Recycling in Lyons

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Recycling at the Lyons Drop-off Center

Location: 426 Railroad Ave., east of library. View a Map.

Hours: Open dawn to dusk.

Contact: 303-444-6634 or 720-564-2220

Single-Stream Recycling is Now Accepted at the Lyons 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 Lyons 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 Lyons 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