Hard to Recycle Roundups in your community

Center for Hard-to-Recycle Materials - CHaRM

Hard to Recycle Roundups in Your Community

Collection schedule

Materials accepted

Volunteer opportunities

At least once a year, Eco-Cycle offers residents of Boulder and Broomfield Counties the opportunity to drop off, at their local recycling center, hard-to-recycle materials typically accepted only at the CHaRM.

Collection Schedule

Here's our upcoming hard-to-recycle collection schedule:

Saturday, April 12, 2008: Broomfield Recycling Center, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Saturday, June 7, 2008: Eco-Cycle Longmont Drop-off Center, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Saturday, October 4, 2008: 1650 S. Indiana St., Superior, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. **

**The Town of Superior subsidizes 50% of the charges for hard-to-recycle materials for Superior residents only. Please bring proof of residency in Superior.

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Materials Accepted

The following materials are collected during hard-to-recycle events only and cannot be left at drop-off centers other than the CHaRM at any other time.

#6 White Block Foam Packaging
• #6 White Block Foam Packaging and Rigid Foam Insulation only
• Residents: NO CHARGE
• Businesses: $6 per cubic yard
• NO packing peanuts, "Styrofoam"
cups or “to-go” boxes

Athletic Shoes: NO CHARGE
• NO cleats, metal parts, zippers, mud,
or Keds-type canvas sneakers

Audio Equipment
• Home Stereo Components: $8
• Car Stereos: $4

Big Durable #2 Plastics: NO CHARGE
• Large plastics marked with a #2 such as plastic toys like Big Wheels and plastic play structures,plastic lawn furniture, plastic watering cans, laundry baskets, clean #2 plastic buckets (no residue), crates, rigid backyard kiddie pools and plastic trash containers with a #2.
• In some cases, these plastics may not be marked with a #2, so look for them
to be opaque with a matte finish and hollow inside. They are made with a
mold, so will likely have a seam where two halves were joined.
• Please remove non-plastic parts.
• NO flower pots without a #2, inflatable pools or other inflatable plastics, water beds, chew toys, CD jewel cases, small toys such as action figures, etc.

Books & Manuals: NO CHARGE*
• Computer and Office Manuals
• Hard-Bound Books and Paperbacks
• Also accepted at the Broomfield
Drop-off Center
*Call for quantities one pallet and larger

Computers & Computer Equipment
• Computer Monitors 19” or smaller: $10
• Computer Monitors 20” to 34”: $15
• Computer Towers/CPUs: $8
• Printers/Scanners: $8
• Laptops: $4
• Universal Power Supply (UPS): $8
• Keyboards, Mice, Cables: NO CHARGE
• Large* misc. computer equip.: 30¢/lb.
*More than 40 lbs.

Copiers & Fax Machines
• Fax Machines: $8
• Desktop Copiers: $8
• Large Copiers (over 40 lbs.): 30¢/lb

Fire Extinguishers
• $4

Phones
• Cell Phones: NO CHARGE
• Office Phones: $4
• Home Phones: $2

#2 & #4 Plastic Bags: NO CHARGE
• #2 and #4 ONLY (newspaper bags, grocery bags, dry cleaner bags, etc.)
• MUST be clean, dry, and empty of all food, receipts, etc. with tape and stickers removed
• NO sandwich bags, plastic food wrap or black bags

Printer Cartridges: NO CHARGE
• Ink Jet and Laser Jet Printer Cartridges

Scrap Metal: NO CHARGE
• Most appliances, dishwashers, microwaves, hot water heaters, metal pipes, and other predominantly metal items
• NO air conditioners, freezers, refrigerators, car batteries, computers or other electronic equipment, oil, tires, or pressurized containers such as propane tanks

Small Electronic Items
• Digital cameras: $2
• PDAs and Gameboys: $2
• Video Game Systems: $4-$8
(depending on size)
• Walkmans/iPods: $2

Toilets, Sinks and Urinals
• Toilet, porcelain only (all other materials removed): $4
• Toilet, whole (other materials still attached): $10
• Sink or urinal, porcelain only: $2
• Sink or urinal, plumbing attached: $5
• Porcelain with biohazards will NOT be accepted.

Textiles: NO CHARGE
• Clothing, Bedding, Towels, Fabrics
• Paired Shoes (no mud)
• Items may be stained or ripped, but they must be clean. Must be 12” square or larger.
• NO underwear or socks

TVs & VCRs/DVD Players
• TVs 19” or smaller: $10
• Mid-Size TVs 20” to 34”: $15
• Consoles and TVs larger than 34”: $30
• VCRs/DVD Players: $8
• Satellite Boxes: $8

The CHaRM is open to all residents and businesses, regardless of origin, so if you can't make the next hard-to-recycle roundup or you need to recycle any of these materials throughout the year, you are always welcome to do so at the CHaRM.

Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteers are needed at all hard-to-recycle collections to help in a variety of roles including:

Materials Movers

Set-up: Help unload the truck, move wheeled carts and pallets, assemble large cardboard boxes, hang signs, and place traffic cones.

Traffic director: Direct cars into appropriate lanes and collect itemized receipt from customers.

Collection Crew: Help unload cars and direct people to the appropriate bins. Knowledge of acceptable and unacceptable materials is helpful, but training will be provided.

Break-down: Take down signs, collect traffic cones, help organize materials and load the truck.

Customer Service

Set-up: Help set up cones to form lanes for easy entrance for vehicles.

Greeters: Be familiar with guidelines and pricing (prior knowledge very helpful, training provided day of event). Greet vehicles and take inventory of items to be recycled. Collect fees and make change. Distribute newsletters and additional environmental information to customers as requested.

Break-down: Take down signs, collect traffic cones, and help tally inventory sheets.

To volunteer at an event, contact Genevieve for Broomfield or Superior events. Contact Kary for events in Longmont.