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Eco-Cycle

https://www.ecocycle.org/

Last activity: 02.06.2025

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Eco-Cycle is one of the oldest and largest non-profit recyclers in the United States. We educate people in every sector of the community—schools, businesses, local governments, neighborhoods, and public events—about Zero Waste ethics and practices.

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Location: United States, Colorado, Boulder

Employees: 51-200

Phone: +1 303-444-6634

Founded date: 1976

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02.06.2025	Eco-Tip for Monday, June 2, 2025	Most paper products are recyclable: newspapers, magazines, catalogs, cereal boxes, phone books (if you’ve spotted one lately), paper grocery and gift bags, cardboard, office paper, junk mail — even paperback books. When you recycle paper, y...
29.05.2025	The Shadows of Boulder: A Community in Mourning	In the serene backdrop of Boulder, Colorado, a tragedy has unfolded that has left the community grappling with sorrow and questions. The death of CU Boulder student Megan Trussell has been ruled a suicide, a label that often carries a heavy...
26.05.2025	Eco-Tip for Monday, May 26, 2025	If your mower has mowed its last lawn, here’s how to recycle it: Gas-powered mowers • Drain all gas and oil — these are hazardous and must be taken to the Boulder County Hazardous Materials Management Facility, free to Boulder County and Br...
30.12.2024	Business \| How old billboard vinyl inspired a Longmont man’s thriving repurposing business	Carson describes it as his “Reese’s moment when that chocolate met the peanut butter.” And so began his business, repurposedMATERIALS, that takes discarded objects from all types of industries and gives them a new life, usually serving a di...
15.11.2024	AtHome Colorado \| Decluttering with a conscience: Prep your home for sale and the holidays	Related Articles AtHome Colorado \| Join Boulder’s premier real estate event: The 17th annual Boulder Valley Real Estate Conference AtHome Colorado \| What you need to know about home warranties AtHome Colorado \| Real Estate Transactions AtHo...
07.08.2024	How Can U.S. Composting Scale? Composting Consortium Launches New Report and Partners with Composters and Municipalities to Scale Organics Infrastructure Across the U.S.	Municipalities and composters play a critical role in developing robust composting infrastructure and collection programs that divert organics from landfill. NEW YORK, Aug. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Composting Consortium, a collabo...
10.10.2023	Local News \| AREDAY IMPACT Summit in Boulder brings international thought leaders together	Clean energy leaders from around the world convened at this year’s AREDAY IMPACT Summit in Boulder to discuss crucial issues of the day, including climate change, democracy, and Indigenous and women’s leadership. The annual AREDAY IMPACT ev...
06.07.2023	Local News Local News \| Fundraising event at Jack’s Solar Garden will highlight local innovators	Two local nonprofits are teaming up to show what’s possible in the world of sustainability at the “Be Original, Boulder County: A Celebration of Innovation” fundraiser on July 15. Held at Jack’s Solar Garden in Longmont, the event is a coll...
14.04.2023	Local News Local News \| Boulder Parks and Recreation’s Forestry partnering to give tree seedlings	Boulder Parks and Recreation’s Forestry, PLAY Boulder Foundation and Cool Boulder are partnering to give away tree seedlings to Boulder community members on April 29 at McGuckin Hardware at 2525 Arapahoe Ave., according to a news release. T...
08.04.2023	Editorials Editorials \| Community Editorial Board: Gas-powered lawn equipment	Members of our Community Editorial Board, a group of community residents who are engaged with and passionate about local issues, respond to the following question: Gas-powered lawn mowers, leaf blowers and hedge trimmers emit harmful gases,...
03.03.2023	No more greasy pizza boxes, paper towels or takeout containers in Front Range compost bins come April 1	The primary company accepting compostable materials across Colorado’s Front Range plans to stop taking packaging and service ware such as carryout containers, plates, paper towels, greasy pizza boxes, cups and utensils — meaning tons of was...
20.04.2022	News News \| Resource Central unveils newly renovated Boulder reuse facility	The used tools, appliances and furniture for sale at Boulder’s Resource Central will no longer be at the mercy of Colorado’s unpredictable weather. City officials and community leaders gathered outside of the Arapahoe Road facility on Wedne...
15.11.2021	Waste-reduction advocacy organizations bemoan Colorado’s recycling rate	Colorado is not moving fast enough to increase the recycling and composting of solid waste, according to a report from Eco-Cycle and CoPIRG, the Colorado Public Interest Research Group. The organizations are recommending the state pursue a ...
24.02.2021	Renovations in process at Boulder’s recycling and reuse center	Upgrades to Resource Central’s Reuse Center and Eco-Cycle’s Center for Hard-to-Recycle Materials are underway. The $2.3 million project, a collaboration between the nonprofit organizations and Boulder, is meant to protect the recycled mater...
15.01.2021	Boulder reports more cardboard, takeout recycling amid pandemic	Since she’s at a high risk for the coronavirus because of a genetic mutation, Patricia has been isolated since March. In her efforts to stay away from people, she’s been shopping online and ordering takeout and food delivery. That may be be...
28.11.2020	Growing Up Boulder, BVSD collaborate on outdoor education	Platt Middle School science teacher John Mattson recently took seventh graders on a walk to the nearby Bobolink Trail to collect water quality data and make observations about ecosystems on the banks of South Boulder Creek. After making the...
16.12.2019	BVSD participates in national food waste study	Boulder Valley is one of nine districts around the country that took part in a World Wildlife Fund school lunch food waste audit, which found a district student tosses an average of 43 pounds of food a year. A report on the audits, conducte...
12.11.2019	Boulder County communities used as model for increasing Colorado’s dismal recycling rate	Last year, according to the third annual State of Recycling in Colorado, released by Eco-Cycle and the Colorado Public Interest Research Group on Tuesday, Colorado continues to be one of the worst states at recycling and one of the most was...
09.09.2019	Legislators tour Boulder County recycling facilities in search of solutions for state’s recycling woes	Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story misstated the recycling rates of Boulder and Boulder County in 2018. That year, Boulder County recycled 40% of its waste and Boulder recycled 57%. The story below has been corrected. The story...
15.06.2018	McDonald's is scrapping plastic straws in one of its biggest markets - and the US could be next	Facebook.com/mcdonalds2431USHwy1S Plastic straws no more. Advertisement McDonald's is replacing plastic straws with paper ones in its UK and Ireland restaurants. The new straws will be in operation from September. McDonald's is currently tr...
-	Electric compost trucks are coming – EcoCycle will operate nation’s first, a Mack LR	EcoCycle, a nonprofit recycler in Boulder, Colorado, is putting into service the nation’s first commercial electric truck for compostable waste collection. The truck is a Mack LR electric and EcoCycle hopes that it will be first of many ado...

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