• Office Paper, cardboard, newspaper, plastic, glass, cans, coat hangers, carpet, carpet pad, batteries, computers, copper and metal pipes from maintenance, wood crates, wood products, motor oil, cooking oil, grease, and more …
• We use Western Disposal on a daily basis.
• We use old linens for rags. 
  
• We use recycled paper products and double-sided copies whenever possible to save 400 pounds of waste per month.
  
• In 2008, the Hotel Boulderado recycled over 130 tons of cardboard, plastic, glass bottles, newspapers, and office paper.
• In 2009, we reconfigured our recycle and waste disposal and are now able to recycle 200% more and reduce waste by 60% than before.

We Donate

• Furniture, mattresses, lamps, case goods, partially consumed shampoos, and other amenities are donated to local charities and homeless shelters.
• Leftover banquet food to the Boulder Community Food Share Program.
• All eyeglasses and sunglasses left in the hotel and not claimed go to Habitat for Humanity and charities for the Tibetans and Jamaicans.
• All used bath amenities (soap, shampoo/conditioner, etc) to the Cheyenne River Lakota/Sioux Reservation in central South Dakota.
• When the Conference Center was renovated in 2008, the hotel donated over 100 light fixtures to Habitat for Humanity.
• We donate towels, sheets, blankets, and pillows to the homeless shelters and local charities.

We Use Environmentally Friendly Products and Services

• Our cleaning products are as environmentally friendly as possible.
• All of our carpet cleaning products are green.
• Our dry cleaner, Art Cleaners, uses non toxic, environmentally friendly products.
• We use an integrated pest management company.
• Drain cleaners are natural enzymes.
• All solvents and soaps that we use are biodegradable.
• We don’t use any oil based paints in the entire building.
• The flowers in our guest rooms and suites are provided by Veriflora, a certified sustainable nursery.
• Our Eldorado Springs water bottles are made from 100% recycled plastic.
• We use 100% recycled bath tissue in our guest rooms and public restrooms.

We Save Energy, Water, and Help Eliminate Waste

• We use a water recovery system to clean outside patios, etc.
• We use low flush toilets.
• We use 2.5 gpm aerators in the showers and 0.5 gpm aerators on all sink faucets.
  
• We use CFL (Compact Fluorescent Lamps) light bulbs in rooms and common areas where applicable. All T-12 fluorescent bulbs have been replaced with T-8s with electric bulbs.
  
• In vacant rooms we set the heat at a lower setting and the A/C at a higher setting.
• We honor guest requests for linen to be reused during their stay.
• We don’t automatically replace unused amenities.
• We have eliminated plastic and paper cups in the guest rooms, replaced with china and glass.
• We place newspapers in central locations, rather than in each room.
• We have thermal blankets on our water heaters.
• We encourage our employees to use alternate methods of transportation by offering free Eco-Passes (bus pass) to all employees and we provide bicycle racks. Over half of our employees have and use their Eco-Pass regularly.
  
• Computers are turned off in offices during the evening and weekends to conserve energy.
• Exit signs utilize LED lights.
• We purchased new HVAC units on the roof of the historic building and increased from 8 to 13 S.E.E.R. units.
  
• Our catering and restaurant kitchens compost 100%.
  

We Are

• Certified by the Environmental Protection Agency
• Partners for a Clean Environment
• Participating member of Climate Smart 10 for Change Program