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City of Longmont
Public Works & Natural Resources
375 Airport Road
Longmont, CO 80501
PRESORT STANDARD
US POSTAGE PAID
LONGMONT, CO
PERMIT 19
You mde difference! In 2010, city
residents recycled 18,000 tons of material.
Those materials include: curbside recycling
collection, recycling center collections, tree
limb diversion materials, and paper shredding
events. Tnk you for your tremendou
effort to divert wte from te lndll!
6500 ton collected curbside
1875 ton of recyclables collected at the CityRecycling Center
9600 ton of tree limbs and branches
22 ton of shredded material collected at shred events
28,775 ton of trash collected curbside
Thats 46,775 ton of materials collected, of which18,000 ton were recycled
Tt equl 38% diverion rte for Longmont!
YOUR GUIDE TO RECYCLING aND
COLLECTION sChEDULEs
Please use this guide to nd recycling
solutions for your home, school and business:
batteries, bottles, paper, shredded paper,
cardboard and bulky metals.
For more info:
www.ci.longmont.co.u/olidwte
City of Longmont Recycling
& Tree Limb Diversion Center
38% Diversion rateAn informational recycling center newsletterfor Longmont residents.
140 Martin Street
At this location you will nd the Tree Limb
Diversion Center where residents can bring
tree branches and leaves during regular
business hours.
This service is available to residents of the
City of Longmont at no additional fee.
Residents outside the City of Longmont will
be charged a small fee based on volume.
If there is not a bin for a particular item,please take it with you. You may contact us
by phone for additional information on how to
recycle items not accepted at this location.
You can drop off the following itemsat the Longmont Recycling& Tree Limb Diversion Center140 Martin Street
Recycle Drop Off: 24 hours a day/7 days per week
For Tree Limb Diversion Hours: 303-651-8416 or www.ci.longmont.co.us/solidwaste
Tree limbs, shrubs, bushes, and unbagged leaves (during business hours only)
Aluminum cans and foil
Steel cans and metal jar lids
Glass bottles and jars
Milk cartons and drink boxes
Plastic bottles (#1 #7)
Plastic screw-top jars (#1 #7)
Plastic tubs and cups (#1 #7)
Cardboard and brown paper bags
Ofce paper and unopened mail
Magazines and catalogs
Newspaper and phone books
Large paperboard items
Small, low-grade paper items
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Oct 15: Shred event at 140 Martin Street, 9am 1pm
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2011 Trash and Recycling Collection ScheduleHorario de coleccin de basura y reciclado
Monday East/Lunes Este
East side collectionColeccin del are Este
West side collectionColeccin del are Oeste
Tuesday East/Martes Este
Wednesday West/Miercoles Oeste
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Monday West/Lunes Oeste
Thursday West/Jueves Oeste
Wednesday East/Miercoles Este
Thursday East/Jueves Este
Jan 15: Shred event at 140 Martin Street, 9am 1pm
Jan 17: Martin Luther King Day (Trash and Recycling 1 Day
behind, City Facilities and Tree Limb Diversion Center Closed).
Feb 12: Shred event at 140 Martin Street, 9am 1pm
Feb 21: Presidents Day (Trash and Recycling 1 Day behind,
City Facilities and Tree Limb Diversion Center Closed).
Mar 11: Shred event at 140 Martin Street, 9am 1pm
Mar 26: Large Item Stop-N-Drop, 375 Airport Road, 8am 2pm
April 9: Hard to Recycle Event, 140 Martin Street, 9am 1pm
April 11 23: Spring Branch Collection
April 16: Shred event at 140 Martin Street, 9am 1pm
May 7: Landfll Drop Day, Erie Landfll, 6am 2pm
May 21: Shred event at 140 Martin Street, 9am 1pm
May 30: Memorial Day (Trash and Recycling 1 Day behind,
City Facilities and Tree Limb Diversion Center Closed).
