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Undercover video shows city dumping recyclable trash carts: “We take them to the dump” says Denver worker

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BY BRIAN MAASS UPDATED ON: JUNE 30, 2023 / 4:11 PM / CBS COLORADO When the City of Denver began charging residents for trash collection in January, roughly 30,000 people traded in their larger plastic trash carts for smaller ones to save money on their monthly trash bills. Smaller carts incur smaller monthly fees, larger carts cost more. But a CBS News Colorado investigation has found that at least 3,000 of … Continue reading →

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Registration Begins Now for Electronics Recycling Event in April

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Denver’s Electronics Recycling Collection Event on Saturday, April 15 at Metech Recycling (500 W. 53rd Place). Registration is required to participate – Denver residents can make an appointment online at https://april15-ecycle.eventbrite.com.
The event offers a significantly discounted recycling fee of $5 per vehicle or $10 for each television or monitor. Typically, the cost to recycle a television or monitor can range from $25 to $75 per unit!

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Denver Recycles’ Roundup January 2017 Issue

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Setting your purple cart out for collection every-other-week is just the beginning of the recycling process. After collection, Denver Recycles trucks and crew members transport your recyclables to a recycling processor for sorting and distribution to re-manufacturing outlets. This transportation component in the recycling process is no small undertaking when you consider that more than 1,000,000 pounds of recyclables are collected from Denver homes each week. Each truck and driver collect upwards of 1,000 carts every day.

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