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• Recycle your Christmas tree in Pueblo

  January 7, 2013 1:52 PM

  If you still haven't gotten rid of your Christmas tree, you have a great recycling option in Pueblo. Take your tree, free of all ornaments, garlands, tinsel, and lights, to Vision Recycled Aggregate and Landscape. They're located on Vision Lane in Pueblo. Trees are stacking up out there everyday, and... more »

• America Recycles Day on Saturday

  November 17, 2012 11:45 AM

  America Recycles Day is being celebrated Saturday in Pueblo at the Nature and Raptor Center. They have the Green Living Series, giving earth-friendly workshops to reduce environmental impacts; that's on Saturday running from 10 am until 3 pm. You can learn about local recycling info and bring your plastic... more »

• State lawmakers promoting electronic recycling bill

  February 29, 2012 1:57 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Colorado lawmakers and the recycling industry are talking about how recycling old computers, televisions and other electronics can create jobs. A bill pending that is now in the state Senate would ban certain electronics from going to a landfill. The Senate has given preliminary approval to the... more »

• Free electronic recycle event

  February 20, 2012 12:29 PM

  Go Green Colorado Springs will sponsor a free electronics recycling event on March 3. 5R Processors of Wisconsin will accept old or obsolete electronics equipment from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at St. Mary's High School. Items accepted include computers, monitors, laptops, printers, televisions, cell phones and stereo equipment.... more »

• Christmas tree drop off and free mulch in Pueblo Play Video

  January 14, 2012 2:37 PM

  If you still have your Christmas tree up, you can recycle it in Pueblo for free. This is the 8th year the Pueblo City-County Health Department has put on a round up; it used to just be a weekend, but now they open it up for a couple of... more »

• Take back the garage: recycle your old car seats

  September 20, 2011 12:07 PM

  Parent with children who've outgrown their old car seats can safely recycle them this Saturday at the Citadel Mall. Memorial Hospital, Kohl's and Bestway Disposal are working together to collect the old unwanted seats during the Healthy Baby Fair taking place from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. on September 24,... more »

• Missing wedding ring found in the trash

  September 7, 2011 8:24 PM

  A very special part of Jim and Jean Huffman's marriage is back, his wedding band. They went to a set of recycling bins along Main Street in Florence on Monday to drop off their old newspapers. The ring somehow slipped off into the bin, but Jim didn't realize it... more »

• A priceless recovery

  September 7, 2011 5:29 PM

  At first, Jim Huffman didn't realize he'd lost it. It wasn't until he'd returned home from dropping off his newspapers in the recycling bin that he noticed his wedding band was missing. At 84 years old, Huffman has celebrated two 25 year anniversaries. His first wife died years ago... more »

• Free recyling class for local businesses

  May 17, 2011 8:56 PM

  The Pueblo City-County Health Department is hosting a free class for businesses to better understand commercial recycling options in the Pueblo area. The free class will be held on Thursday, May 26 from 10:00am-noon at the Pueblo City-County Health Department,101 W. 9th Street on the third floor. Attendees will learn... more »

• Trash talk in Colorado Springs

  April 22, 2011 8:44 PM

  It is Earth Day today and Colorado Springs makes an effort to keep our city clean and our planet healthy. Kids from the Colorado Springs Conservatory sang at the launch of the public recycling program this morning outside of City Hall. Right afterwards, Mayor Rivera cut the ribbon celebrating... more »

• El Paso County expands recycling program

  February 28, 2011 8:07 PM

  There's a new recycling bin, for common recyclables, at the El Paso County Household Hazardous Waste Facility. You can now drop off things like aluminum, paper, cardboard, glass and plastic, all for free. They'll take plastics numbered one through seven, just look on the bottom of plastic items to see... more »

• Pueblo recycling program discontinued

  December 21, 2010 2:17 PM

  The Pueblo Health Department will remove its recycling bins next week due to lack of funding. The bins are located at: Bessemer Neighborhood near the EVRAZ Rocky Mountain Steel Mill offices Pueblo West near Civic Center and Joe Martinez Boulevard Pueblo West near the General... more »

• Millions of tires at Midway landfill to fuel cement kiln

  September 22, 2010 7:48 PM

  A nearly 60-acre tire landfill near the El Paso / Pueblo County border is safer than ever and will soon begin diminishing in size to the point where it's virtually gone by the end of the decade. The Midway Tire Landfill is the final resting place for up to... more »

