Annual Spring and Fall Clean-Up Days

Each year the Town of Erie Department of Public Works partners with the Front Range Landfill and other vendors to assist residents in disposing of unwanted household items, building materials, metal type items, yard waste and document shredding. 

The Spring Clean-Up is held yearly in May
and the Fall Clean-Up is held yearly in September.

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Annual Spring Clean-Up: 
Saturday, May 6th 

DONATE USED HOME SUPPLIES
Goodwill will have a collection center set up at the Leon A. Wurl Service Center, located at 150 Bonnell Avenue from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.  All donations must be clean and in working order. View general guidelines for donations here. Goodwill will also accept electronic items. Guidelines for electronic items can be found here.

METAL-TYPE NON-WORKING ITEMS 
The Town of Erie’s Public Works Department will also have a disposal of metal-type non-working items at the Leon A. Wurl Service Center, located at 150 Bonnell Avenue, from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Items accepted include:

AC units
 Batteries BBQs
Bikes
 Car Parts
 Engine Blocks
Hot Water Heaters
 Lawn Mowers
 Misc Computer Parts
Refrigerators/Freezers
 Screen Doors
 Small Appliances
Stoves
 Transmissions
 Vacuum Cleaners
Washer/Dryers
 Window Frames  

DOCUMENT SHREDDING
The Town of Erie’s Public Works Department is collaborating with Shred It to provide free document shredding service of outdated files or confidential paperwork at the Leon A. Wurl Service Center, located at 150 Bonnell Avenue from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

DROP OFF UNWANTED ITEMS & YARD WASTE AT FRONT RANGE LANDFILL
The Front Range Landfill, located at 1830 Weld County Road 5 in Erie, will accept large household items and yard waste.  Hours of operation will be from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.  Residents may dispose of any large household items as well as tree limbs or other yard waste FREE OF CHARGE.  Residents must show either a Town of Erie utility bill or driver’s license with an Erie address as proof of residency.  Reminder, as of July 1, 2013, electronic disposal is no longer allowed through trash and landfill services. Please note the following:

  • All loads must be covered.
  • All load’s must be level with bed of the Truck and/or Trailer.
  • Construction materials such as roofing shingles, concrete, and framing materials could be subject to charges at the discretion of the landfill.
  • Items that will not be accepted include hazardous materials such as refrigerators, car batteries, tires, and paint.

Year Round Recycling Opportunities


HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE
The Town of Erie contracts with Boulder County and Weld County to provide our citizens a place to dispose of household hazardous waste.  Erie residents, regardless of which county they live in, can use both facilities.  View more information and hours of operation for both facilities here.  
*Note: this service is not restricted to the Town of Erie Clean-Up event times.

RECYCLING CENTER
The Town of Erie Department of Public Works maintains an unmanned Recycling Center which accepts Commingled Containers and Mixed Paper.  The Recycling Center is located at 1000 Briggs Street and is open to the public 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  View more information on the Recycling Center here. 
*Note: this service is not restricted to the Town of Erie Clean-Up event times.

BRUSH & LIMB DROP OFF SERVICE
Due to the Emerald Ash Borer quarantine the Town of Erie Parks Division will not be accepting tree limbs for this event.  Please take all tree limbs, branches and yard debris directly to the Front Range Landfill.

For more information, please contact Kris McDaniel at 303-926-2872.