Recycling Resources

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Arvada Recycling Resources

 Local Recycling Partner: SustainAbility

 

 

Arvada residents frequently request information regarding recycling. While the recycling industry changes rapidly and information goes out of date quickly, the following resources may provide you with a broader picture of recycling in Colorado and across the nation.

Why Recycle

•  Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries: national economic impact of recycling
•  Recycling and climate change
•  Institute for Local Self Reliance: impacts of composting 
•  United States Environmental Protection Agency: recycling factoids 
•  United States Environmental Protection Agency: calculate individual impact 

• Solid Waste Association of North America: recycling myths 

Recycling by Materials

•  What happens to plastic, paper, cans, glass bottles and cartons from pick up to life as a new product.
•  Glass recycling in Denver
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
  • Part 3
•  Plastics
•  Paper

Recycling Videos

Take a journey with recyclables from pick up to process in three cities across the nation

•  Boulder County
•  Vermont
•  San Diego 

Colorado Recycling Information

•  Colorado's 2019 Recycling Policy 
•  Zero Waste Colorado 
•  KUNC Article: Colorado Cities and Recycling Costs
•  Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment: recycling totals
•  Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment: solid waste data and reports 

Contact

City Manager's Office, 720-898-7500.