We Take The Trash Out With The Recyclables!

Welcome to DurangoRecycles.com - a service of the City of Durango, Colorado. We are pleased you've visited this site - because we know that means you're interested in "doing the right things!" when it comes to stuff you throw away. If there's something you can't find, email us! We'll get right back to you.

In Durango, residents don't pay extra to recycle at the curb. We also collect your landfill trash, but the more you recycle, the less trash that ends up in the landfill! So read on.

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Spectacle Receptacle

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Let Nature's Oasis distribute your old glasses to the people of Myanmar.
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Do The Right Things

For more about what you can do to make this a better place
now and for generations, join the movement!

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Glass and How To Separate It — We're So Glad You Asked!

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Your city recycles brown glass separately. Containers marked "mixed glass" should not include brown glass. Mixed Glass is really every other color glass but brown, but that's a mouthful....so we call it Mixed Glass. Learn more on glass separation.

It's Shoe Time

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Join the Nike Reuse-A-Shoe Program! Recycle your worn out athletic shoes! It takes about 2400 pairs of shoes to make a basketball court and keeps the shoes out of landfills! Join in — click here for sneaker drop off locations.