Construction Waste Sorting & Recycling

Western Disposal offers contractors, builders, and homeowners construction waste recycling services to assist in meeting LEED, BuildSmart, and city of Boulder construction waste recycling requirements. Choose from source-separated containers for each material (you sort the materials at your job site) or a mixed box, where all recyclable material noted below can be combined, and Western will sort it for an additional fee.

Our Materials Management Center is home to Boulder County’s only semi-automated construction waste recycling sorting center. Funded in part by a FRWD grant awarded by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, this service supports customers in attaining their construction waste recycling goals while protecting the environment, conserving resources, and creating jobs.

Materials Management Center
2051 63rd Street
Boulder, CO 80301
(303) 444-5794

Monday – Saturday 7 AM – 5 PM
Sunday – Closed

Recoverable Material Accepted for Sorting & Recycling

Western Disposal accepts material generated from new construction projects and deconstruction projects only. Material generated from demolition projects will not be accepted for recycling. All co-joined materials will be landfilled.

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Aggregates

Concrete, asphalt, brick, cinderblock, pavers and porcelain

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Metal

Ductwork, rebar, non-cfc appliances, water heaters, other ferrous and non-ferrous metals

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Wood

Pallets and unpainted/unstained/untreated dimensional lumber

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Fiber

Cardboard

NOT ACCEPTED

If an item or material is not listed above, it cannot be recycled at our facility.
To successfully be sorted and recycled, the material cannot be co-joined to a different and/or non-recyclable material. For example: drywall to studs, plumbing to porcelain, roofing to decking.

Material from demolition projects will not be accepted for recycling.

Length (A)

Width (B)

Height (C)

6-Yard*

*No aggregates permitted

82″

73″

64″

12-Yard

16′

8′

4’8″

20-Yard

20′

8′

5’8″

30-Yard

23′

8′

6’8″
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Construction Waste Diversion Reporting

  • Western Disposal and authorized 3rd party hauler roll-offs will be sorted individually. A diversion report unique to that load will be sent to the email address on file.
  • Six-yard sort boxes and self-haul loads will be aggregated on the tipping floor then sorted. Please refer to the table below for diversion percentages.
  • Western reserves the right to reject, or dispose of as trash, any load deemed inappropriate for sorting/recycling.

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Hazardous Materials Strictly Prohibited

The WASTE DEFINED clause in your roll-off contract with Western Disposal prohibits hazardous or toxic wastes as defined by local, state or federal laws or regulations. These wastes include but are not limited to: asbestos-containing material, contaminated soil, wood with lead-based paint, oil-based paints or solvents, florescent lamps, mercury-containing devices.

Self-haul customers are required to sign an affidavit of non-hazardous materials prior to tipping.