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Go Green Basalt
Who we are: A group of Basalt, Colorado citizens encouraging conservation and energy efficiency in our Roaring Fork Valley.
Recycling Plastic in the Roaring Fork Valley
What it's used for: lumber, sleeping bag insulation
| Notes | Curbside Pickup | Basalt Recycle Center | Pitkin Solid Waste Center | Woody Creek Recycling Center | Aspen Rio Grande Recycle Center | Glenwood Recycling Center | South Canyon Landfill | |
| #1 & #2 plastic bottles | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Other #1 & #2 plastic | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Other # plastic | Glenwood Recycling will take these if they are bottles | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
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Plastic bags |
NOT ziplocs. El Jebel City Market and Walmart will take these. Note that City Markets will credit you five cents for each bag you bring in for your groceries, even their own plastic bags | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Food for thought: "'[Trying to recycle plastics] is just a diversion from more important issues, like sending putrescibles--very valuable stuff--to the landfill,' Dan Knapp of the Berkeley Plastics Task Force, told me. 'We should just ban plastics. They're not worth it.'" ...Garbage Land, by Elizabeth Royte
Tip: There are plastic-like products made from biodegradables like potato starch, corn, and sugarcane. As an example, you can buy compostable party supplies (plates, forks, cups, etc.) from the Biodegradable Store and, when you're thru with them, take them to the Glenwood Springs Recycling Center for composting.