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Recycle Incandescent Holiday Lights at Ace Hardware Stores
Ace Hardware stores now accept incandescent holiday lights for recycling
 
DENVER, Colo. – November 17, 2008 - Demonstrating that it is “the helpful place” for all seasons, Ace Hardware today announced that stores in Colorado and Wyoming now accept traditional, incandescent holiday lights for recycling. Stores participating in the program will also offer discounts on the purchase of new LED light sets for consumers who bring in incandescent lights for recycling.
 
The recycling program is being offered as retailers anticipate that many consumers will make the switch to longer-lasting and energy efficient LED holiday lights this year. LED lights use just a fraction of the energy of incandescent lights, which means lower energy bills for homeowners through the holiday season. According to Consumer Reports, a typical homeowner spends approximately $11 in energy costs to burn 50 feet of traditional lights for 300 hours, while the same use of LED lights costs less than 15 cents.
 
LED lights are also far more durable than incandescent lights, often lasting as much as ten times longer than traditional lights. And, because LED lights burn cooler they are safer to use and reduce the risk of fire. “We’re already seeing a lot of customers who are interested in making the switch to LED lights this year, but until now there haven’t been many good options for disposing of strands of traditional lights,” said Bill Moore chairman of Rocky Mountain Ace Stores, a group of local Ace Hardware stores.
 
“We already offer recycling for many household items that our customers are frequently updating, and incandescent lights seemed like a logical addition. We hope we’re saving our customers an additional errand during the hectic shopping season by offering a place to purchase and recycle lights.”
 
The holiday light recycling program adds to the growing list recycling programs offered by area Ace Hardware stores. Earlier this year, the company announced that all Colorado Ace Hardware stores would begin accepting used compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) and mercury-containing thermostats for recycling, and all stores in Colorado and Wyoming now accept used cell phones and rechargeable batteries for recycling.
 
Ace Hardware has been known as the helpful hardware store by both customers and communities. In 2007, Ace Hardware was ranked the “Highest in Customer Satisfaction among Major Home Improvement Retail Stores” by J.D. Power and Associates in its inaugural study of the retail home improvement industry. With 4,600 hardware, home center and building materials stores that generate annual retail sales of more than $12 billion, Ace is the largest retailer-owned hardware cooperative in the home improvement industry. Sixty-one independently-owned Ace Hardware stores along the Front Range work together to enhance their helpful service and community involvement through the Rocky Mountain Ace Stores (RMAS) dealer organization. There are approximately 150 Ace Hardware stores throughout Colorado and Wyoming.
 
More information about Ace can be found at www.acehardware.com.
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Composting Collection Pilot Program

Denver Launches Composting Collection Pilot Program

 

The next generation in recycling - Denver Composts!  Denver residents have proven they are great recyclers and thanks to a grant from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, we are now ready to take recycling to the next level in Denver by testing composting collection through a new pilot program. Organic material, like food, food-soiled paper and yard debris, is the single largest item we throw away in our landfill and it’s 100 percent compostable. 

 

The residential composting collection pilot program is scheduled to begin this October and will test collection services at 3,000 Denver homes.  Each home will be provided with a green, 65-gallon composting cart (the same size as the purple Denver Recycles carts) and a small kitchen pail to collect organic material inside the home.  The green carts will be serviced weekly during the growing season, then every-other-week through the winter.

 

The areas eligible for the pilot program have been selected to provide a representative sample of the City & County based on a number of different factors.  At this time, our funding limits us to 3,000 homes. Residents receiving a brochure in the mail are eligible for service and invited to participate.

 

The composting collection program will accept organic material that includes yard debris such as grass clippings, plant trimmings, small branches, weeds and leaves; food such as fruit and vegetable trimmings, meat, dairy, coffee grounds, bread and other processed food; and food-soiled paper such as used paper plates, paper coffee cups, tea bags, coffee filters, paper milk cartons (no foil lined cartons), paper ice cream cartons and much more.  The program will strictly prohibit any type of plastic materials, as these are contaminants that prohibit the ability to compost the organic material.

 

For more information or to track the progress of the pilot program, visit us online at www.DenverGov.org/DenverRecycle.
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Waste Wise Denver 2009 Newsletter
Solid Waste Management's annual "Waste Wise Denver" newsletter will start hitting the mailboxes of Denver residents Monday, December 15, 2008.  Watch for yours!
 
Inside will be your 2009 Calendars for LIP and Recycling Collection.
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News & Events
Denver Recycles sponsors many special recycling-related events throughout the year. Below are links for more information about some of the current and upcoming events that you can participate in:  Current Events

 
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 Events Hotline
For current events information, call the Denver Recycles events hotline at (720) 865-6810.
  
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