WINTER 2013

Holiday Schedule For up-to-date information about ourholiday schedule, call our HolidayHotline at 303-448-2280 or look it up at www.westerndisposal.com.

The following holidays are observedby Western Disposal:

• Memorial Day............May 27, 2013• Independence Day .......July 4, 2013• Labor Day..................Sept. 2, 2013• Thanksgiving Day .....Nov. 28, 2013• Christmas Day ..........Dec. 25, 2013• New Year’s Day.............Jan. 1, 2014

Online BillingDon’t forget we offer convenientonline billing and payment options.Eliminate paper invoices and havethe peace of mind of automaticpayments – or make instant one-time payments. Visitwww.westerndisposal.com andclick Billing and Payment.

Win One MonthFree Trash ServiceSeveral lucky residential customerswill receive one month of free trashservice for finding their names in this newsletter!

If you find your name,call our CustomerService Department at303-444-2037 to receive credit onyour account for one month of freeservice. Sorry, names mentioned aspart of the stories are not eligible.

A Q U A R T E R L Y U P D A T E F O R O U R C U S T O M E R S

New Electronics Law Takes Effect July 1, 2013 In our 2012 state legislative session, a new law was passed based on SB12-133that will ban consumer landfill disposal of certain electronic devices after July 1,2013. The law also requires responsible recycling by state agencies. The law waspassed to encourage recycling of electronics to help protect the Colorado environ-ment. Kurt and Marta Pyatt. Current Colorado law already prohibits businessesfrom disposing of these items with their trash. What does this mean to you?

After July 1, 2013, Colorado residents will no longer be able to place the followingelectronics in their trash for disposal:

Refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners are not included in the ban; however,Western cannot collect these items with the regular trash due to separate regula-tions regarding Freon containing appliances. John Tredeaux. Separate fee-basedcollection services are available for these appliances, and we also accept them fora fee at our Trash and Recycle Center located at 5880 Butte Mill Road in Boulder.

Boulder County currently has two permanent electronics drop-off facilities: Western Disposal’s Trash and Recycle Center located at 5880 Butte Mill Road andthe Center for Hard-to-Recycle Materials (CHaRM) sponsored by the city of Boulderand located at 5030 Old Pearl St. Fees do apply at both facilities.

Communities throughout Boulder County and Broomfield County also provide special electronics collection days. Check with your local community for existingprograms or new programs that may develop due to the new Colorado state law.

We will provide information again regarding the new electronics law in our springnewsletter to remind you of the changes coming July 1, 2013. In the interim, pleasebe environmentally responsible and recycle your electronics at Western or CHaRM.

n Computers

n Electronic books

n Notebooks

n Peripherals

n Televisions

n Computer monitors

n FAX machines

n DVD players

n Laptops

n Netbooks

n Ultrabooks

n Slates and tablets

n Printers

n VCRs

n Video display devices

n Any electronic device witha cathode ray tube or a flatpanel screen larger than 4inches

n Devices that are part of a motor vehiclen Microwave oven or conventional oven

or rangen Dehumidifier or air purifiern Exercise equipmentn Clothes dryer or washer

n Dishwasher

n Telephone

n Other business, commercial andindustrial devices and touch screendisplays used for diagnostics, monitoring and control

Western will no longer be able to collect these items with our trash collection vehicles after that date.

Electronic devices that are not included in the landfill ban include:

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Boulder, Colorado 80301 ph. (303) 444-2037fax (303) 444-7509

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ExtraTrash Stickers

If you have weekly residential trashservice and have extra bags of trash toset out on your collection day, you havetwo options to pay for additional trash: 1) purchase prepaid stickers for $3.30each and attach one to each 32-gallonbag of trash; or 2) set extra bags outwithout a sticker and $4.35 per 32-gallon bag will be charged to youraccount. There is a 25% savings if youpurchase the prepaid stickers. Seepurchasing options below.

If you live in Lafayette or Louisville,prepaid stickers are only available forpurchase from the city offices. The priceof the stickers is determined by the city.

Stickers can be acquired by contactingWestern Disposal via the options in thebox below; minimum purchase of fiveunless purchased in person.

E-MindersSubscribe to Western Disposal’sE-Minders Program. This program sendsyou e-mail reminders of upcomingholidays, programs and other usefulinformation. You can join by calling us at 303-444-2037 or on our web site atwww.westerndisposal.com.

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Recycling SavesYou Money!

Shred-It Results Thank you for attending our free shredding events in 2012. Western’s threefree shredding days were again a big success. We shredded and recycled77,440 lbs. of material—a 28% increase over our 2011 volume! Over 1900vehicles came, also a 28% increase over 2011. Thanks to you and the volume of paper materials recycled, the following resources were saved:

n 640 trees*n 256,000 gallons of water*n 6,400 gallons of gasoline*

We will be scheduling three more events next year with our partner Shred-It. Look for an announcement of the 2013 dates in our springnewsletter. See you next year!

*Source: US Environmental Protection Agency

Buy Your Raffle Tickets Now! This year to raise money for Crayons to Calculators,Western Disposal and Transwest Truck andTrailer are donating a 2013 Buick Verano to beraffled. Raffle tickets will be sold for $200 eachor six for $1000. The tickets will be available atseveral locations including the Transwest Truck andTrailer locations in Frederick (7550 E I-25 Frontage Rd) andHenderson (7911 E 96th Avenue) and at the Western Disposaladministrative offices (5880 Butte Mill Rd in Boulder).

Crayons to Calculators is a program under Impact onEducation, a non-profit organization, and provides backpacks and school supplies for children in need inBoulder Valley and St. Vrain Valley school districts; an

estimated 15,000-20,000 children qualify for a backpack. For the 2012-2013school year, Crayons to Calculators was able to provide backpacks to over8,000 students. James M Fudge and Donna Hamilton. Our goal for 2013-2014 is to provide backpacks to 8,500 students! For information, contactDeb Dabkowski at 303-448-2308.

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