As part of the survey, we asked the municipalities to tell us what kinds of special trash and recycling programs the offer or participate in. We asked about Christmas tree recycling, household hazardous waste, large item pick up, tree limb and yard debris pick up and spring and fall clean up programs. We provided the municipalities with a number of options to describe their programs, but learned that there is so much diversity among the communities that provide these services that each is unique to its own community. This table lists the programs with a short description of the administration or organization of the program, and should be considered more illustrative that analytical.

The information that the municipalities provided to us has led us to consider doing more specific and detailed surveys on several of these programs as individual surveys. For example, Colorado Recycles already collects the most comprehensive statewide data on Christmas tree recycling available. It is used by community groups, the media, individuals and corporations and each year the inquiries increase over the previous year.

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.

In addition to the information contained in this table regarding household hazardous waste collection programs, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment maintains a current listing of community programs on its website at http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/hm/hhwcollect.htm.

 

City	Population - July, 2004	Website	County	Christmas Trees	Large Item Pick Up	Household Hazardous Waste	Tree Limbs & Yard Waste	Spring or Fall Clean Up	Other
Aguilar	554	http://www.townofaguilar.com/	Las Animas
Akron	1,854	n/a	Washington	City provided	City provided	City provided	City provided	City provided
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	City provides DO sites for Christmas trees, tree limbs, yard waste		Provided at Rooney Road Recycling Center - pick up can be arranged by private recycler contracted through Rooney Road	City provides DO sites for Christmas trees, tree limbs, yard waste; City of Arvada and Waste Connections are sponsoring a grass/leaf recycling program. Detailed information on City web site.
Aspen	6,368	http://city.aspenpitkin.com/index.cfm	Pitkin	DO site for month after Christmas, joint Aspen/Pitkin County		DO center provided by Pitkin County	City is starting yard waste DO. Two private businesses starting curbside		Pitkin County Solid Waste Center accepts all kinds of electronics
Ault	1,421	n/a	Weld	City provides spring clean up
Aurora	295,775	http://www.auroragov.org/AuroraGov/index.htm	Adams - Arapahoe - Douglas	By arrangement with private hauler	By arrangement with private hauler	By arrangement with private hauler	By arrangement with private hauler	By arrangement 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	Private hauler under contract with Town		County service with town		The Town of Bayfield offers two bulk pick-ups a year: one in the spring and one in the fall. For information on the clean-ups, check the Events section of the web site.
Bennett	2,330	http://www.bennett.co.us/	Adams - Arapahoe		By private trash hauler
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		City provides trash service			Private hauler under contract to City
Blanca	399	http://www.fone.net/~blancaco/	Costilla		City provided trash service		City provided trash service	City provided trash service
Blue River	743	n/a	Summit
Bonanza City	14	n/a	Saguache
Boone	324	n/a	Pueblo
Boulder	97,467	http://www.bouldercolorado.gov/	Boulder
Bow Mar	812	n/a	Arapahoe - Jefferson
Branson	85	n/a	Las Animas	City provided trash service			City provided trash service	City provided trash service
Breckenridge	3,296	http://www.townofbreckenridge.com/	Summit	Town provides DO site				Town provides trash service
Brighton	27,131	http://www.ci.brighton.co.us/	Adams - Weld			City provided CS	City provided CS	City provided CS
Brookside	217	n/a	Fremont
Broomfield	44,634	http://www.ci.broomfield.co.us/	Broomfield	City provides DO sites	Private hauler under contract to city	City provides DO sites	City provides DO Sites	Spring clean Up - private hauler under contract to city
Brush	5,282	http://www.brushcolo.com/	Morgan		City provides curbside		City provided trash service May 1-Nov. 30
Buena Vista	2,279	http://www.buenavistaco.gov/GigPage.aspx?PageID=351	Chaffee
Burlington	3,838	http://www.burlingtoncolo.com/	Kit Carson					Town provides trash service
Calhan	898	n/a	El Paso	City provided trash service	Private hauler under contract to city		Tree limbs City provided trash service	Private hauler under contract to city
Campo	156	n/a	Baca
Canon City	15,683	http://www.canoncity.org/	Fremont
Carbondale	5,689	http://www.carbondalegov.org/	Garfield	City provided trash service	Private trash hauler	City provided trash service	Private trash hauler	City provided trash service
Castle Rock	32,261	http://www.townofcastlerock.org/	Douglas
Cedaredge	2,190	http://www.cedaredgecolorado.com/	Delta	By arrangement with private hauler	By arrangement with private hauler		By arrangement with private hauler	By arrangement with private hauler	Anything landfillable, no HHW
Centennial	101,049	http://www.centennialcolorado.com/	Arapahoe			Private trash hauler under contract to City, fee based
Center	2,382	n/a	Rio Grande - Saguache
Central City	492	n/a	Clear Creek - Gilpin					City provided trash service
