Recycling in Lafayette & Louisville

 

Recycling at the Curb
Recycling at the Drop-Off Center


Recycling at the Curb

Most trash haulers that serve Lafayette and Louisville will also pick up recyclables at little or no cost. Most pick up newspaper, aluminum and steel cans, glass bottles and jars, and #1 & #2 plastic bottles; some will pick up more items. If you choose this convenience for the majority of your recycling, call your hauler today and sign up.

Trash Hauler Town Phone
BFI Commerce City  303.287.8040
Town & Country Lafayette  303.665.6811
Waste Management Denver  303.427.6200
Western Disposal Boulder  303.444.2037

Residents of Lafayette served by the city's new single-stream recycling program (with new purple-lidded carts) should call Western Disposal for guidelines at 303.444.2037.


Recycling at the Drop-Off Center

Glen Huey Recycling Center Information

Location: State Hwy. 42 & Pine St. View a Map

Hours: Open 24 hours a day.

Contact: 303-444-6634

THE FOLLOWING MATERIALS ARE ACCEPTED AT THE DROP-OFF CENTER:

Containers: all mixed together

Commingled Containers

  • Glass bottles and jars of any color (please avoid breaking glass)
  • Aluminum cans (Do not crush or flatten cans.)
  • Aluminum pie pans and aluminum foil (Ball all aluminum foil together into one large ball 2" or larger, or flatten pieces. No small, balled-up foil please.)
  • Steel (tin) cans
  • Metal jar lids
  • Metal bottle caps
  • Empty aerosol cans (no caps)
  • Paper milk cartons/drink boxes/juice cartons
  • Plastic bottles and jugs with a #1, #2 or #5 on the bottom (please step on gallon jugs and bottles 1 liter or larger.)
  • Plastic screw-top jars with a #1 on the bottom
Office Paper/Opened Mail

Office Paper/Opened Mail

Blueprints, brochures, computer printouts, file folders, fax paper, greeting cards, letterhead, pamphlets, pastel colored legal pad paper, slick/glossy ads & brochures, stationery letters, white ream wrappers, white & pastel-colored paper, white & pastel-colored envelopes (windows envelopes OK)

NO shredded paper

Corrugated Cardboard and Brown Paper Bags

Please flatten boxes.

 

Magazines/Catalogs

NO phone books with magazines/catalogs. Please put phone books in the bin for Phone Books.

 

Newspapers/Newspaper Inserts

NO other papers, boxes, bags or string

 

Phone Books

Please keep separate from office paper and magazine/catalog categories

 

Paperboard Boxes/Low-grade Paper Products

Single-layer boxes, such as: cereal boxes (throw away inside bag), gift/shirt boxes, shoe boxes, 6-pack & 12-pack cartons/boxes.

Low-grade paper items such as: cracker boxes (throw away inside bag), hanging file folders, paper egg cartons, soap boxes and facial tissue boxes, paper shopping bags (brown bags go with corrugated cardboard), paper tubes (e.g., paper towel tubes, toilet paper tubes, etc.)

Shredded paper.

NO Kraft (orange/brownish) envelopes; Neon, fluorescent or dark-colored paper; Paper towels; Paper cups, photographs; Frozen food, ice cream & frozen juice containers; Photographs; Pet food bags.

 

Additional Information

For more detailed information on what can be recycled in any of these categories, please refer to the guidelines of the latest Eco-Cycle Times. You can print the center pull-out section for a convenient guide to recycling in all of Boulder and Broomfield Counties.

You can also visit the Frequently Asked Questions section of our website or call us at 303-444-6634.

 


Do you have an unusual item you don't want to toss in the garbage? Check out our Guide to Hard-to-Recycle Materials.