Recycling centers in Pueblo

Daurio Auto Truck is a family-owned auto parts recycling center serving Pueblo and southern Colorado for over 60 years. The yard stocks late-model OEM used auto and truck parts, OEM surplus, rebuilt engines and transmissions, and truck beds, tailgates, and bumpers.

Albert Dionisio started Dionisio Metal & Iron in 1993 on a three-acre lot in Pueblo's Historic Salt Creek area, and the yard moved to 700 South Portland Avenue in 2006 with 11 more acres to work on. It was Pueblo's first scrap yard with dual 70-foot truck scales, and loads from households, contractors, and industrial accounts are weighed and paid the same day, with digital records kept on every load. A second yard opened in La Junta in 2011. The yard buys steel, iron, tin, aluminum, copper, brass, lead, stainless steel, most appliances, vehicles, heavy equipment, and lead-acid batteries. Cement, glass, wood, plastic, tires, televisions, monitors, liquids, sealed drums, and lithium, alkaline, and nickel-cadmium batteries are refused. More than a hundred roll-off containers and a mobile industrial shear handle industrial cleanups and demolition.

Residents of Pueblo can use Pueblo RecycleWorks to purchase large item and waste tire vouchers online using credit or debit cards. The facility operates with specific summer hours on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, accepting materials such as flattened cardboard, newspapers, magazines, office papers, glass bottles, aluminum cans, and steel tin cans. They emphasize the importance of sorting materials and closing during high wind gusts for safety. Additionally, the facility provides information on recycling materials processing, offers a virtual tour of a recycling facility, and allows drop-off of large items like furniture, appliances, and tires for City of Pueblo residents only. Vouchers for large items and waste tires can be purchased online or in person at the Public Works Office.