Cheraw	201	n/a	Otero	Town provided trash service	Town provided trash service		Town provided trash service	Town provided trash service
Cherry Hills Village	6,089	http://www.cherryhillsvillage.com/	Arapahoe	City provided trash service		Private curbside recycler		City provided trash service
Cheyenne Wells	985	http://www.townofcheyennewells.com/	Cheyenne					Spring clean up City provided CS
Coal Creek	380	n/a	Fremont
Cokedale	146	n/a	Las Animas	Private trash hauler	Private trash hauler		Town provided trash service	Town provided trash service
Collbran	637	n/a	Mesa		Private trash hauler		Private trash hauler	Private trash hauler
Colorado Springs	380,073	http://www.springsgov.com/	El Paso
Columbine Valley	1,167	http://columbinevalley.org/	Arapahoe	Private curbside recycler under contract to City	Private curbside recycler under contract to City		Private curbside recycler under contract to City	Private curbside recycler under contract to City
Commerce City	30,768	http://www.ci.commerce-city.co.us/	Adams		Private trash hauler under contract to City
Cortez	8,504	http://www.cityofcortez.com/	Montezuma
Craig	9,178	http://www.ci.craig.co.us/	Moffat	City provided curbside service	City provided curbside service		City provided curbside service	City provided curbside service
Crawford	397	n/a	Delta				City provided CS - 1 time per year	Spring clean up City provided CS
Creede	422	http://www.creede.com/	Mineral					Town provided trash service - spring clean up once a year
Crested Butte	1,543	http://www.crestedbutte-co.gov/	Gunnison					City provided trash service
Crestone	112	n/a	Saguache
Cripple Creek	1,082	http://www.cripple-creek.co.us/govt.html	Teller
Crook	129	n/a	Logan					Spring by private trash hauler
Crowley	177	n/a	Crowley
Dacono	3,309	http://www.ci.dacono.co.us/	Weld		Private trash hauler under contract to City - extra fee	Weld County sponsors drop off site in City	Private trash hauler under contract to City	City provided trash service with donations to cover costs
DeBeque	497	n/a	Mesa	Private trash hauler	Private trash hauler			City provided trash service
Deer Trail	575	http://www.deertrailcolorado.org/	Arapahoe					Private trash hauler
Del Norte	1,715	n/a	Rio Grande
Delta	8,087	http://www.deltaco.org/	Delta	City provided trash service			City provided trash service	Fall clean up City provided trash service
Denver	568,913	http://www.denvergov.org/	Denver	City provided curbside service	City provided curbside service	Private curbside recycler under contract to City		Leaf drop program - City provided trash service	Municipal building recycling service - some city, some private
Dillon	819	http://www.townofdillon.com/	Summit
Dinosaur	334	n/a	Moffat
Dolores	899	n/a	Montezuma
Dove Creek	683	n/a	Dolores
Durango	15,628	http://www.durangogov.org/	La Plata	City joins with La Plata County, Bayfield & Ignacio for drop off sites; City also provides curbside service				Spring and Fall clean up for residential trash customers - City provided trash service
Eads	702	http://www.kiowacountycolo.com/eadsframe.htm	Kiowa	Town provided trash service				Town provided trash service
Eagle	3,816	http://www.townofeagle.org/	Eagle	City provided trash service	City provided trash service		City provided trash service	City provided trash service	Motor oil drop off recycling
Eaton	3,825	http://www.eatonco.org/	Weld		Private trash hauler under contract to Town		Private trash hauler under contract to Town	Private trash hauler under contract to Town
Eckley	278	n/a	Yuma				Private trash hauler under contract to Town	Town provided curbside service
Edgewater	5,351	http://www.edgewaterco.com/	Jefferson			Provided at Rooney Road Recycling Center - pick up can be arranged by private recycler contracted through Rooney Road
Elizabeth	1,529	http://www.townofelizabeth.org/	Elbert	Private trash hauler
Empire	392	n/a	Clear Creek	Private trash hauler	Private trash hauler			City provided curbside service
Englewood	32,491	http://www.ci.englewood.co.us/	Arapahoe			Annual HHW drop off program
Erie	10,216	http://www.ci.erie.co.us/	Boulder - Weld					Town provided drop off and pays to have debris hauled off
Estes Park	5,707	http://www.estesnet.com/	Larimer	City provided trash service				City provided trash service - spring clean up
Evans	16,280	http://www.cityofevans.org/	Weld		Private trash hauler under contract to City			Private trash hauler under contract to City
Fairplay	689	http://www.fairplayco.us/	Park
Federal Heights	11,698	http://www.ci.federal-heights.co.us/	Adams			Tri-County Health Dept. Round ups		Private trash hauler under contract to city
Firestone	5,748	http://www.ci.firestone.co.us/	Weld
Flagler	599	n/a	Kit Carson
Fleming	445	http://www.neco-land.com/	Logan					Private trash hauler under contract to city
Florence	3,795	http://www.florenceco.govoffice2.com/	Fremont				City provided trash service	Annual leaf pick up - city provided trash service
Fort Collins	126,903	http://www.ci.fort-collins.co.us/	Larimer					Fall leaf exchange
Fort Lupton	7,111	http://www.fortlupton.org/	Weld					Fall clean up, City provided trash service
Fort Morgan	11,119	http://www.cityoffortmorgan.com/	Morgan					City provided trash service
Fountain	18,334	http://www.ci.fountain.co.us/	El Paso	City provided curbside service				City provided curbside service - spring clean up
Fowler	1,150	n/a	Otero
Foxfield	765	http://www.foxfieldco.us/	Arapahoe	Private trash hauler under contract to Town	Private trash hauler under contract to Town