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This strategy focuses on increasing opportunities for Longmont community members to drop-off and/or recycle hazardous and electronic waste materials.
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Staff organizes the events each year for public participation.
Staff organizes annual hard-to-recycle and hazardous household waste collection events in the Fall. The Boulder County Hazardous Materials Management Facility is still available year-round for residents to take household hazardous waste free of charge. The city also provides monthly paper shredding events to aid in recycling shredded paper and reduce that material from the landfill.
Longmont held several collection events in 2023 including:
In 2022, approximately 1,000 residents attended the hard-to-recycle event. Staff also held city-wide branch collection, leaf bag collection and shredding events.
Longmont held several collection events in 2024 including:
Hard-to-recycle event in October, served approximately 900 households.
City-wide branch collection in April and City-wide leaf bag collection in November.
Monthly document shredding events at the Longmont Recycling Center diverted over 250 tons of paper for the year.