Welcome to the Rooney Road Recycling Center
Many household chemicals pose a serious health hazard if not properly handled, stored and disposed. It has never been easier to remove these hazards from your home. The Rooney Road Recycling Center will accept most types of household hazardous waste materials.

Hours of Operation:
The Rooney Road Recycling Center is open by appointment only, to schedule please call 303-316-6262.

Why You Should Use the Center
Many chemicals used in households have similar characteristics of those used by businesses. Business waste disposal is strictly regulated to prevent impacting human health and the environment. While households are not held to the same standards as businesses, these chemicals have the same harmful potential if not properly managed. In addition, chemicals thrown into trash containers are a hazard to sanitation workers or anyone else handling the trash. Once deposited in the landfills, this waste still has the potential to jeopardize groundwater quality. The Center provides a low cost method to ensure your chemicals are disposed of safely.

Who May Use the Center?
If you live within the following municipalities you are eligible to use the Rooney Road Recycling Center:

• Arvada
• Edgewater
• Golden
• Lakeside
• Lakewood
• Morrison
• Mountain View
• Wheat Ridge
• Jefferson County

Your chemical waste can be dropped of at the Center for $13 or picked up at your home for $20. You must schedule an appointment for drop off or pick up. The average disposal cost to the Center per drop off is $85. Your payment helps to defray this expense and provide new and continued services. The Center now also accepts electronic materials to keep heavy metals out of the landfill.

Yard Waste Recycling Program
The Center accepts yard waste such as leaves, compost, grass clippings, tree branches, construction lumber, and logs for chipping and mulching. Residential and commercial customers are encouraged to utilize this service. For more information on the Yard Waste Recycling Program, please call 1-800-776-1644.

How much waste can you take to the Center?
Participants may bring up to 75 pounds of chemical waste to the Center per appointment. Prior arrangements can be made to accept amounts over the 75 pound limit, however you will be required to pay the disposal costs for the additional waste. If the drop-off option is chosen the following chemical amounts will not require an additional charge:

• 20 Gallons of antifreeze
• 20 Gallons of used oil
• 5 Gallons of latex paint
• Unlimited number of automobile batteries
• 10 oil filters

Up to 20 gallons of motor oil and antifreeze will be accepted in 5 gallon size or smaller containers. Batteries, oil, and up 5 gallons of latex paint do not count toward the 75 pound limit.

HazMart
Over fifty percent of the materials received at the Center are recycled or reused. Products that are in new or near new condition with good packaging and clear labels are offered at no cost to the public at Hazmart. The Hazmart room is open on Saturdays and Wednesdays, call 303-316-6262 for more information. The following are some of the products that you may find there:

• Automotive Products (motor oil, antifreeze, car polish, transmission, brake and power steering fluids)
• Home Care Products (cleaning products, furniture polishes, soaps, bleaches, glues)
• Paints and Stains (assorted colors of latex paint, oil-based paint, oil and water-based stains, varnishes and sealers)
• Lawn and Garden Care (fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides).

Questions?
First, check our Frequently Asked Questions page to see if the answer is there. If your question is not listed there, or if you need to schedule an appointment, please call 303-316-6262.