Below you can find some guidelines for recycling within our community at home and at work.

DO INCLUDE THESE ITEMS IN YOUR RECYCLING

Glass bottles & jars: Rinse, remove lids, labels okay, no plate glass, drinking glasses, light bulbs or ceramics.

• Frozen entrée microwave trays. . . . Put in trash
• Food trays or party platters, even if stamped with #1-7. . . . . . . Reuse or put in trash
• Shrink wrap or plastic wrap. . . Put in trash
• Plastic bags. . . Reuse or recycle at grocery stores
• Automotive chemical containers,
including motor oil and
antifreeze bottles. . . Triple rinse and put in trash
• Pesticide containers. . Triple rinse and put in trash
• Styrofoam containers. . . Put in trash
• Compostable bottles or cups
marked #7 “compostable” . . . Put in trash or “hot” compost pile
• Tissues
• Paper towels & napkins
• Paper plates
• Photographs
• Pet food bags
• Charcoal bags
• Foil or plastic-lined boxes
• Carbon paper
• Waxed paper or
waxed cardboard

• Good Day Pharmacies

• Household Hazardous Waste Center at the Larimer County Landfill

NON-WORKING APPLIANCES

• Contact the GSI Dispatch office to schedule a pickup.......... (970) 484-6574

If you are upgrading to an Energy Star appliance, check out the Fort Collins Utilities appliance rebate program or refrigerator rebate program, or you can contact 970-221-6700.

ASPHALT, CONCRETE, TOILETS AND FILL DIRT

The city will accept these items for free — make sure they are clean and free of branches, trash and organic matter.

• City Streets Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . 970-221-6615 (Located on Hoffman Mill Road)

USED BUILDING MATERIALS

• ReSource. . . 970-498-9663

Donate or buy used building materials.

COMPOSTING and HOT COMPOSTING or VERMICOMPOSTING

• Contact our GSI Customer Service Department .................(970) 484-5556

OTHER ITEMS

Commonly used items such as batteries, compact florescent light bulbs (CFLs) and motor oil should not be thrown in the trash. When put in the landfill, they contaminate our drinking water, wildlife and air quality, not to mention it is illegal.

Listed are safe and free disposal options:

CFLs: Ace Hardware (Berthoud, Clay’s, Downtown Fort Collins, Greeley, Orchards and Windsor), Drake Hardware, Larimer County Landfill Hazardous Waste Collections Facility and The Light Center

Alkaline Batteries: Batteries Plus (must cover positive terminal with tap) and Larimer County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility

Rechargeable Batteries: Ace Hardware ( Berthoud, Downtown Fort Collins and Orchards), Batteries Plus, Best Buy and Interstate All Battery Center

Motor Oil: Checker Auto Parts, City of Loveland Drop-off, Houska Automotive, Larimer County Household Hazardous Waste Collection and Rams Conoco

E-Waste (i.e. Circuit Board Equipment): Such as TV’s and monitors, computers, printers, scanners and fax machines, stereo equipment, VCR’s , DVD players, video cameras, telephones, cell/wireless phones, fax and copy machines, video game consoles, ect. Please call the office for a Special Pick-up.

Christmas Trees ..... see seasonal Drop-off locations as advertised on our website

USED EYEGLASSES

Drop off old prescription glasses at your local Lens Crafters, Pearle Vision, Sears, Target, your local Lions Club.

PHONEBOOKS- single-stream recycling

CELL PHONES, LASER AND INK TONER CARTRIDGES

•Access Computer Products, 970-612-2930

•Friends of the Fort Collins Public Library – Main Phone: 221-6742

•ARC Thrift Store of Colorado, Phone: 970-267-887

BAGS

Grocery bags, retail bags,zip lock baggies (take off zip), bread bags (bags #2 & 4)- Take to big box stores such as Wal-Mart, Target, King Soopers.

STYROFOAM

There are no recycling options for Styrofoam used as food packaging or molded. However, styrofoam peanuts can be recycled at the following....

• The UPS Store,
• Relay Mail
• Colorado Frame Manufacturing, Inc.