Spring Cleanup Program
No Spring Cleanup for 2008
In 2007, the Arvada City Council allocated $250,000 to provide the Spring Curbside Cleanup program and opted to consider conducting this popular program on an every other year basis. Budget permitting, the City will provide the program again in 2009, but there will not be Curbside Cleanup in 2008.
Arvada residents who want to do a thorough spring cleaning have a number of options available. First and foremost, keep in mind that, for an extra fee, private residential trash services will take most, if not all, of the items that are collected during the Curbside Cleanup program.
Regular Household Trash
• For an extra fee, most residential trash haulers will pick up large items such as furniture.
• Look in the yellow pages for “Garbage and Rubbish Collection.”
• Businesses which take old appliances include Unwanted Appliance, (303) 430-7142, Iliff Appliance, (303) 320-0258; and Anything Goes, (303) 947-7100.
• Don’t forget that one person’s trash is another person’s treasure. Consider donating older furniture and other items to a charitable organization.
Household Hazardous Waste
• The Rooney Road Recycling Center at 151 S. Rooney Road in Golden accepts household hazardous waste. Normal hours of operation are 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m on Wednesday and Saturday. Call (303) 316-6262 for more information or for an appointment.
• For a $13 fee, up to 75 pounds of household chemicals can be dropped off at the Center. Batteries, tires, motor oil (25-gallon limit), and up to ten one-gallon cans of latex paint do not count toward the 75-pound limit.
• For $20, the Center will pick the materials up from your home.
The following is a partial list of the household hazardous waste accepted at the Center:
Antifreeze
Car / Motorcycle Batteries
Car Cleaners and Waxes
Degreasers
Deodorizers
Drain Cleaners
Expired Medicines
Flea Powder
Insecticides
Furniture Polish
Lacquers
Laundry Products
Moth Balls
Oven Cleaners
Paints
Paint Thinner / Remover
Petroleum Products
Photography Chemicals
Radiator Flushes
Rodent Poison
Organic Waste
• The Rooney Road Recycling Center at 151 S. Rooney Road in Golden accepts brush, sod, tree trimmings, logs cut in eight-foot sections or less, and other organic waste year round. The cost for residential customers is $3 per cubic yard. Call (303) 710-9120 for more information.
Used Motor Oil
Five area businesses will recycle up to five gallons of used motor oil at no charge. They are:
• Advanced Auto Parts, 5465 Wadsworth Bypass, (303) 422-7111
• Auto Zone, 9302 W. 58th Avenue, (303) 424-3000
• Checker Auto Works, 6464 Wadsworth Boulevard, (303) 422-0237
• Checker Auto Works, 11702 W. 64th Avenue, (303) 403-0514
• Fast Lube, 6812 Wadsworth Boulevard, (303) 424-8977