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Marshall Fire Response: Ways to Help |
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Our hearts go out to our friends, coworkers, volunteers, and community who suffered devastating losses in the Marshall wildfire. The loss, grief, and shock is overwhelming, as is the desire to support our neighbors and friends as they rebuild their lives and as we work together to rebuild our community. The tremendous outpouring from community members, restaurants, businesses, nonprofits, government officials, and of course first responders has reminded us of how powerful and resilient our community is when we support each other. And of course, the events of the past week underscore the critical importance of our work to build Zero Waste communities that reduce our climate impact and increase our climate resilience. We wanted to share some answers to questions we’ve received for smoke and water-damaged materials and fill you in on our efforts to help with the disaster recovery. Eco-Cycle Center for Hard-to-Recycle Materials (CHaRM) Updates: - The facility fee will be waived for those impacted by the fire. Please bring proof of residency.
- Eco-Cycle will be contributing $2,500 to help cover the material fees for mattresses and electronic waste collected from impacted residents (with proof of residency) with the intention of covering processing fees until this fund is depleted.
- In response to this disaster, we have identified temporary marketing solutions for smoke- and water-damaged materials, specifically for the following items:
- Mattresses
- Electronics
- Books
- Textiles
- Scrap metal (always accepted in any condition)
- For a full list of all materials accepted at the CHaRM, visit ecocycle.org/charm.
Other FAQs: - Water-logged corrugated cardboard is not recyclable, but it is compostable, either through your curbside collection service or at the CHaRM.
- Smoke detectors: Check with the manufacturer. There are currently no local recycling programs for smoke detectors in Boulder County. Remove and recycle the batteries as hazardous waste. The remains can be discarded with your nonrecyclable trash.
- If you have any additional questions, please call us at 303-444-6634, or recycle@ecocycle.org. You can also reference our A-Z Recycling Guide, available on our website, or download our A-Z Recycling Guide app.
- In addition, we are helping to manage the tremendous amount of donated clothing being accepted by pop-up collection sites around the county to help recycle the remnants that have been donated but are not reusable. To that end, we urge all of those donating to please donate ONLY clothing in good condition.
Hard-to-Recycle Collections in Impacted Areas:
We have reached out to Superior, Louisville, and Boulder County to explore helping impacted neighborhoods with hard-to-recycle collection events, so stay tuned. Volunteer: - We have heard from our volunteer Eco-Leader Network that many would like to jump in to help if needed. Below are links to volunteer opportunities, and we are in discussions with the county, as well as Superior and Louisville about how our volunteers might help with any recycling and disposal events, so thank you for your willingness to help. We will keep you posted as those event plans develop.
And below are links we wanted to help circulate: If you have resources or supplies, you can donate to victims through the Boulder Office of Emergency Management. |
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Suzanne Jones
Executive Director
Eco-Cycle |
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