April Newsletter

GOVERNMENT
SAVE OUR EARTH
SINGLE FAMILY RECYCLING TIPS
All single-family household in the Village are eligible to
receive free recycling services with your trash service. Residents
interested in recycling may request a 95-gallon or 65-gallon
polycarts by calling Public Works at 303-708-6100. Here are
a few important things for residents to remember:
• Recycling services will be provided every other week on
the same day as your regularly scheduled trash pickup.
Refer to the 2019 Republic Services Recycling Program
Schedule.
• Please do not place any trash in the recycle polycarts. The
polycarts with a green lid indicates recycling, the trash
trucks cannot pick it up. If the cart is contaminated it will
be left at the curb for proper sorting by the resident.
• To prepare your items to be recycled, please rinse out
containers to remove as much of the food residue as
possible. In addition, please make sure there are no plastic
bags mixed in your recyclables.
• Please, do not include any oil, pesticide, or hazardous
material bottles in the polycarts. To dispose of your
hazardous materials, residents may participate in the
Village’s Residential Household Waste Collection Program
by calling 1-800-449-7587.
• Your polycarts may be placed at the curb (1) day prior to
a scheduled pickup and must be removed from the curb
no later than midnight following a scheduled pickup. This
means trash and recycle containers cannot be placed at the
curb more than 2 days a week. Trash and recycling
containers must be stored in such a position on the
property as to be reasonably screened from public view.
• Please adhere to the following as acceptable items for
single stream recycling services in the Village:
PAPER
Please note that due to the single stream sorting process it’s
very difficult to sort shredded paper at the recycling facility.
Please place shredded paper in your trash cart. Examples of
accepted paper includes newspapers including inserts,
magazines, junk mail, white and colored paper, posters, postit
notes, manila folder, phonebooks.
CARDBOARD
Items made of cardboard, chipboard, and paperboard are
recyclable. Examples of accepted items include flattened
GREENWOOD VILLAGE
DIVERSION RATE
In 2018, Greenwood Village residential service recycled 1,677
tons of material. GV’s diversion rate (the percentage of recycled
material out of the total amount of waste) was 26.5%. Per the
EPA, the National average recycling diversion rate, excluding
composting, is 26%, so GV is tracking with the national average.
cardboard, cereal boxes without the plastic inside, soda carrier
boxes, and tissue holders.
METAL CONTAINERS
All containers made of aluminum, steel, and tin are
recyclable. Examples of accepted items include soda cans,
food cans, pie tins. Please do not crush these items.
GLASS BOTTLES AND JARS
All food and beverage jars are accepted, but please be sure to
rinse them to remove as much residue as possible. Examples
of acceptable bottles include beer, soft drink, and wine
bottles. Please do not include any glass that is not a bottle or
jar such as window glass, drinking glasses, ceramics, Pyrex,
light bulbs.
PLASTICS #1-#7
Typically, a #1-#7 plastic only pertains to the bottles and
tubs. As the industry evolves things are changing, so please
check the bottom for a #1-#7 HDPE logo indicating whether
the item is recyclable. Examples of acceptable items include
condiment bottles, butter and yogurt tubs, water, soda, and
juice bottles, shampoo bottles and liquid soap dispensers,
liquid detergent and/or cleaning supply bottles.
For more tips and guidance on recycling, please visit
www.recyclingsimplified.com. For more information on trash
and recycling services in the Village, please call Public Works
at 303-708-6100 or visit www.greenwoodvillage.com. GV
DID YOU KNOW!
Colorado throws away nearly $265 million worth of recyclable
material such as aluminum, cardboard, paper, glass, and plastic
in our landfill.
APRIL 2019 | GV NEWSLETTER PG. 9