Recycling Canon City CO

This website will explain to you why recycling in Canon City is important and how to recycle effectively.


1 . Local Companies

Fremont Disposal & Recycling Inc
(719) 269-7039
1639 Mariposa
Canon City, CO
Penrose Trash Co
(719) 372-3365
2100 Forge Rd
Canon City, CO
Howard Disposal
(719) 275-6955
2100 Forge Rd
Canon City, CO
Mile High Roll-Off Waste Systems
(303) 460-1001
7320 W 118th Pl
Broomfield, CO
Waste Management Inc
(970) 249-1699
440 Kristen Ct
Montrose, CO
Boulder County Waste Transfer Station & Recycling Center
(303) 747-2107
14857 State Highway 7
Allenspark, CO
Eastern Dispose-All
(303) 690-0151
Aurora, CO
Gallegos Sanitation Inc
(970) 353-9695
Greeley, CO
Recycling Services
(970) 243-4345
1227 Winters Ave
Grand Junction, CO
Monument Sanitation District
(719) 481-4886
130 E 2
Monument, CO

2 . Recycling - Quick Facts

Why Recycle?

1. Recycling conserves our valuable natural resources.
2. Recycling saves energy.
3. Recycling saves clean air and clean water.
4. Recycling saves landfill space.

Each ton of recycled paper can save 17 trees, 380 gallons of oil, three cubic yards of landfill space, 4,000 kilowatts of energy and 7,000 gallons of water!

Making recycled paper instead of new paper uses 64 percent less energy and uses 58 percent less water.

One tree can filter up to 60 pounds of pollutants from the air each year. More than 1/3 of all fiber used to make paper comes from recycled paper. Only 1 percent of the world's water supply is usable; 97 percent is in the ocean and 2 percent is frozen. It takes a 15-year-old tree to produce 700 grocery bags.

Where does the trash go? When you throw something "away", it doesn't go away! Trash is either burned, buried, recycled or dumped into rivers and oceans.

Disposable diapers last centuries in landfills. An average baby will go through 8,000 of them!

Recycling a stack of newspapers just 3 feet high can save one tree.

3 . How Recycled Paper Is Made!

Waste paper is collected, sorted, baled and transported to a paper recycling plant. You can help by sorting paper and keeping it dry and out of the sun (water and sunlight make it harder to remove ink).

At the paper factory, used paper is mixed with water in a huge blender called a "hydrapulper," which mixes the paper with water, pulling inks away from the paper fibers and separating the fibers themselves. De-inking chemicals are sometimes also added.

The pulp mixture passes through several different-sized screens, which separate the paper fibers from paper clips, staples and other contaminants.

In most cases, the clean pulp is then mixed with some new wood pulp to make the recycled paper stronger. Recycled paper fibers get shorter the more often they are recycled. Most fibers can be recycled! The clean pulp is pressed into sheets, dried, finished and placed onto rolls.

4 . Everything Old Is New Again!

  • Old newspapers can become new newspapers.
  • Old corrugated boxes can become new corrugated boxes.
  • Old printing and writing paper can become new printing and writing paper, wrapping paper, and paper used for magazines, books and brochures.
  • Old scrap paper of all kinds can be used to make new paper towels and tissues, egg cartons, fruit trays and flower pots.
  • Old grocery bags can become new mail wrappings for magazines and catalogs, new dog food bags as well as new grocery bags.
  • Old toy boxes or shoe boxes can become new cereal and soap boxes, soft drink cartons and pizza boxes.
  • 5 . Featured Local Company

    C & C Disposal

    (719) 647-9100
    21 N. Magneto Dr.
    Pueblo West, CO

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