June 18: Shred event at 140 Martin Street, 9am 1pm
July 4: Independence Day (Trash and Recycling 1 Day behind,
City Facilities and Tree Limb Diversion Center Closed).
July 16: Shred event at 140 Martin Street, 9am 1pm
July 30: Large Item Stop-N-Drop, 375 Airport Road, 8am 2pm
August 20: Shred event at 140 Martin Street, 9am 1pm Sept 5: Labor Day (Trash and Recycling 1 Day behind, City
Facilities and Tree Limb Diversion Center Closed).
Sept 10: Hard to Recycle Event, 140 Martin Street, 9am 1pm
Sept 10: Landfll Drop Day, Erie Landfll, 6am 2pm
Sept 16: Shred event at 140 Martin Street, 9am 1pm
Sept 17: Household Chemical Drop Day, 375 Airport Road,
9am 2pm
Nov 5: Shred event at 140 Martin Street, 9am 1pm
Nov 11: Veterans Day (City Facilities and Tree Limb Diversion
Center Closed)
Nov 19: Large Item Stop-N-Drop, 375 Airport Road, 8am 2pm
Nov 24: Thanksgiving Day (Trash and Recycling Thursday
collection 1 Day behind, City Facilities and Tree Limb Diversion
Center Closed).
Dec 17: Shred event at 140 Martin Street, 9am 1pm
Dec 26: Observance o Christmas Day (Trash and Recycling 1 Day
behind, City Facilities and Tree Limb Diversion Center Closed).
Dec 26 Jan 5: Christmas Tree Recycling
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Below is our Dirty Dozen hit list of the WORST THINGS
TO PUT IN YOUR GREY SINGLE STREAM RECYCLING
CART. Please help make our single-stream recycling
program a success by keeping these materials OUT.
When is PickupTrash is picked up once per week. Recycling is
picked up once every other week on your trash
collection day and must be out by 7 a.m.
HolidaysTrash and recycling collection is not provided
on the following nine holidays: New Years Day,
Martin Luther King Day, Presidents Day, Memorial
Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day,
Thanksgiving, & Christmas. Because of this, if your
collection day falls on the holiday, or later that
same week, your collection will be one day behind
for that week only.
We want to make recycling as easy as possible
for you. Single stream recycling allows for all
recyclable materials to go into one container (grey
container). The only thing you have to do is empty
and rinse! Please do not atten aluminum cansor containers.
Used Automotive Oil Heats Up the
Public Works Maintenance Facility
The sanitation division has a motor oil collection site located at the City Recycling
Center. The oil collected is reused to heat two buildings located at the Public Works
Maintenance Facility. Each year, our collection site receives about 4,000 gallons of
used motor oil. This in turn means lower costs to heat buildings and reuse of used
motor oil. If you ve motor oil tt you need to dipoe of, you cn bring it by te
City Recycling Center in non-opque continer, (gllon milk jug). No cemicl
plee. Te collection ite i open ix dy week: MondyWednedy from 8:30
.m. to 4:30 p.m. Turdysturdy from 8:30 .m. to 5:45 p.m.Just bring your
utility bill indicating you are a trash subscription customer and present that to the
person at the window and they will direct you to the collection bins.
Recycle It Right
Single Stream Items Cereal boxes
Cans (do not crush)
White and pastel colored ofce paper
Phone books, newspapers, magazines
Glass bottles and jars
Plastic bottles and jugs (#17)
Metal jar lids
Corrugated cardboard
Single Stream
Trash
Non-Trash ItemsPlease DO NOT put these
items in the trash cart
Hazardous waste
Liquid paint
Needles or syringes
Cooking oil
Loose or hot ashes
Recycling Basics
Call 303-651-8416for more information
Oil and battery dropoff is located at
140 Martin Street, the Longmont
Recycling and Tree Limb Diversion
Center. Alkaline batteries are not
recyclable and may be placed in
your trash.
