{"id":805225,"date":"2020-03-13T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=380452"},"modified":"2020-03-13T11:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T17:30:00","slug":"ask-eartha-summit-county-has-a-new-recycling-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/ask-eartha-summit-county-has-a-new-recycling-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask Eartha: Summit County has a new recycling center"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A new recycling center is open off River Drive, past the outlet shops, in Silverthorne as pictured Tuesday, March 10.<\/strong>
Liz Copan \/ ecopan@summitdaily.com<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Dear Eartha,
I saw the Silverthorne Recycling Center is open, yeah! What are you accepting in Silverthorne?<\/em><\/p>\n

The Silverthorne Recycling Center is now open! The drop-off center is located next to the Blue River Ball Fields, which are below the Dillon Dam and adjacent to the Outlets at Silverthorne. The formal address is 0255 River Road in Silverthorne.<\/p>\n

The new recycling center accepts most of the same items as the Breckenridge and Frisco centers: plastic bottles Nos. 1 and 2, clear glass, colored glass, mixed metal containers (cans), cardboard, mixed paper, scrap metal, cartons and food scraps. Batteries are not accepted in Silverthorne, which is the only difference.<\/p>\n

Silverthorne\u2019s new recycling center was funded by Strong Future, a ballot measure passed by voters in 2018. It created $1.7 million annually to fund local recycling initiatives, just one of which is our new recycling center.<\/p>\n

Keeping it clean<\/strong><\/p>\n

Just the sight of those shiny new Silverthorne bins was a good reminder to keep my recycling clean. That means dropping off accepted items only and nothing else. For example, when it comes to plastics, the drop-off sites only accept plastic bottles Nos. 1 and 2. That means no cups, no takeout containers, no plastic bags, no berry containers, no lids \u2014 regardless of the number.<\/p>\n

And of course, it\u2019s important to rinse out that old jelly jar, too. This is a question I get asked frequently: \u201cJust how clean does my recycling need to be?\u201d Give it a good rinse. It doesn\u2019t need to be sparkling perfect, but it shouldn\u2019t have gobs of food that will inevitably grow mold.<\/p>\n

When it comes to paper and cardboard, these need to be clean in order to actually get recycled. It\u2019s tempting to throw pizza boxes in recycling, but if there\u2019s any grease, they belong in the trash.<\/p>\n

Perhaps you\u2019ve heard of the golden rule of recycling: when in doubt, throw it out! Why? Because tossing the wrong item into a recycling bin does far more harm than good. It creates what the recycling industry calls contamination.<\/p>\n

When recycling is contaminated, it\u2019s worth much less. The wrong items (like plastic bags) can break sorting machines, and too much of the wrong thing can cause an entire truckload of recycling to end up in the landfill.<\/p>\n

With Silverthorne open, Dillon\u2019s recycling center will close<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wednesday, March 18, will be the last day that recycling is available at Dillon Town Hall. After that, residents will need to use the other drop-off centers in Silverthorne, Breckenridge and Frisco. Glass-only stations are still available at the Dillon Marina, Dillon Valley and in Summit Cove, among other locations across the county.<\/p>\n

Do your part<\/strong><\/p>\n

Whether or not you\u2019ll regularly use the Silverthorne Recycling Center, consider its opening your cue to recycle the right way. Take advantage of no-fee recycling programs for mattresses, televisions, computers, paint, motor oil, food waste and more. Visit HighCountryConservation.org\/recycle<\/a> for details.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also important to reduce waste. Our community is working to reach 40% diversion by 2035. Right now, we\u2019re only keeping 20% of our waste out of the landfill. In short, we\u2019ve all got work to do. Let\u2019s get started!.<\/em><\/p>\n

Ask Eartha Steward is written by the staff at the High Country Conservation Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to waste reduction and resource conservation. Submit questions to Eartha at info@highcountryconservation.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new recycling center is open off River Drive, past the outlet shops, in Silverthorne as pictured Tuesday, March 10.Liz Copan \/ ecopan@summitdaily.com Dear Eartha,I saw the Silverthorne Recycling Center is open, yeah! What are you accepting in Silverthorne? The Silverthorne Recycling Center is now open! The drop-off center is located next to the Blue […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-805225","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-19 07:24:42","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=805225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805225\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=805225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=805225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=805225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}