Oops, telephone number

Oops, apparently it's difficult to find my telephone number. Please call me at; 303-903-2768, or check out the Lyons Curbside Recycling & Compost website.

Single-stream recycling

I'm going to offer Single-Stream recycling to all my customers starting today. You no longer have to separate any of your recyclables. Please just remember to rinse and remove the lids/caps from your jars and bottles. Thanks!

Leaf raking and delivery

Lyons Curbside Recycling & Compost will now take care of all your leaf raking and yard cleanup needs, including delivery of the final product to the composting facility, A-1 Organics. Call 303.903.2768 for a quote.

Can metal jar lids be recycled?

Yes, but please remove them from the glass bottles because each recyclable is put into a different hole when it gets recycled. If the lid is still on the glass, it may not get through the correct hole and so may not be properly recycled.

Can you recycle those plastic containers that hold your strawberries and other berries (i.e. clamshell containers)?

Eco-Cycle is accepting these sorts of containers now. The items do not appear on their guideline posters as something they can accept, but they are not on the list of "no's". However, it is not a great plastic, so Eco-Cycle hopes people avoid purchasing it.

What kinds of plastic wrap and bags can be recycled?

#2 and #4 plastics can be recycled. This sort of plastic is softer and tears easily, and it tears in a wavy line. This includes pallet wrap, grocery bags, and bread bags, Ziplock bags (if you take the Ziplock off), and white trash bags.

#5 plastics CAN NOT be recycled. This includes thicker plastics that don't tear, or if they tear they tear in a straight line. This might be: crinkly plastic and the plastic around bundles of flowers and black trash bags. Saran wrap CAN NOT be recycled.

All plastics must be clean and dry to be recycled.

What happens if a customer's recycling bin is overly contaminated?

Some recycling companies will pick up overly contaminated recycling. However, the recyclables will eventually be thrown in the garbage either on the spot or at the recycling center. If someone doesn't rinse a bottle that is fine, but if there are materials in the bins that are on the list that can’t be recycled, including full jars of food or too many plastic bottle lids, they will end up as trash. Thus, none of those items will actually be recycled.

Can the plastic rings around your bottles be recycled?

They are considered the contaminants by Eco-Cycle, but we ask people only to take off the caps. Eco-Cycle does allow for a small amount of contamination.

Recycling starts next week, Compost September

I will start recycling for my newest customers next Monday August 10th. I plan on beginning compost pickups by August 31st. Until I have more customers, I'm going to take care of all recycling and compost on Mondays. Thanks to my first four customers!