NO Pltic Bgin single-stream recycling cartPlastic bags are the WORST contaminants
in the recycling cart. They get wet and
dirty and cannot be recycled. Plastic bags
can be recycled at Eco-Cycle CHaRM or
at participating grocery stores if they are
clean, dry and empty. Find grocery storerecycling locations at www.ecocycle.org/
htrg.
NO Mteril in Pltic Bgin single-stream recycling cartWorkers have to slow the conveyor belts
to rip open bags that contain recyclables
and then add the bag to the heap of bags
bound for the landll. These inefciencies
waste time and money.
NO sredded Pperin single-stream recycling cartShredded paper is too small to sort.
The pieces get wet, gum up the sorting
equipment and cause it to malfunction.
Recycle shredded paper in the bin marked
Paperboard at the Longmont Recycling
Drop-off Center.
NO scrp Metlin single-stream recycling cartScrap metal items of any size should not
go in your curbside cart. These items
cause excessive damage to the recycling
equipment. Please take these materials to
the Longmont Recycling Drop-off Center
and look for the bin marked Scrap Metal.
NO hzrdou Wtein single-stream recycling cartHazardous waste such as paint, automotive
uids, car batteries and pesticides
must be taken to the Boulder County
Household Hazardous Waste Facility, NOT
the Recycling Center. Call 303.441.4800
for more information. The LongmontRecycling Center accepts car batteries and
motor oil for recycling. See hours above.
NO Diper orBiohzrdou Wtein single-stream recycling cartSyringes, needles, diapers and other
sanitary products are not recyclable. Visit
www.ecocycle.org/htrg for information
about handling sharps safely.
NO Non-Recyclble Plticin single-stream recycling cartWhile we have added new plastic items,
many plastics are still not recyclable
because there is no market to accept them.
Plastic lids, Styrofoam and any other
plastics not listed in these guidelines are
not recyclable.
NO Flttened Continerin single-stream recycling cartThe Single-Stream sorting equipment
separates ats (paper) from rounds
(containers). When containers are
attened, the equipment mistakenly
sends them to the paper side of the
facility, signicantly contaminating the
paper were sending to market.
NO Cp or Lidon Gl Bottle or Jrin single-stream recycling cartMetal lids can be removed and recycled loose
in the bin. Plastic lids and caps from glass
bottles and jars should be thrown away.
NO Liquidin single-stream recycling cartWhen we compact bottles for shipping,
liquids drip and splatter, creating a sticky,
smelly mess on the sorting oor. Please
completely empty and quickly rinse out all
containers before recycling.
NO Cermic orNon-Recyclble Glin single-stream recycling cartCeramics, china, dishes, mirrors, light
bulbs, Pyrex, porcelain and window glass
should not go in the cart! Their different
melting points and chemical compositions
will ruin new glass bottles. If our buyer
sees just one of these on the top of a load
of glass, the entire load could be rejected.
NO Frozen Food Boxein single-stream recycling cartPaperboard boxes that were designed
for frozen foods, such as frozen pizza and
entrees, have a plastic polymer sprayed
on them to protect against freezer burn.
That same coating prevents the box from
breaking up in the recycling process. These
materials are not recyclable OR compostable.
Printed with Permission by Eco-Cycle. Copyright Eco-Cycle 2010.
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For year round service, please take your hard to recycle items to:
CHaRM site, Eco-Cycle: Call 303-444-6634 or visit
www.ecocycle.org/charm/index.cfm
Longmont Recycling Informationwww.ci.longmont.co.us/solidwaste
Longmont Recycling Center140 Martin Street
Hours: 24 hours a day/7 days a week303-651-8416
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Your Recycling Challenge:Reduce or eliminate the number of
plastic bags you throw in the trash.
RECYCLINGUPDATE!
Hard-to-Recycle Events
2011 Schedule: April 9 and September 10, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Please call us at 303-651-8416 or visit our website
(www.ci.longmont.co.us/solidwaste).
Where: City Recycling Center, 140 Martin Street
Items Accepted: Computers, electronics, and cell phones are
among the items accepted. There is a fee for recycling certain items.
