How does the city of Boulder handle recycling?

Boulder's single-stream recycling program is great! Western-Disposal picks up from your house, and they make it so easy to recycle. You can also head to the Boulder County recycling drop-off center, located off of Arapahoe Avenue and 63rd. They've got HUGE collection bins for all recyclable items, and it's fun to dump the items yourself.

Another source for the things that the trash services will not take in their recycling containers, is eco-cycle, you can find out everything they take at ecocyle.org . There is also the Boulder County Recycling Center that takes many forms of household hazardous waste, e.g.: paint, pesticides, oil, fertilizers and many more. There is a link for them on the ecocycle site.

Thankfully, our local trash collection company, Western Disposal, provides curbside recycle pick-ups along with the trash schedule. In fact, Western Disposal gives monetary incentives to reduce trash and increase recycling, which is a departure from the traditional "the bigger the trash can, the smaller the fee"...meaning no price break for the bigger trash containers anymore. WD provides 3 containers: 1 for trash, 1 for compostables and 1 for paper, glass, and plastics.