As part of the survey, we asked the municipalities to tell us what kinds of products or materials they collect in their curbside programs. Because of the large number of materials, we have subdivided the data into two tables. This table displays data about beverage containers (aluminum cans, steel & tin cans, #1 and # 2 plastic bottles, glass, and whether the programs accepts all bottles). The accompanying table displays information concerning paper related products.

We also asked the municipalities whether the resident was required to sort the containers into separate bins, whether like items could be commingled or whether all recyclable material could be commingled into a single stream. This information does not include private haulers, which makes the data set incomplete and this data will be surveyed in the next phase of the research. It should also be noted that many communities that require private haulers to provide or offer curbside recycling did not specify the materials to be collected or whether those materials were to be sorted or commingled. That information will be collected as part of the private provider survey. Conducting a survey of private haulers is difficult. Since private haulers are generally unregulated (except for certain health, labor and safety requirements) there is no single list of haulers that can be used. Each community must be researched individually, and many communities have multiple haulers serving them. Not all haulers serve an entire community, many serve specific neighborhoods as part of their contracts. Trash hauling and associated recycling programs show fairly easy entry and exit in the market because there are low barriers to entry. Turnover among the smaller trash haulers is relatively high, as are the markets that they serve.

As with the general information concerning the availability of curbside recycling programs, many communities provided us with information about drop off options. The communities also provided us with drop off information as part of this data base, and gave us information about sorting and commingling. We opted to include that information in this table since it provides a more complete picture of the recycling options.

The abbreviation "CS" indicates curbside, and the abbreviation "DO" indicated drop off.

Where there is no information, we are still working to verify the arrangement. Please let us know if any of this information is in error or needs updating.

 

