If you are living in a single-family or duplex residence in the Eagle Valley and use MRI [Mountain Refuse, Inc], Vail Honeywagon or Waste Management, free curbside pickup is available for the most common household recyclables. Contact your waste hauler for details:
MRI 970-476-7789
Vail Honeywagon 970-476-3511
Waste Management 970-524-1800
Eagle County provides recycling opportunities for residents through a drop-off program at six collection sites located throughout the county. For further information about recycling please call, 970-328-3471 or 970-328-3472.
Site locations
Vail – West of the Community Development Building at 75 South Frontage Road
Red Cliff – Red Cliff Community Center, 400 Pine Street
Avon – West of Walmart roundabout on East Beaver Creek Blvd.
Edwards – Edwards Rest Area near the I-70 exit
Eagle – 1050 Chambers Avenue at the Town of Eagle Public Works Facility
Gypsum – Northwest corner of Columbine Market parking lot
Material collected through this program is at the mercy of the recycling markets and does not include every product marked with the recycling symbol and number.
There are different-sized containers at each drop-off site. The larger containers are for commingled material (aluminum cans, steel/tin cans, glass, and #1 through #7 plastics) and newspaper (one container for each). The smaller container is for corrugated cardboard. At the Vail site individual containers are provided for each commingle, paper and cardboard.