• Remove all caps and lids and put them in the blue recycle bin.
• Remove labels from bottles and tin cans, if possible.
• Rinse food residue from the item.
• If it is plastic or metal, crush the item to reduce its volume.
• If it is a box, flatten it.
• Place all items in the blue recycle bin.
• Keep all co-mingles together on the bottom.
• Keep all paper/fiber together on the top or to the side of the co-mingles.

• Metal: Aluminum cans, tin cans.
• Glass: All bottles, jars.
• Plastic: #1 & #2, only.

• Paper: copy paper, newspaper, magazines, telephone books, receipts, envelopes-with and without windows.
• Paper board: cookie boxes, cracker boxes, cereal boxes, pasta boxes, paperboard egg cartons. (Please, do not put loose paper products inside paperboard items.)
• Corrugated Cardboard: Break down to flat. Limit of 6 pieces per week. Place underneath or next to the recycling bin.

What Not To Put In Your Recycle Bin

• No aluminum foil or pie tins.
• No mirrors, drinking glasses, broken windows.
• No fluorescent paper. No photos.
• No milk cartons, juice cartons, or butter boxes.
• No diapers.
• No dog poop bags.
• No kitty litter.
• No food scraps or coffee grounds.
• No plastic bags of any kind.
• No batteries or e-waste.

SPECIAL NOTE ON COFFEE CUPS

• Lids = Yes
• Used Cups = No

• Town Recycling
• Free Box

• Join Freecycle, our community "Free Box"
• Join Telluride Sweet Deals (on Facebook)

• Second Chance Thrift Store

335 W. Colorado Avenue, Telluride
(970) 728-1100     or  

309 Sherman Street, Ridgway
(970) 626-3233

Recycle Household Batteries

• Used household batteries can now be brought for recycling to the MountainFilm offices, located at 122 South Oak Street.  There will be a collection bin inside the door at the bottom of the stairs. 

Regional Electronics Recycling Options