City	Population - July, 2004	Website	County	Aluminum Cans	Steel & Tin Cans	Clear Glass	Colored Glass	#1 & #2 Plastic Bottles	All Plastic Bottles
Aguilar	554	http://www.townofaguilar.com/	Las Animas
Akron	1,854	n/a	Washington
Alamosa	8,419	http://www.cityofalamosa.org/	Alamosa
Alma	234	n/a	Park
Antonito	840	n/a	Conejos
Arriba	232	n/a	Lincoln
Arvada	103,004	http://www.arvada.org/	Adams - Jefferson	Per contract with private hauler	Per contract with private hauler	Per contract with private hauler	Per contract with private hauler	Per contract with private hauler	Per contract with private hauler
Aspen	6,368	http://city.aspenpitkin.com/index.cfm	Pitkin	Commingle bev. Con. - cs	Commingle bev. Con. - cs	Commingle bev. Con. - cs	Commingle bev. Con. - cs	Commingle bev. Con. - cs
Ault	1,421	n/a	Weld
Aurora	295,775	http://www.auroragov.org/AuroraGov/index.htm	Adams - Arapahoe - Douglas	Per contract with private hauler	Per contract with private hauler	Per contract with private hauler	Per contract with private hauler	Per contract with private hauler	Per contract with private hauler
Avon	6,755	http://www.avon.org/	Eagle
Basalt	3,051	http://www.basalt.net/	Eagle - Pitkin
Bayfield	1,705	http://www.bayfield.govoffice.com/	La Plata
Bennett	2,330	http://www.bennett.co.us/	Adams - Arapahoe
Berthoud	4,930	http://www.ci.berthoud.co.us/	Larimer - Weld
Bethune	214	n/a	Kit Carson
Black Hawk	112	http://www.cityofblackhawk.org/	Gilpin
Blanca	399	http://www.fone.net/~blancaco/	Costilla
Blue River	743	n/a	Summit	Commingle bev. Con. - cs		Commingle bev. Con. - cs	Commingle bev. Con. - cs	Commingle bev. Con. - cs
Bonanza City	14	n/a	Saguache
Boone	324	n/a	Pueblo
Boulder	97,467	http://www.bouldercolorado.gov/	Boulder	Defined recyclable material - private hauler mandated to provide CS	Defined recyclable material - private hauler mandated to provide CS	Defined recyclable material - private hauler mandated to provide CS	Defined recyclable material - private hauler mandated to provide CS	Defined recyclable material - private hauler mandated to provide CS	Defined recyclable material - private hauler mandated to provide CS
Bow Mar	812	n/a	Arapahoe - Jefferson
Branson	85	n/a	Las Animas	Separate bin - cs	Separate bin - cs	Separate bin - cs	Separate bin - cs
Breckenridge	3,296	http://www.townofbreckenridge.com/	Summit	Per contract with private hauler	Per contract with private hauler	Per contract with private hauler	Per contract with private hauler	Per contract with private hauler	Per contract with private hauler
Brighton	27,131	http://www.ci.brighton.co.us/	Adams - Weld	Per contract with private hauler	Per contract with private hauler	Per contract with private hauler	Per contract with private hauler	Per contract with private hauler	Per contract with private hauler
Brookside	217	n/a	Fremont
Broomfield	44,634	http://www.ci.broomfield.co.us/	Broomfield	Commingle bev. Con. - DO; Per contract with private hauler CS	Commingle bev. Con. - DO; Per contract with private hauler CS	Commingle bev. Con. - DO; Per contract with private hauler CS	Commingle bev. Con. - DO; Per contract with private hauler CS	Commingle bev. Con. - DO; Per contract with private hauler CS	Per contract with private hauler CS
Brush	5,282	http://www.brushcolo.com/	Morgan
Buena Vista	2,279	http://www.buenavistaco.gov/GigPage.aspx?PageID=351	Chaffee
Burlington	3,838	http://www.burlingtoncolo.com/	Kit Carson
Calhan	898	n/a	El Paso
Campo	156	n/a	Baca
Canon City	15,683	http://www.canoncity.org/	Fremont
Carbondale	5,689	http://www.carbondalegov.org/	Garfield	Defined recyclable material - private hauler mandated to provide CS	Defined recyclable material - private hauler mandated to provide CS	Defined recyclable material - private hauler mandated to provide CS	Defined recyclable material - private hauler mandated to provide CS	Defined recyclable material - private hauler mandated to provide CS
Castle Rock	32,261	http://www.townofcastlerock.org/	Douglas	Per contract with private hauler	Per contract with private hauler	Per contract with private hauler	Per contract with private hauler	Per contract with private hauler	Per contract with private hauler
Cedaredge	2,190	http://www.cedaredgecolorado.com/	Delta
Centennial	101,049	http://www.centennialcolorado.com/	Arapahoe	Per contract with private hauler	Per contract with private hauler	Per contract with private hauler	Per contract with private hauler	Per contract with private hauler	Per contract with private hauler
Center	2,382	n/a	Rio Grande - Saguache
Central City	492	n/a	Clear Creek - Gilpin
Cheraw	201	n/a	Otero
Cherry Hills Village	6,089	http://www.cherryhillsvillage.com/	Arapahoe	Per contract with private hauler	Per contract with private hauler	Per contract with private hauler	Per contract with private hauler	Per contract with private hauler	Per contract with private hauler
Cheyenne Wells	985	http://www.townofcheyennewells.com/	Cheyenne
Coal Creek	380	n/a	Fremont
Cokedale	146	n/a	Las Animas
Collbran	637	n/a	Mesa	Commingle cans - DO	Commingle cans - DO			Commingle plastic - DO
Colorado Springs	380,073	http://www.springsgov.com/	El Paso	Per contract with private hauler	Per contract with private hauler	Per contract with private hauler	Per contract with private hauler	Per contract with private hauler	Per contract with private hauler
Columbine Valley	1,167	http://columbinevalley.org/	Arapahoe	Commingle bev. Con. - cs	Commingle bev. Con. - cs	Commingle bev. Con. - cs	Commingle bev. Con. - cs	Commingle bev. Con. - cs	Commingle bev. Con. - cs
Commerce City	30,768	http://www.ci.commerce-city.co.us/	Adams
Cortez	8,504	http://www.cityofcortez.com/	Montezuma	Separate bin - cs