• Mercury fillings? X-ray chemicals? Dentists going green

  August 23, 2010 10:17 AM

  Each dentist office in this country can generate a stunning amount of toxic waste--from mercury used in fillings to processing chemicals used for x-rays. Those items must be disposed of properly, but dentists have control over other waste from their practices. "One practice alone, an average dental practice would... more »

• Computer recycling event scheduled

  June 18, 2010 3:11 PM

  Goodwill Industries of Colorado Springs is offering free computer recycling on Saturday, June 26 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Chapel Hills Mall (southeast parking lot) and The Citadel (food court parking lot) as well as at its donation locations. The donation drive is part of Reconnect,... more »

• Telluride considers fee for plastic grocery bags

  June 7, 2010 8:50 AM

  Activists are asking the southwest Colorado resort town of Telluride to require grocery stores to charge customers 25 cents for each single-use plastic bag. Town Council members reacted favorably to the idea at a work session last week and directed town staff to draft an ordinance. The idea... more »

• Curbside recycling now available in Pueblo

  May 14, 2010 9:27 AM

  A company in Pueblo is trying to make it easier for people to go green. We Recycle is now offering curbside recycling in Pueblo and Pueblo West. They accept plastic, aluminum, paper and glass. The easy part is, you can put all your items in one bag and they do... more »

• Hazardous materials recycling in Colorado Springs Saturday

  April 27, 2010 12:52 PM

  If you have old cleaners, insecticides, paint or electronics sitting around--this weekend you can recycle them. Colorado Springs Recycles will host a multi-materials recycling collection for homeowners this Saturday from 9 am - 2 pm in the north parking lot at University Village Colorado at 5400 N. Nevada Avenue,... more »

• Reusing the old 4th St. bridge in Pueblo

  April 23, 2010 4:17 PM

  Demolition of the old 4TH St. bridge in Pueblo is underway, and all the concrete and asphalt that made up the bridge won't go to waste, it will get a new life. Materials from the old bridge will be taken to Vision Recycled Aggregate and Landscape Material. Everything will... more »

• New recycling program opens at Pueblo Community College

  April 20, 2010 1:44 PM

  Pueblo Community College welcomes Earth Day with a new recycling effort with new bins at the Orman Campus. These new bins will allow all PCC employees and students to recycle the following products in one bin: • Aluminum food and beverage containers • Glass food and beverage containers (brown, clear... more »

• Alcoa hopes to increase aluminum recycling

  March 26, 2010 11:47 AM

  Alcoa Inc. has expanded its aluminum can recycling operation in East Tennessee, which is already one of the nation's largest recycling plants. The Pittsburgh-based company's president said at a Friday dedication the expansion coincides with a goal to boost the current 54 percent rate of recycling beverage cans in... more »

• Free computer recycling available this weekend

  March 24, 2010 5:51 PM

  Goodwill Industries of Colorado Springs is offering free computer recycling this Saturday, March 27th. Computers can be dropped off 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Chapel Hills Mall southeast parking lot and The Citadel north parking lot in front of the food court as well as Goodwill's regular donation... more »

• Christmas tree recycling

  December 24, 2009 9:08 AM

  When you are ready to get rid of your Christmas tree, El Paso County and Pueblo County are offering recycling services to residents. In El Paso County you can go to any "Treecycle" location. The "treecycle" program will operate two consecutive weekends. Saturday and Sunday, January 2-3 and... more »

• Neighbors threaten woman over her use of a clothesline

  November 20, 2009 4:59 PM

  Residents and town officials in Perkasie, Pennsylvania don't want to see Carin Froelich's unmentionables, but she is determined to show them. "It's your freedom, it's your right," Froelich said. Though it's not illegal, more and more people across the country are being bullied and criticized by local government... more »

• New beginnings for old things, as America goes green

  November 18, 2009 12:39 PM

  Recycling technology has come a long way. Everything from broken glass to tires and plastic bottles can be turned into valuable products, from jackets to countertops. At the Plyler Paper Stock Company, a recycler in Charlotte, North Carolina trucks roll in office trash from 250 businesses and industrial parks.... more »

• Recycle your old computer--for free

  November 12, 2009 2:33 PM

  Many people have old computers just sitting around--mostly because they don't know what to do with them. This weekend you can "go green" and recycle them--plus get a tax write off. It's a win-win because this event is being sponsored by Goodwill Industries of Colorado Springs. The event... more »

• Get paid to recycle

  October 5, 2009 7:49 PM

  A new recycling program in Colorado Springs allows you to earn rewards for being "green." The Recycle Bank has joined efforts with Waste Connections of Colorado to try and increase household recycling. Here's how it works: customers earn reward points for every pound of trash they recycle. Those points... more »