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Aluminum Cans, Foil, Pie Pans, and Food Trays

Name/Address/Hours Comments
Aragon Iron & Metal
516 N. Highway 287, Fort Collins
Phone: 970-484-2577
Hours: Mon-Fri 8 am -- 4:30 pm; Recyclables Yard closes at 4 pm

http://www.aragonironandmetal.com

Scrap metal dealer. Accepts and buys a variety of metals: iron, lead, copper, brass, stainless steel. Cash for aluminum, iron, steel scrap, non-ferrous metals. Recycles batteries, non-working metal appliances, ranges, washers and dryers. Refrigeratiors must be professionally drained and tagged prior to delivery. Cash for aluminum cans as well. Buys vehicles, free towing.

City of Fort Collins Recycling Drop-off Site
1702 Riverside, Fort Collins (Located in back parking lot of Rivendell School.)
Phone: 970-221-6600
Hours: Monday-Sunday during daylight hours

http://www.fcgov.com/recycling/dropoff.php

Recycles glass and plastic #1 - #7 bottles and jars, tin and aluminum cans (rinse out), aerosol cans (completely empty), cardboard (flattened), corrugated cardboard, non-corrugated boxes (such as cereal boxes and other chipboard), egg cartons, packing, wrapping/tissue paper, low-grade paper, office and shredded paper, brown paper bags, junk mail, magazines, soft-bound manuals and books, telephone books, catalogs, greeting cards, manilla folders, mailing tubes and more. For better recycling results, site offers separate bins for newspaper and inserts and glass.

NO dark of fluorescent colored office paper or fluorescent sticky notes.

Call for more information.

National Recycling Inc.
337 Hickory St, Fort Collins
Phone: 970-493-7478
Hours: Mon-Fri 7am-4pm

http://www.nat-recycling.com

Accepts paper, cardboard, pallets, computers ($5 fee for monitors), plastic, metal, glass, construction and demolition debris and much more from business customers. Provides document destruction service. E-mail:

Larimer County Recycling Center
5887 S. Taft Hill Road, Fort Collins
Phone: 970-226-1101
Hours: Mon-Sat, 8am-4:30pm

http://www.larimer.org/solidwaste/recycle.htm

Located near the landfill. This drop-off facility recycles comingled items (glass and plastic #1 - #7 bottles and jars), tin and aluminum cans, aerosol cans (empty completely), newspapers, catalogues, junk mail, magazines, corrugated cardboard, office paper, soft-bound books, cereal boxes, paperboard and low-grade paper.

City of Loveland Recycling Center
400 N Wilson Ave, Loveland
Phone: 970-962-2529
Hours: Open Year Round Tue-Sun, 7:30 am - 4:30 pm; closed Mondays and major holidays

http://www.ci.loveland.co.us/index.aspx?page=188

The Loveland Recycling Center accepts a wide variety of materials, including #1 and #7 plastic tubs, waste cooking oil, and other hard to recycle items. Fort Collins residents should expect to pay a fee to drop off yard and wood waste.

Loveland residents must present a current yard debris permit to drop off yard/wood debris.  To obtain a permit, call the Solid Waste Division at 962-2529 or stop by the office at 105 W. Fifth St.

The items below must be kept separated from each other.  Multiple items listed under one bullet can be mixed together. Electronics require a small fee.

General Information

Just rinse, no need to flatten or remove labels. Metal lids are okay. Don't include: dirty pie/food trays, paint cans, scrap metal, etc. Curbside recycling is available from local trash haulers for these materials. Contact your trash hauler for information.