Recycling
Physical Address: 215 N Mason St, Fort Collins, CO 80524
Mailing Address: PO Box 580, Ft. Collins, CO 80522-0580
Phone: (970) 221-6600
Fax: (970) 224-6177
Email:
Normal Business Hours: 8AM-5PM M-F
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Solid Waste Ordinances
By municipal ordinance, all solid waste collectors are required to make available to their residential customers, at the customer's option, curbside collection of recyclable materials that are designated by the City (Chapter 15 'Licenses and Business Regulations', see Article XV 'Solid Waste Collection and Recycling Services').
The collection of recyclable materials from multifamily and/or commercial customers is not be required if the collector determines that there is not sufficient space available to allow the placement of recycling containers without encroaching on needed parking areas or on the sidewalk or street, or without impairing or impeding bicycle, pedestrian or vehicular traffic.
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Trash and Recycling Enclosures
The City of Fort Collins amended the Land Use Code on December 21, 2004 (Ordinance 198, 2004) to require recycling areas to be built along with trash enclosures to accommodate recycling in all new commercial or multi-family housing construction. With this new requirement, the City will ensure that future tenants or occupants who wish to recycle are not constrained by a lack of space. The trash/recycling enclosure statutes contained in the City of Fort Collins Land Use Code apply to all new and significantly remodeled commercial or multi-family structures where refuse is generated by the use of the structure shall provide adequate space for the collection and storage of refuse and recyclable materials.
Structures that are exempt from the provisions: single-family dwellings; and multi-family dwellings where there are no central or communal refuse or recycling collection or storage facilities or where refuse and recyclable materials are stored and collected on an individual unit basis.
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Pay-As-You-Throw Ordinance Update
In April 2004, the Fort Collins' pay-as-you-throw (PAYT) ordinance was amended (pdf) in order to clarify that "unit-based" prices for trash service apply to all single and two-family residences in the city, including those participating in group trash service accounts such as homeowners associations (HOA). As of January 31, 2006 all HOA contracts were required to be compliant with the PAYT provisions of the city code, including providing members of HOAs with volume-based pricing and a full range of service options.
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Related Topics in the Fort Collins Municipal Code
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