Recycling & LEED® with 5280 Waste
The Denver 5280 Waste team is a family of employees dedicated to helping you navigate the waste and hauling industry.
Our Community Goals
5280 believes in good corporate citizenship. But that’s not enough. Because of what we do, we see ourselves as agents for change for the better in our hometown. We live here, we’re from here, we raise families here. 5280 works hard every year with the goal of finding opportunities to make things better than they are today.
Here are a few ways we make things happen:
Financial Incentives
Environmental Sustainability
Reuse, Don’t Demolish
Turn to Denver's Trusted Recycling Service Providers for Help
To implement a recycling program, the key is proper education in the prevention of contaminated recyclables. To maximize recycling efforts, decreasing contamination by the elimination of pests by rinsing out food and beverage containers is paramount. Also, it’s important to know what can and cannot be recycled.
To get additional information about the particulars of a recycling plan in your home or business, call the professionals at 5280 Waste Solutions, a total recycling company serving Denver.
Stream Sampling Recycling Services for Denver
The sampling of contaminated media helps to determine what health risks are present on your Denver property. Because 5280 Waste Solutions is LEED® compliant and we conduct waste stream sampling, we can help determine what, if any human and environmental risks might be present in the area.
If sampling is done incorrectly, the source of contamination might not be able to be ascertained. That’s why it’s important to call a LEED® recycling company in Denver, such as 5280 Waste Solutions. Our crew can help you save you time and money!
Our LEED® Recycling Company Offers Advice to Denver Property Owners
When you implement a recycling program for your Denver home or business, it’s essential to turn to a recycling company that can offer consultation services. At 5280 Waste Solutions, we are experts in recycling techniques and can help you know what to recycle, the best ways to separate and control waste at the source for efficiency, and discover any source of contamination.
To get additional information about the particulars of a recycling plan in your home or business, call the professionals at 5280 Waste Solutions, a total recycling company serving Denver.
FAQ's For Recycling & LEED
LEED® waste diversion refers to the process of recycling or reusing construction, demolition, and operational waste to reduce landfill disposal and support LEED® certification credits for sustainable waste management.
We develop custom recycling and diversion plans, provide on-site containers for sorted materials, track diverted weights, and produce detailed documentation required for LEED® credit reporting.
Common recyclable materials include clean wood, drywall, concrete, asphalt, steel and non-ferrous metals, cardboard, and other approved non-hazardous streams.
Yes — we prepare comprehensive diversion reports that summarize recycled materials, weights, and facility destinations, all formatted for LEED® documentation requirements.
While often used for construction and demolition waste, our recycling support also applies to commercial operations, large renovations, and deconstruction projects aiming to improve sustainability outcomes.
We weigh materials at the point of pickup or transfer, document the weights by category, and track their recycling destinations to provide accurate diversion metrics.
Yes — we work with project teams early in planning to develop waste diversion strategies that align with LEED® goals and project timelines.
