The Town of Vail hosts two annual community-wide Hard to Recycle Events at Ford Park. The Hard to Recycle events are free and open to those who live, work or own property in the Town of Vail. The 10-cent bag fee collected from paper bag sales at grocery stores through the Kick the Bag Habit program fund the Hard to Recycle events each year. For questions, please reach out to Beth Markham, environmental sustainability coordinator at bmarkham@vailgov.com or 970-479-2333. 

The Town of Vail hosts an Annual Clean Up Day and also partners with Eagle River Coalition for an annual countywide highway cleanup in the spring and the highway cleanup in the fall.

Keep a look out for announcements to participate in upcoming clean-up days.

The Town of Vail collects used oil and antifreeze free of charge from Vail households. Oil or antifreeze may be dropped off from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Town of Vail’s Public Works fleet facility at 1309 Elkhorn Drive. Oil and antifreeze should not be contaminated with any other product. Freon and tires are not accepted. For more information, call 970-479-2162.

The town offers free curbside collection of discarded Christmas trees. Trees must be free of lights, tinsel, ornaments, stands and plastic wrapping. Also, trees should be left whole; do not cut trees into sections. Trees should be placed at the side of the road so as not to block the roadway. No other brush, trees or landscape waste will be accepted at this time.  

Public Works crews make regular sweeps through town during January to collect the trees. The trees are chipped and turned into mulch for the town’s summer landscaping program.

For more information contact the Public Works Department at 970-479-2158.

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