 2-3 p.m. FREE

Watch a short video about how the processing center works, tour the facility and have an expert available to answer all your waste reduction questions.

For more information, contact Jennifer at 720-564-2242

Self-Guided Tours:

Self-guided tours may be taken during open hours of the recycling center: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (excluding holidays). The sorting lines shut down daily around 3 p.m., so come before that time if you want to see the fast-action of the workers sorting items.

Check out the Boulder County Recycling Center’s new educational exhibits, designed specifically for people wanting to take a self-guided tour. Learn how cans, bottles, jars and paper are separated and sorted so they can be shipped to places across the country to be made into something new.

The first phase of new exhibits (installed 2008) includes a kiosk that features an award-winning video of the recycling center and a close-up look at its operations. A new video to explain the new single-stream recycling equipment will be produced and installed upon completion of the installation of the new single-stream recycling equipment (spring 2009). Another exhibit focuses on the natural resources used to make common materials such as soda cans and plastic bottles and the environmental benefits of recycling these items. The second phase of new exhibits will be installed in spring 2009.