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Join us for a FREE guided tour of the Summit County Resource Allocation Park!
Have you ever wondered what happens to your recyclables after you drop them off at the recyclingcenter? Do you ever wonder how the High Country Compost facility  transforms food scraps into finished compost? Wonder no more by joining HC3 for a free and fantastically fun tour of the Summit County Resource AllocationPark (SCRAP). This tour is available to school groups, community groups, students, families, and more. To find out more or schedule a tour, please contact Jennifer Santry at 668-5703.
A big thanks to the Copper Environmental Foundation for generously supporting the design and construction of the interpretive displays at the SCRAP.
Recycling Center Information:
View Summit County Recycling Drop Off Locations in a larger map
Frisco Recycling Center - next to the Colorado State Patrol at the County Commons,
off Highway 9 just south of Frisco; open 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.
Breckenridge Recycling Center- County Rd 450, at the corner of 7-Eleven on the north
side of town, ¼ mile on the left; open 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.
Dillon
Recycling Trailer - Dillon Town Hall parking
lot, U.S.
Highway 6, turn on to Lake Dillon Drive, ¼ mile on
left (cattycorner to the Dillon Post Office).
NEW Summit Cove Mobile Recycling Trailer- starting Monday, December 5, 2011, a mobile recycling trailer will be stationed in the north parking lot at Summit Cove Elementary School. You can drop off mixed glass, paper, and containers for FREE the first week (Monday through Sunday) of every month at the Summit Cove recycling trailer.
For more directions,
please contact the High Country Conservation Center at 970-668-5703.
All recyclables recycled at the drop-off centers end up
at the Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) located at the
Summit County Resource Allocation Park (SCRAP, aka landfill)
in Keystone, where they are sorted, bailed, and shipped
all over the United States to be made into new products.
Summit County's MRF is pictured above.
DOWNLOAD A RECYCLING GUIDE FOR THE DILLON, BRECKENRIDGE,
AND FRISCO DROP-OFF CENTERS HERE
Haga
clic aquí para información en español.
DOWNLOAD
THE 2012 SUMMIT COUNTY LANDFILL BROCHURE FOR CURRENT PRICES
AND HOURS
For answers to your recycling questions, please contact High Country Conservation Center (HC3) at 970-668-5703.
Some recyclables are accepted
at SCRAP (landfill), such as appliances and wood waste (check
our sorting
guide for details). The landfill is located
two miles north of Keystone, less than a quarter mile north
of Highway 6 on Landfill Road. They are open Mondays through
Fridays 7:00am to 4:00pm and closed Saturdays and Sundays.
There are intermittent closures due to weather, therefore
we recommend contacting them before making the drive 468-9263 x 0.
Currently Summit County Recycling does not offer curbside collections of recyclables. There are several private recycling collection services available to residents and businesses in Summit County though. Please call them directly for estimates and rates.
The Summit Recycler |
A locally owned and operated company
that offers residentional and business collection
of recyclable materials only. 970-485-5450 |
Timberline Disposal |
A locally owned and operated company
that provides commercial trash disposal and comindgled
recycling.
1-800-787-5137 |
Waste Management |
Residential and commercial collection of recycling
and trash.
970-468-2475 |
Talking Trash |
Locally owned, residential and commercial
collection of recycling and trash. 970-389-0101 |
Faction & Company |
Locally owned, residential and commercial collection of compost, recycling and trash. 970-389-1611 |
The High Country Conservation Center offers free waste audit
and recycling consultations to residents and businesses.
For help starting or improving upon a waste reduction
and recycling program please contact us at 668-5703
or jen@highcountryconservation.org.
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