Location/Service Provider
Material
Municipal Center Drop Eagle County LandfillHazardous Waste
Off
Center
75 S. Frontage Rd., Vail
Wolcott
970-477-3455
970-328-3463
Vail Honeywagon
Curbside*
970-476-3511
Recycling Locations
Waste
outside Vail &
Management
Curbside*/Green From Community Events
Home program**
970 468-2475
Cardboard
Drop off locations in
Eagle/Edwards/Avon/
Gypsum
Glass Bottles
Drop off locations in
Eagle/Edwards/Avon/
Gypsum
Accepted
Not Accepted
Flattened, corrugated Cardboard contaminated
(heavy, thick with a wavy with grease or liquid, or
other packing material
middle) cardboard AND
paperboard (waxy, thin,
cardboard - cereal boxes,
six pack containers, etc.)
Any color glass - wine,
Plastic bags, window
beer, soda, liquor bottles, glass, pyrex, ceramics,
glass jars, (plastic or
porcelain, drinking
metal lids OK)
glasses, crystal, or light
bulbs
Plastics #1, #2
Loose items only, Check
the bottom of the plastic
Drop off locations in item for a triangle with a
Eagle/Edwards/Avon/
number inside
Gypsum
Plastic bags
Plastics, #5-#7
Loose items only. Check
the bottom of the plastic
Drop off locations in
Eagle/Edwards/Avon/ item for a triangle with a
number inside
Gypsum
Plastic bags
Paper
Newspaper, office paper,
fluorescent paper,
phonebooks, magazines,
Drop off locations in
phone books
Eagle/Edwards/Avon/
Gypsum
No paperboard (waxy
cardboard like cereal
boxes, 6-pack carriers)
Plastic bindings, tissue
products, paper towels,
paper plates/cups, or
envelopes with plastic
windows
Paint, cleaning products,
varnishes, fertilizer,
insecticides,
motor/engine oil,
antifreeze, starter, brake
and transmission fluid,
fuel additives,
thermometers,
thermostats, aerosols,
cooking oil
Amunition, explosives
Household
Hazardous
Waste
Compact
Fluorescent
Bulbs, T12
Fluorescent
Plastic Grocery
Bags
Metal hallide & U-bulbs
also accepted
(GFH)
CFLs only
Vail Ace
Hardware, Home
Depot, Avon
CFLs contain Mercury,
and should be disposed
of properly
Don't forget your reusable
Vail City
Market/Safeway, bag at the grocery store,
Wal-Mart, Avon use it instead of plastic
and save 5 cents per bag!
Vail UPS Store
Packing Peanuts
Packing peanuts only
Styrofoam, bubblewrap,
or any other packing
material
TVs, computers,
E-waste Collection monitors, fax machines,
Event: May 14, 2010 9
cell phones, laptops,
a.m.-3p.m. Lionshead
printers, etc.
Parking Lot
Electronic Waste
Ink cartridges
Office Depot, Avon.
Many manufacturers
will take cartridges
back by mail
Batteries
Rechargable and car
batteries accepted
here
(GFH)
Home Depot, Avon
TOV Public Works
picks up trees
curbside - week
following X-mas.
www.vailgov.com
Real Christmas
Trees
Real christmas trees
only
Consider donating to Any used ski equipment Mismatched equipment
Good Will, or the
in working order
or equipment that cannot
Thrifty Shop in
be repaired
Edwards, or
participating in the
Vail Resorts Ski
Recycle event in April
Used
Ski/Snowboard
Equipment
Cell Phones
Large items (sofas,
washer/dryer/refrig
erators)
Remove ornaments,
lights and other
decorations
Remove SIM card
Accepted at Landfill
metal recycling
Consider donating
saleable items to
Habitat for HumanityHome Outlet in
Gypsum - Pickup
available
Pharmaceuticals,
over the counter
medicine, sharps,
syringes
* Both Waste Management and Vail Honeywagon offer curbside recycling pickup every other week, already included in your trash bill. Call today to receive your free bin!
** for more information on Waste Management's Green From Home mail-in program, visit www.wm.com
Non narcotic medicine,
prescriptions accepted