Waste Management moved to Single Stream Recycling in 2007. This was implemented in an effort to make it easier to recycle and to decrease the cost of recycling (e.g., fuel, labor) in the Yampa Valley.

The process looks like this:

1) All recyclables (e.g., #1 - #7 plastics, glass, aluminum/tin/steel cans, office paper/junk mail, magazines, paperboard, newspaper) can be mixed together either in a curbside container or in the large container provided at the Waste Management Drop Off Center on Downhill Drive

2) All recyclables are then baled at the Steamboat Springs site of Waste Management on Downhill Drive

3) The bales are trucked to the Franklin Street MRF in Denver

4) All recyclables from the bales are mechanically sorted at the Franklin Street MRF, and then

5) All sorted recyclables are sent to the end product manufacturers.

Recyclables are being recycled! It is now easier and more cost effective with Single Stream Recycling.

Questions: contact Yampa Valley Recycles at 870-7575 or Waste Management at 879-2428