Mailing Address:
PO Box 672
Westcliffe, CO 81252
Website: https://www.highcountryrecycling.com/
Contact: Joanie Liebman
Mission
HCR’s mission is to be a comprehensive, successful program that supports individual, business and governmental practices that reduces waste, promotes reuse and advances recycling throughout Custer County.
About
High Country Recycling, an all-volunteer organization, is proud of our past accomplishments and ongoing recycling efforts:
- HCR volunteers assist the Joanie Liebman Recycling Center operations, monitor the Dundee Dog Park and the Lake DeWeese Recycle Round Up drop-off sites, assist the Custer County School District cardboard and paper recycling programs and monitor the Custer County Courthouse cardboard recycling collection site.
- Secured funds for the construction of the Joanie Liebman Recycling Center at the County Landfill which opened in 2022 with a new recycling county personnel position.
- Partnered with the Dundee Memorial Dog Park and the Wet Mountain Valley Volunteer Fire Department and created two new drop-off recycling sites for free cardboard, mixed paper, aluminum, and steel can recycling.
- Founded Custer County Recycling (CCR) to initiate mixed paper, aluminum and steel can recycling when none existed and expand corrugated cardboard recycling..
- Initiated valley wide cardboard recycling in 2009 when there was none.
- Enhanced the Custer County School District recycling program by supplying individual classroom mix paper recycling bins, a rolling cart in the school kitchen for steel can collection and recycling and an enclosed trailer for corrugated cardboard recycling drop-off and transport.
- Maintains an inventory of 55-gallon blue barrels available for recycling collection at public and private events.
Donations to High Country Recycling help to maintain and expand recycling opportunities and reduce existing obstacles.