For more information, call Public Works Operations at 303-651-8416.
Household Hazardous Chemical Drop-Off
2011 Schedule: September 17, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Where: Public Works Maintenance Facility, 375 Airport Road
Items Accepted: City of Longmont sanitation subscription customers only
(please bring your utility bill as verication) may bring unwanted cleaners,
solvents, pesticides, aerosol cans, paint, and other chemical wastes for
disposal at no additional charge. Chemists will be on-site to identify and
properly dispose of many types of household hazardous chemicals.
Not Accepted: Commercial generated wastes of any kind are not accepted.
This event is for chemicals commonly used for residential purposes ONLY.
For year round service, please take your hazardous materials to:
Boulder County Household Hazardous Waste Facility: currently located at5880 Butte Mill Road, Boulder.
The facility will move to its new location, just down the street, to 1901 63rd Street, Boulder in the Spring of 2011.
Please call ahead to verify days and hours of operation at 303-441-4800, or visit
www.co.boulder.co.us/recycling/hhw/hhwhome.htm.
Curbside Leaf Collection
2011 Schedule: October 17 December 9, curbside by 7 a.m.
Where: Curbside
Residents may place bagged leaves only at street curbside during
the designated week.
Leaf collection information will also be published in the CityLine,
Longmont Life, and the Times-Call this fall. For your convenience,
a limited number of compostable leaf bags are available throughout
the City Departments prior to and during the event.
After Halloween, we provide Halloween pumpkin composting at the
Recycle Center at 140 South Martin Street. Refuse collection customers
are welcome to dispose of their pumpkins in the tree limb pile.
Large Item Stop-N-Drops
2011 Schedule: March 26, July 30, and November 19, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Where: Public Works Maintenance Facility, 375 Airport Road
Items Accepted: Sanitation subscription customers may bring large
household items for disposal. If bringing any kind of lumber, all nails must be
removed. City employees will unload your items, as you will need to remain
in your vehicle when on the Public Works Operations property. You must
bring your City of Longmont utility bill to the Stop-N-Drop, as the program is
available at no additional cost.
Not Accepted: Household waste, dirt, rock, sod, concrete, roong materials,
chemicals, limbs, yard waste, tires, auto parts, hazardous waste or
refrigerators. Please call Public Works Operations at 303-651-8416 for
recommendations on how to dispose of these items.
Special Recycling Events in Longmont
About 89 billion plastic bags, sacks and wraps
are used each year in the U.S.
According to the EPA, about 12 percent of
plastic bags and wraps were recycled in 2007.
A ve-year-long study by the OceanConservancy found that small plastic bags
made up about 9 percent of the debris found
along various U.S. coasts.
Surveys routinely show that more than 90
percent of consumers reuse their plastic bags
at least once for things like wastebasket liners,
lunch totes and pet waste pick-up.
Plastic bags are not accepted in either curbside
collection or the Citys Recycling Center (jams
up the processing equipment).
You can return your plastic bags to grocery
store drop off sites for recycling.
All major retail grocers
in Longmont offer
plastic bag collection.
It is now OK to recycle plastic caps from plastic
bottles and jugs. Just screw them back on
the empty bottle or jug and toss it into yourrecycling container. The bottle recycling market
has expanded to accept plastic caps, as long as
they are on the container. Plee note: METAL
CAPS on glass bottles are recyclable, but they
should ALWAYS be removed
from the bottle before
recycling. They are
recyclable, but separate
from the bottle.
Did YouKnow?PLASTIC BAGS
Use reusable grocery bags.
Take your plastic grocery bags back to your
retail grocer. All major grocery stores in
Longmont have a collection point at the front of
the stores to take back plastic grocery bags!
City dog parks can also reuse your plastic
grocery bags, just drop by one of three dogparks and ll up the doggie bag dispenser with
your unwanted bags. The City dog parks are
located at Airport Rd and St. Vrain Rd, 21st Ave
and Francis, and at the Rough and Ready Park
on 21st near Sunlight Drive.