‘Tis the season for gifts...and lots of stuff! Each year, American households throw away 25% more trash than any other time of the year between Thanksgiving and New Year's. This extra waste amounts to 25 million tons of garbage, or effectively 1 million extra tons per week!
You can do your part to reduce waste by donating and recycling your unwanted items this year. There are tons of programs that would love to receive your stuff and put it into the hands of someone who will consider it a treasure. And, if you don’t have items to donate, many of these services will gladly accept a donation of your time and caring energy.
Seven of our favorite, local places to donate are:
220 Collyer St. Longmont, CO. | Weekdays, from 8am - 5pm | Donation Guide
4747 Table Mesa Dr, Boulder, CO. | 7 days a week, starting at 8am | Donation Guide
1351 Sherman Dr, Longmont, CO. | Every day but Sunday, 10am - 6pm | Donation Guide
2151 N Main St, Longmont, CO. | 7 days a week, 9am - 9pm weekdays, special weekend hours | Donation Guide
700 Ken Pratt Blvd, Longmont, CO. | 7 days a week, 10am - 8pm | Donation Guide
2425 S Colorado Blvd #200, Denver, CO. | Tues-Fri 9:30am - 5pm, Sat. 10am - 2pm | Donation Guide
2323 55th St, Boulder, CO | Mon-Fri 1pm - 6pm, Sat/Sun 1pm-5pm
9595 Nelson Rd, Longmont, CO | Mon-Thurs 12pm-6pm ; Fri-Sun 11am-6pm
Here is a list of some frequently donated items, and where to take them:
- Baby diapers & infant formula
- Our Center or Once Upon a Child
- Baby products like clothing, strollers, bedding,
- Backpacks
- Our Center or Bridgehouse
- Bathroom supplies
- Bedding & towels
- Our Center or Bridgehouse
- Belts, jewelry & accessories
- Blankets
- Books
- Habitat for Humanity or The Arc
- Cameras
- Camping and fishing gear
- Cars, Vehicles, and Motor items
- Cleaning products
- Clothing
- Our Center or Dress for Success
- Craft and hobby items
- Habitat for Humanity or The Arc
- Dishes, glassware, cookware
- Habitat for Humanity or Bridgehouse
- Dress clothes/Office attire
- Dry goods
- Eyeglasses
- Food items
- Formal dresses
- Furniture
- Gaming systems (Nintendo, PlayStation, etc)
- Hand tools
- Holiday decorations
- Indoor building materials (flooring, light fixtures, doors, etc)
- Luggage
- Movies and music
- Musical instruments
- Outdoor building materials (siding, roofing, landscaping)
- Pet supplies
- Humane Society (Boulder or Longmont)
- Purses and wallets
- Our Center or Bridgehouse
- Silverware and utensils
- Our Center or Bridgehouse
- Sleeping Bags
- Our Center or Bridgehouse
- Socks
- Toiletries (soaps, toothbrushes, floss, combs, etc)
- Toys, games, and baby items
- Working computers and electronics
Your items have seen better days? Here are some of our favorite places to recycle items
EcoCycle
6400 Arapahoe Rd, Boulder, CO. | Every day but Sunday, 9am - 5pm
Items accepted: typical paper, cardboard and plastic bottles; rigid plastics like flower pots and large outdoor kid toys; yoga mats; scrap metal; electronics; textiles; fire extinguishers; mattresses; concrete; etc...
Green Girl has a unique focus on “hard to recycle” items, including small appliances; bicycle inner tubes; hardback & thick books; construction cardboard; shredded paper; ink cartridges; loose plastic bags #2 & #4; rigid plastics; white block styrofoam; packing peanuts; aluminum, steel, copper, wire reams, bikes, and fencing; small metal scraps; household metal scrap; office file clean-out projects; one-time clean-up projects; wood pallets.
Denver Blue Star Recyclers focuses on electronics such as all computers, TV’s and monitors, household electronics, and small appliances
At WK Real Estate, we’re trying to curb waste to help keep our community clean. We hope that the resources above can be helpful to you.
We at WK Real Estate want to wish you the happiest of times during this season. If there is anything we can help you with, please don't hesitate to contact us.