Guided tours of Boulder County
Recycling Center
FREE TOURS
and
NEW EXHIBITS
See the new single-stream recycling technology in action! Come for a
guided tour of the Boulder County Recycling Center, 1901 63rd Street,
Boulder.
Guided Tour Dates:
Will resume in April 2010. Why? The site
will be under construction and access to the site and parking will be
extremely limited. In addition, construction congestion, dust and noise
will be disruptive. Self-guided tours are still available (see below).
Please limit your group size to arrive in one or two cars.
Watch a short video about how the processing center works, tour the
facility and have an expert available to answer all your waste reduction
questions.
For more information, contact Jennifer at 720-564-2242 Self-Guided Tours:
Self-guided tours during open hours of the recycling
center: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (excluding holidays). The sorting lines shut down
daily around 3 p.m., so come before that time if you want to see the
fast-action of the workers sorting items.
New educational
exhibits explain how cans, bottles, jars and paper are separated and sorted
so they can be shipped to places across the country to be made into
something new. A kiosk features a new video that explains the single-stream recycling
equipment. Other exhibits focus on the natural resources used to make
common materials such as soda cans and plastic bottles and the
environmental benefits of recycling these items. |