Frequently Asked Questions
Find the Answer to your Recycling Questions
We offer weekly collection of trash and recycling in the unincorporated areas of La Plata County.
We offer the standard 96 gallon cart as well as a 64 gallon cart for people who produce less trash. The smaller cart is offered at a discounted rate to encourage greater recycling.
The carts should be placed where they are initially delivered. Please note, this may mean across the street/road from your house. There should be at least 3 feet of space between your trash & recycle carts. Follow the directions on the placard adhered to your trash cart for placement.
All of your recycling except glass can be mixed together for collection. Rinse containers; do not bag in plastic bags.
Please see our Recycling Guidelines for details.
The City of Durango has a free drop-off location for mixed glass at 710 Tech Center Drive, 24/7. Dropping off your glass while you are in town is the most economical option and also results in the lowest carbon footprint. We also offer an on-call glass collection service on a monthly basis for customers who are unable to transport their glass; please call the office for more details.
We offer construction waste hauling (roll-off dumpster) and recycling in the five county region.
Our boxes are 30 cubic yards. (23′ long, 8’3″ wide, 6’4″ high)
Our boxes have a 20 cubic yard line on the inside for smaller projects.
You can put just about anything into the boxes and we handle the sorting at our facility. We work primarily with new construction and remodel projects but please give us a call so we can discuss your specific needs.
We cannot accept liquid, hazardous or toxic waste including asbestos.
LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. It is an internationally-recognized green building certification system developed by the U.S. Green Building Council.
We offer regularly scheduled, on-call and drop-off shredding services for your confidential documents.
We provide free locking security cabinets and carts for you to use in your business. These containers can be placed wherever confidential documents are generated to ensure that employees don’t accidentally throw something in the trash. We empty the containers, shred them on-site in our truck and provide you with a Document of Destruction for your records.
We have a 33 foot long truck that holds an industrial shredder which we bring to your location. All of the paper is loaded into wheeled carts, weighed, shredded, and then removed for recycling. This service is billed by the pound but we will help you estimate how much you have so we can allocate enough time and help you approximate the total bill.
Our “Shred Shed” is located at the Mailroom and Copy Center next to Kroeger’s Ace Hardware. Your documents are weighed and then placed in a locked container for temporary storage until we arrive to shred them. This service is a little more expensive by the pound but there is no minimum charge and you shred on your schedule.
The shredded paper is removed in our truck, baled, loaded into semi-trucks, transported to a paper mill and recycled into new paper products.
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There are a few types of paper that we can’t recycle because they have a large amount of dye in them. If we find this paper while we are shredding we simply set it aside, shred it separately, and then dispose of it. You do not need to separate this paper and there is no additional charge.