Facility details
- Address
- 11909 E 51st Ave
Denver, CO 80239 - Phone
- (720) 627-7280
- Website
- bigdumpster.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Denver County
- EPA Region
- 8
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
About this facility
A recycling center collects, sorts and prepares recoverable materials so they can be sold to mills and manufacturers instead of being landfilled. Some are public drop-off sites run by a city, county or hauler; others are commercial buy-back yards or processing plants that take material from collection routes and businesses. What a given site handles depends on its equipment and the markets it sells into, so one center may focus on cardboard and containers while another takes only scrap metal. Many sites pay for certain materials and charge for others. Hours, fees and accepted materials vary — call ahead to confirm what is taken, how it must be sorted and whether there is a minimum quantity.
Typically accepted at Recycling Center facilities
- Cardboard and mixed paper
- Plastic bottles and containers
- Aluminum and steel cans
- Glass bottles and jars
- Scrap metal
- Electronics (at some sites)
Hours, fees and accepted materials vary by site — call ahead before hauling a load.
Nearby facilities
- Electronics Recycling Recycling 0.8 mi · Denver, CO
- Fortune Plastic & Metal Metals 1.7 mi · Denver, CO
- Spring Back Colorado Recycling 3.0 mi · Commerce City, CO
- Atlas Metal and Iron MetalsRecycling 3.2 mi · Aurora, CO
- Sum Computers Recycling 3.4 mi · Commerce City, CO
- MSJS Appliance and Scrap Metal Recycling Recycling 3.5 mi · Denver, CO
- AA11 Electronic Recyclers Recycling 3.6 mi · Aurora, CO
- Denver Metal Recycling Recycling 3.8 mi · Denver, CO
- 3R Technology Solutions Recycling 3.8 mi · Commerce City, CO
- Thermo Fluids Recycling 4.1 mi · Denver, CO
Nearest landfill: Landfill Inc, Commerce City — 5.9 mi
Area served
Serves Denver, Aurora, Dupont, Commerce City, Henderson, Westminster, Thornton, Arvada, Englewood, Brighton, Wheat Ridge, Littleton.
County context
One of 28 recycling centers in Denver County, CO.
ZIP 80239 population 44,077.
Colorado solid-waste agency: Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment (CDPHE)