The Routt County Department of Environmental Health offers a curbside household hazardous waste collection program. This service is available, once a year, to all residential households in Routt County for a nominal fee of $10.00.

To use this service call 1-800-HHW-PKUP (or 1-800-449-7587). You will be provided with information on how the program works, a special packing kit will be shipped to your home, and a pick-up date will be scheduled.

There are several places to donate your used items in our region:

Rummagers in Steamboat Spring. West on HW 40 across from the Routt County Jail. Donations accepted 12:30 to 6 PM Tuesday through Saturday.

LIFT-UP Donation Center All donations are tax deductable Call 870-0727 for more details.

Salvation Army- if you are headed out of town there are Salvation Army Stores around Colorado.

Christmas Tree Recycling

The City of Steamboat Springs Parks, Open Space and Recreational Services will be accepting Christmas trees for recycling after Christmas and throughout the month of January. The location for tree drop off is the northwest corner of the Howelsen Ice Arena parking lot. Please remove all tinsel, lights, nails, decorations, ribbons, etc. Please no wreaths. The resulting mulch is given to residents and used in City Parks.

Waste Management offers a full range of collection, disposal, recycling and environmental services to meet the needs of each customer. We will help you to determine the most cost-efficient way to dispose of your wastes. At Waste Management, we believe in going the extra mile for the communities we serve. That means working closely with our customers and finding all of the answers to your questions.

Colorado Recycles Members



Welcome to our links to websites that we have found to be particularly useful. These links are provided as a public service and convenience, and Colorado Recycles makes no endorsement of any information contained on any of the websites.

Colorado Recycles is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that is structured to comprise six general categories of members.

Yampa Valley Recycles (YVR) is a voluntary organization composed of concerned citizens. Its formal status is a City of Steamboat Springs Advisory Committee on Recycling. Both the City of Steamboat Springs and Routt County financially support YVR.