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City of Denver Residential Recycling Program - Updated Jan 17, 2023 Back

Services are restricted to residents of Denver only.

Please call for the curbside collection schedule.

www.denvergov.org/content/denvergov/en/trash-and-recycling/...

(720) 913-1311

Denver, CO 80223

Denver Recycles offers free, every-other-week recycling collection to Denver residents in single-family homes and residential buildings of seven units or less. Participants in the program are given a 95-gallon purple recycling cart for collecting recyclables. Call 3-1-1 or visit DenverGov.org/DenverRecycles to sign up to participate and for collection schedules.

Please place your recycling cart out for collection by 7am.

Please make sure that all recyclables are clean, dry and free of food and beverage residue.
Please remove all caps/lids. Please Flatten All Boxes to conserve space.

This program accepts rigid plastic bottles, jugs, jars, cups, tubs, trays and containers with a #1 - #7.

Materials Accepted

Services:

Dropoff

Pickup

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Material Residential Business Note
#1 Plastic Beverage Bottles

pickup

none

#1 Plastic Clamshells

pickup

none

#1 Plastic Non-Beverage Bottles

pickup

none

#1 Plastic Trays

pickup

none

Please rinse clean.

#1 Rigid Plastics

pickup

none

Please rinse clean.

#2 Plastic Bottles

pickup

none

#2 Plastic Clamshells

pickup

none

#2 Plastic Jugs - Clear

pickup

none

#2 Plastic Jugs - Colored

pickup

none

#2 Rigid Plastics

pickup

none

Please rinse clean.

#3 Plastic Bottles

pickup

none

#3 Rigid Plastics

pickup

none

#4 Plastic Bottles

pickup

none

#4 Rigid Plastics

pickup

none

Please rinse clean.

#5 Plastic Bottles

pickup

none

#5 Plastic Clamshells

pickup

none

#5 Plastic Cups

pickup

none

#5 Rigid Plastics

pickup

none

Please rinse clean.

#6 Plastic Bottles

pickup

none

#6 Rigid Plastics

pickup

none

#7 Plastic Bottles

pickup

none

#7 Rigid Plastics

pickup

none

Aerosol Cans - Empty

pickup

none

This program accepts empty aerosol cans.

Aluminum Beverage Cans

pickup

none

Aluminum Foil

pickup

none

Please rinse foil clean.

Aluminum Food Cans

pickup

none

Please rinse clean.

Aluminum Lids

pickup

none

Aluminum Pie Plates

pickup

none

Please rinse clean.

Aluminum Trays

pickup

none

Please rinse clean.

Blue Glass Beverage Containers

pickup

none

Blue Glass Containers

pickup

none

Blueprints

pickup

none

Booklets

pickup

none

Brochures

pickup

none

Brown Glass Beverage Containers

pickup

none

Brown Glass Containers

pickup

none

Cardstock

pickup

none

Catalogs

pickup

none

Chipboard

pickup

none

Clear Glass Beverage Containers

pickup

none

Clear Glass Containers

pickup

none

Construction Paper

pickup

none

Corrugated Cardboard

pickup

none

Flatten & cut cardboard into pieces no larger than 2ft. x 2ft. Only broken down boxes inside the cart will be collected for recycling. No wax coated card board.

Envelopes

pickup

none

Gift Bags

pickup

none

Paper only. No foil-coated bags or plastic bags.

Gift Boxes

pickup

none

No foil-coated boxes.

Glassine

pickup

none

Green Glass Beverage Containers

pickup

none

Green Glass Containers

pickup

none

Greeting Cards

pickup

none

No foil-coated cards or cards that contain plastic pages or electronic devices.

Kraft Paper

pickup

none

Magazines

pickup

none

Please remove from its plastic cover.

Mail

pickup

none

Manila Folders

pickup

none

Mixed Paper

pickup

none

This site accepts unwanted mail and envelopes.

Newspaper

pickup

none

Recycle the entire newspaper, including ads and inserts. The plastic bag your newspaper comes in is not acceptable.

Newspaper Inserts

pickup

none

Office Paper

pickup

none

No Fluorescent paper please.

Paper Bags

pickup

none

Paper Egg Cartons

pickup

none

Paper Labels

pickup

none

Paper Sleeves

pickup

none

Paper Tubes

pickup

none

Paperback Books

pickup

none

Paperboard

pickup

none

This site accepts box board /paperboard, such as Cereal, grain, shoe, and clothing boxes, paper egg cartons, dry food boxes (pasta, rice, etc.) tissue boxes, paper towel and toilet paper cores, etc. Please Remove and discard plastic liners. No stuck-on food or grease. No foil coated cardboard material. Please Flatten boxes to conserve space.

Phone Books

pickup

none

Please Remove bags, plastic covering, and magnets.

Shredded Paper

pickup

none

Please put shredded paper in a paper bag and fold the top down.

Steel Cans

pickup

none

Please rinse the cans clean.

Steel Lids

pickup

none

Window Envelopes

pickup

none

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