Services
Residential Pickup
Once a month service
GJ CRI offers residential curbside recycling service to single family residences (up to four-plex units) located within the City limits of Grand Junction. The basic service is a once per month pick up. The cost is $1.75 per month. That charge can be added to the participant’s monthly City utility bill, or paid directly, one year in advance ($21.00 for the year.) Cannot pay? Low income exemptions are available! Download the Residential Agreement form.
Residents set their material at the curb by 8 a.m. on the day of collection and at the location designated by GJ CRI at the time of sign up. Whenever possible we will return your recycling containers to a location near your house and secure them as best we can to prevent loss.
Twice per month service
In some areas, twice per month service is available. Please contact us for details. Since the additional pick up is no longer in conjunction with an established route, the cost for the second pick up is an annual charge of $25.00. The total charge for both pick ups (twice per month) equals $46.00 per year, or $3.83 per month.
To request Twice Per Month Service, please fill out the Twice Per Month Service Request Form and mail it to the address on our Contact Page.
How to sign up
Signing up is simple. First, please review the Guidelines as we can currently only accept the materials listed. We would love to hear from you if you have any questions. Then, fill out the subscription form and mail it to back to us. Upon receipt of the form, we will initiate service and deliver your bags and schedule.
Individual instruction is available. If you have never recycled before we will be happy to arrange a time to meet at your house and show you samples of the items you can recycle.
Thanks for not sharing
We ask that each residence recycle only those materials generated by their household. Sharing of the service with neighbors or family or bringing materials home from the office reduces our efficiency and puts unmanageable strain on our equipment and staff. Please sign up for commercial recycling at work. Have your neighbors, friends, and family sign up for individual service or ask them to utilize the West Avenue drop off. Thank you.
The materials we collect
Paper Products:
Newspapers, magazines, catalogs, junk mail(please open and remove any sticky return address labels or plastics), paperback books, white or pastel office quality paper, and envelopes. Shredded paper is also accepted. Single-layer paper/chipboard: such as flattened cereal/cracker boxes (liners removed please), 6pk/12pk beer or soda containers, paper egg cartons, and toilet/paper towel tubes, fluorescent-colored paper, gift wrap, greeting cards, construction paper and poster board.
Please remove and discard plastic sleeves,wraps, and/or bags.
We do not collect the following: plastic newspaper delivery bags, carbons, ream wrappers, photographs, tissues or paper towels, milk/juice cartons, paper plates/ food soiled paper, laundry/dish detergent boxes or waxy paperboard.
Phone books are okay. Please remove plastic wrap and magnets. Stack separately or place on top of your paper mix.
Corrugated Cardboard:
Just non-glossy, unwaxed, corrugated cardboard. Please flatten all boxes and discard packing materials. Keep brown paper sacks with your boxes (not with newspapers).
Plastics #1 & #2, Aluminum and steel cans:
Solid plastic containers with the #1 or #2 located inside the recycling triangle on the bottom of the container, steel cans (this includes metal lids from jars), and aluminum cans. Please remove and discard all plastic lids. Rinse and Drain food containers. Completely drain non food containers.
We do not collect the following: #3 - #7 plastics, aluminum foil, pie tins, scrap aluminum or steel pieces. NO styrofoam. NO plastic bags. (Check with local grocery stores for plastic bag collection/recycling)
Glass Jars and Bottles:
All colors of jars and bottles, emptied, rinsed and with lids discarded. (Steel lids can be recycled with cans)
We do not collect the following: glass that is not a bottle, jar, or jug. We do not take pyrex, ceramics, drinking glasses, vases, plate glass, light bulbs, corks, foil, etc.
For more information, please view the West Avenue(formerly River Rd.) Drop Off Guidelines.
Containers
Participants may use any containers that suit their needs, making sure that those containers are in good repair and do not collect water. Brown paper grocery sacks and small to mid-sized packing type boxes make good recycling containers. Wheeled trash cans are also acceptable. Please make sure that your containers weigh no more than 40 pounds with material included, as we must lift these containers overhead to empty them into our trailer. We may not be able to collect material in overweight or otherwise unmanageable containers.
Each household will receive three recycling bags at no additional charge at sign up. These are 22 gallon containers with handles and are produced by American Bag Company of Grand Junction. Additional bags and recycling bins are available for purchase, please fill out the Bin and Bag Order Form and mail it to the address on our Contact Page.
Recycling Electronics
Special care must be taken for recycling electronics. Please visit our Guide to Recycling Your Electronics.
Commercial Recycling
Our commercial component evolved from the requests from our residential participants who wished to recycle at work. If your company receives City trash service we may be able to provide recycling service at your workplace. We also have a number of schools and churches signed up for commercial recycling. We work with you to determine the type, size, and number of containers and frequency of pick ups. Please phone us for more details if you are interested in recycling at work.
West Avenue Drop Off
GJ CRI, in cooperation with the City of Grand Junction, is happy to provide residents with this recycling option. The West Avenue drop off offers convenience for city and county residents without curbside service and city curbside customers with that occasional over abundance of material.
Please help keep the drop off an option! The West Avenue drop off produces, by far, the greatest amount of budget busting “trash” of all our services. If we are to continue offering the drop off option, we ask that all users review and comply with the requirements listed in Drop Off Guidelines.
The Recycling Drop off is not for trash disposal! Please remove and discard lids, plastic and Styrofoam packing material, plastic bags, and other trash prior to bringing it to the center or be prepared to take it away with you when you leave.
The Drop Off is located on West Avenue(formerly River Rd.), just north of Broadway and inside the City Municipal Services Campus. To get there take Broadway (Grand Ave) west past the 1st Street interchange. Turn right at the second light, onto West Avenue. Turn left at the 1st gate, which is marked with a blue and white sign that reads “Recycling Drop Off Center”. Follow the drop off signs to the back of the facility. We are located in Building “F”. Hours are Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
For more information, please view the West Avenue Drop Off Guidelines.
Facility Tours
We are currently making upgrades to the facility. Group tours will not be scheduled until spring or summer of 2009.
We are happy to give tours of our facility and operations to individuals, groups, and classes. Tours are limited in size to 30 people. Close toed shoes and safety glasses are required. ( GJ CRI can provide safety glasses for up to 20 adults.) Other special instructions and restrictions apply. Please contact us well in advance to arrange the best time and day for your tour.
Newsletter
Twice each year (usually in late summer and in December), GJ CRI publishes a newsletter with interesting tidbits and local recycling news. This is sent out to participating residential households and commercial customers. Signup to recieve the Waste Not, Grand Junction!Newletter by email and save a tree!
You may also view and download current & past Newsletters