
Hard-To Recycle Center
ARVADA
6340 W 56th Ave. Arvada, CO
Recycling Fees
💵 💲Fee
$1.50/each
✅ Yes
All types of road and mountain bike tires and tubes
💵 💲Fee
$0.50/each
✅ Yes
All types of cassette tapes and their cases
Leave tapes in original cases with paper inserts if possible
💵 💲Fee
$0.25/each
✅ Yes
CDs and DVDs of any type
Music, movies, software, burned disks, etc
Broken and scratched disks OK
Plastic cases and paper inserts included in fee
Please leave disks in original cases with paper inserts if possible
💵 💲Fee
One 5-gallon bucket is covered under our "$5 bundle fee"
Each additional 5-gallon bucket is a $5 fee
Limit 2 buckets (please call ahead with larger load requests)
✅ Yes
Food scraps
Non-recyclable paper products
Small houseplants and flower bouquets
❌ NO
Plastics
Biodegradable bags
Branches/bushes
Rocks
Grass
Animal waste
Kitty litter
Glass, foil, metal
💵 💲Fee
$2/each
✅ Yes
Items must be filled with at least 50% down (down is not the same as feathers)
Items must have a tag that lists fill as at least 50% down
We accept:
down jackets / vests
down comforters
down mattress toppers
down sleeping bags
❌ NO
Bed bug infested materials or materials with signs of blood on them
Wet/saturated materials
Mold or mildew
Materials with bodily fluid stains
Poly filled sleeping bads, pillows or jackets
Down alternative materials
Materials containing feathers (feathers are not the same as down)
LIMIT: 10 CRT's per customer per day
💵 💲Fee
Computers, laptops, cell phones, tablets: FREE
Mixed e-waste: $0.40/lb
Screens: $0.59/lb
Smoke alarms: $16/each
✅ Yes
Mixed electronics
Flat screen TV's and monitors
CRT screens and monitors
❌ NO
Batteries
Light bulbs
Oil, gas
Freon
Hazardous waste
Broken CRT screens
💵 💲Fee
$0.25/each
✅ Yes
Computer disks of all types
Floppy disks
Zip disks
💵 💲Fee
$0.59/lb
✅ Yes
In tact printer ink and toner cartridges
❌ NO
Broken cartridges
Toner TUBES
Containers holding ink
Ink/toner refill cartridges
Extra ink or ink refills
💵 💲Fee
Mattresses: $30/each
Box springs: $30/each
Mattress toppers: $15
✅ Yes
Mattresses and box springs of any size
Wood/spring mattresses
Foam mattresses
Futon mattresses
❌ NO
Mattresses with mold or mildew
Wet items
Mattresses with blood, urine or other bodily fluids
Mattresses with bed bugs or signs of bed bugs
Waterbeds
Mechanical beds
Bed or futon frames
LIMIT: 30 containers per customer per day
💵 💲Fee
$0.50/container handling fee
✅ Yes
Interior & exterior paints: Latex, acrylic, water-based, alkyd, oil-based, enamel (including textured coatings)
Deck coatings, floor paints
Primers, sealers, undercoaters
Stains
Shellacs, lacquers, varnishes, urethanes (single component)
Waterproofing concrete/masonry/wood sealers & repellents (not tar or bitumen-based)
Metal coatings, rust preventatives
Field & lawn paints
❌ NO
Paint thinners
mineral spirits
solvents
aerosol paints (spray cans)
auto & marine paints
caulk
epoxies
glues, adhesives
paint additives
colorants, tints
resins
wood preservatives (containing pesticides)
roof patch & repair
asphalt
tar & bitumen-based products
2-component coatings
deck cleaners
traffic & road marking paints
industrial maintenance (IM) coatings
Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) paints & finishes
💵 💲Fee
$0.10/each
✅ Yes
Soft, plastic single use straws of any color
❌ NO
Hard plastic straws
Glass straws
Paper straws
Curly straws
Metal straws (these can be recycled in our small metal items category)
Reusable straws of any type
💵 💲Fee
$14/each
✅ Yes
Photoelectric & ionazation alarms
Combo smoke detector / CO2 alarms
Must be in tact with outer plastic cases - do not remove front piece
❌ NO
Incomplete alarms
Parts / pieces of alarms
💵 💲Fee
$0.50/each
✅ Yes
EMPTY toothpaste tubes and attached caps
EMPTY plastic floss containers of any brand
❌ NO
Tubes with toothpaste inside
Containers with floss inside
💵 💲Fee
One 1-gallon bucket is covered under our "$5 bundle fee"
Each additional 1-gallon bucket is a fee of $5
Limit 5 gallons
✅ Yes
Vegetable oils
Peanut
Soybean
Olive
Canola
Corn
❌ NO
Mineral oil
Motor oil
Bacon grease
Pieces of food / solid fats
💵 💲Fee
$0.25/each
✅ Yes
VHS tapes and the plastic or paperboard cases
❌ NO
Stickers and labels must be removed from the tapes in order to be recycled
Plastic parts with stickers will not be able to be recycled
💵 💲Fee
$5/each
✅ Yes
Carbon water filters of any type
❌ NO
Air filters
Furnace filters
💵 💲Fee
$0.10/each
✅ Yes
Pens, markers, permanent markers, highlighters, wooden pencils, mechanical pencils
❌ NO
Paint brushes or other art supplies
