Recycling in Allenspark, Colorado

Recycling at the Drop-Off Center

See what's accepted for recycling below.

Location: Off County Rd. 84 & State Hwy. 7. View a Map.

Hours: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Sun, Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat; Closed Tue, Thurs

Contact: 303-747-2107

Now accepting SCRAP METAL

Website: Allenspark Transfer Station and Recycling Drop-Off

Meeker Park/Allenspark Sort Yard


Accepts logs, decayed and chunk wood, noxious weeds, slash and branches, and pine cones, needles, and leaves. Does NOT accept logs with branches, loose weeds, potted plants, dimensional/treated lumber, construction waste, rocks, dirt, fireplace ash, stumps, root balls, sod, or grass. See website for details and guidelines. 


Location: 8200 Hwy 7, Allenspark

Hours: Open Wednesday – Saturday from 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. from May 23 – October 6; Closed Wednesday, July 4


Contact: 970-586-3259

Single-Stream Recycling is Now Accepted at the Allenspark Drop-off Center! View and print Single-Stream Recycling Guidelines

Looking for scrap metal recycling? 

The following materials are accepted together in the single-stream recycling bin at the Allenspark Drop-off Center: 

Commingled Containers

• Glass bottles and jars of any color (please avoid breaking glass)

• Aluminum cans (do not crush or flatten cans)

• Aluminum pie pans and aluminum foil; Ball all aluminum foil together into one large ball 2" or larger (no small, balled-up foil)

• Steel (tin) cans

• Metal jar lids (loose)

• Metal bottle caps

• Empty aerosol cans (no caps)

• Paper milk cartons/drink boxes/juice cartons

• Plastic bottles, tubs, jugs and jars; OK to recycle screw-top plastic caps on empty plastic containers. View an example on our printable single-stream guidelines.

Office Paper/Opened Mail

• Blueprints, brochures, computer printouts, file folders, fax paper, greeting cards, letterhead, pamphlets, pastel colored legal pad paper, slick/glossy ads & brochures, stationery letters, white ream wrappers, white & pastel-colored paper, white & pastel-colored envelopes (windows envelopes OK)

• PLEASE NO: Neon, fluorescent, or dark-colored papers, newspaper or cardboard, Kraft or goldenrod (orange-brownish) envelopes, sheets of address labels or stickers. 

Corrugated Cardboard and Brown Paper Bags

• Please flatten boxes.

Magazines/Catalogs, Newspapers/Newspaper Inserts & Phone Books

• NO other papers, boxes, bags or string.

Paperboard Boxes/Low-grade Paper Products

• Single-layer boxes, such as: cereal boxes (throw away inside bag), gift/shirt boxes, shoe boxes, 6-pack & 12-pack cartons/boxes.

• Low-grade paper items such as: cracker boxes (throw away inside bag), hanging file folders, paper egg cartons, soap boxes and facial tissue boxes, paper shopping bags (brown bags go with corrugated cardboard), paper tubes (e.g., paper towel tubes, toilet paper tubes, etc.)

• Shredded paper.

• NO Kraft (orange/brownish) envelopes; Neon, fluorescent or dark-colored paper; Paper towels; Paper cups, photographs; Frozen food, ice cream & frozen juice containers; Photographs; Pet food bags.

These items are also collected separately from single-stream recycling at the Allenspark Drop-off Center: 

Corrugated Cardboard & Brown Paper Bags: 

• Please flatten boxes

• NO waxed cardboard

• NO paperboard (cereal boxes, tissue boxes, etc.)

• NO polysytrene (aka Styrofoam) or plastic bags