Recycling in Allenspark

Recycling at the Drop-Off Center

Location: Off County Rd. 84 & State Hwy. 7. View a Map.

Summer Hours: Mon. and Fri. 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; Wed. 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; Sat. and Sun. 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Winter Hours: Mon., Wed., and Fri. 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; Sat. and Sun. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Contact: 303-747-2107

The following materials are accepted at the drop-off center:

Commingled Containers

Please rinse containers. Do not flatten or crush. 

• 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. 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 or #2 on the bottom (OK to replace caps on EMPTY plastic bottles)
• Plastic screw-top jars with a #1 on the bottom (OK to replace caps on EMPTY plastic jars)
• Plastic tubs & cups with a #2 or #5 on the bottom. (No lids.)

Mixed Paper

Magazines/Catalogs

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)

Newspaper and newspaper inserts

• NO bags or string

Phone Books

Paperboard Boxes

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

• paper materials only; no shredded plastic cards 

Corrugated Cardboard and Brown Paper Bags

Please flatten boxes.