Boulder, Colorado
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Boulder County's household hazardous waste drop-off at 1901 63rd St. in Boulder. It serves Boulder County residents plus residents of Broomfield and Erie.
Accepts: Household hazardous waste
Services: Household hazardous waste drop-off
Boulder County residents and residents of Broomfield and Erie.
The Boulder County Recycling Center processes over 60,000 tons of recyclable materials annually and has the capacity for 100,000 tons. It offers tours to educate visitors about the recycling process and features modern robotics for efficient material sorting.
Listed hours: Mon-Fri 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM · Sat-Sun Closed
Accepts: Bottles, Cans, Paper
Services: Tours of the facility · Single-stream recycling processing · Educational displays · Robot-assisted sorting
Open Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
You can recycle bottles, cans, and paper at the center.
6400 Arapahoe Rd.
Eco-Cycle runs the Center for Hard-to-Recycle Materials in Boulder, which the nonprofit calls the nation's first facility of its kind, and the CHaRM has won state recycling awards since the early 2000s. Eco-Cycle started in 1976 and ranks among the oldest and largest nonprofit recyclers in the country. The organization also operates the Boulder County Recycling Center and provides zero waste hauling and consulting to businesses. A recycling helpline and an A to Z recycling guide tell Boulder County residents where to recycle, compost, or donate each item. Earned revenue from its recycling operations funds the Green Star Schools program and Community Carbon Farming.
Services: Center for Hard-to-Recycle Materials drop-off · Recycling helpline · A to Z recycling guide · Zero waste hauling and consulting
It is the Center for Hard-to-Recycle Materials, which Eco-Cycle describes as the nation's first facility of its kind.
Eco-Cycle, a nonprofit founded in 1976, operates the CHaRM along with the Boulder County Recycling Center.
6400 Arapahoe Rd Boulder CO 80303 USA
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Eco-Cycle CHaRM is a site in Boulder, Colorado, designed to recycle hard-to-recycle materials such as electronics, appliances, and various plastics. It operates alongside another site, Resource Central, offering an accessible location for community recycling efforts.
Listed hours: Mon-Sat 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM · Sun Closed
Accepts: Electronics, Appliances, Hard-to-recycle plastics
Services: Recycling of hard-to-recycle materials · Electronics disposal · Appliance recycling · Recycling fee assessment
CHaRM is open Monday to Saturday from 9 AM to 5 PM and is closed on Sundays.
Yes, there is a $3 facility fee for every vehicle entering CHaRM.
Based on the listings above, materials commonly handled in Boulder include recycling, hazardous waste, drop-off, Bottles, Cans. Browse the guides below for preparation tips, scrap values, and what's recyclable.
Boulder's hard-to-recycle materials go to Eco-Cycle's CHaRM at 6400 Arapahoe Rd., which charges a $3 facility fee per vehicle and waives it for people who arrive by bicycle. Curbside bottles, cans, and paper end up at the Boulder County Recycling Center at 1901 63rd St., a sorting plant that processes over 60,000 tons a year. The county's Hazardous Materials Management Facility sits across the parking lot from it.
The CHaRM at 6400 Arapahoe Rd. is open Monday through Saturday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, and closed Sundays. It charges a $3 facility fee per vehicle, and the fee is waived for customers who arrive by bicycle. Some items carry an extra item fee on top, such as refrigerators, TVs, mattresses, and solar panels.
Yes, at the CHaRM. Boulder County curbside recycling refuses plastic bags, styrofoam, white block foam, and bubble wrap. The CHaRM takes clean plastic film and rigid white foam (EPS), with the foam free up to 1 cubic yard and $10 per cubic yard above that.
Yes, but only beverage bottles and food jars. Remove the jar lids and recycle them separately. Drinking glasses, ceramics, and other glassware are refused at the curb, and the CHaRM takes intact glassware for a facility fee, but not mirrors, light bulbs, Pyrex, or oven-safe cookware.
Take them to the Boulder County Hazardous Materials Management Facility at 1901 63rd St., open Wednesday through Saturday, 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM. Residents do not need an appointment, and the facility accepts voluntary cash donations instead of charging a fee. The adjacent county recycling center refuses latex paint, aerosol cans, and antifreeze, so these count as household hazardous waste.
The Eco-Cycle CHaRM at 6400 Arapahoe Rd. takes TVs, monitors, computers, and appliances. Scrap metal appliances such as washers, dryers, stoves, and water heaters pay only the facility fee. Refrigerators, freezers, and AC units add an item fee, and CRT televisions with broken glass add $1 per pound.
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