Sustainable Salida Businesses
Sustainable Salida organizes electronics recycling events. The May 2024 event recycled 37,000 pounds of appliances and electronics. Click to read more.
Salida School District has been recognized as a sustainable business. The district demonstrates its commitment to environmental stewardship through single-stream recycling, utilizing solar panels that generate 25-30% of the school’s energy, also resulting in approximately $5,000 in monthly energy savings, and prioritizing locally sourced food whenever possible. Additionally, they incorporate sustainability practices into student education. Click here to read the full article by The Mountain Mail.
Check out the article by The Mountain Mail about Woodland Motel! From introducing single- stream recycling bins in each room, repurposing linens for cleaning supplies, using refillable soap, shampoo, conditioner dispensers, cutting down on their use of single plastic bottles, using laundry detergent sheets instead of liquid laundry detergent to making upgrading their heating and cooling systems, Woodland Motel is making a big difference! They hope that at the very least guests will also start thinking about recycling and water conservation too.
When Angel of Shavano Recycling went out of business, Chaffee County lost it’s only free recycling option. All three local waste businesses offer paid recycling, and this Mountain Mail article provides a good overview of current recycling options.
An amazing accomplishment for everyone at 50 Burger! They are officially a 3-star Green Restaurant! If you want to learn more about the Green Restaurant Association and how they are working to be a sustainable business in our community visit www.dinegreen.com
Boathouse Cantina has gone completely compostable. And they did so in only 3 weeks’ time! As the Boathouse is the largest restaurant in Salida and Chaffee County, they have truly taken a leadership role.
Colorado Sports Recycler touches the heart of Salida for they both recycle (as their name signifies) and have a passion for outdoor sports, which is the life blood for many locals and visitors of Salida. Owner Fraser Crenshaw’s business works as a hub for people to bring their old toys and gear in for the chance that these toys can again be used by another. Fraser houses the goods until they sell. Though none of us see our old skis or rafts or bikes as junk, Colorado Sports Recycler gives our old gear a chance to be the tools for joy and passion of another person. In this way Colorado Sports Recycler not only prevents waste, the eventual “trashing” of our old gear, it also gives life to both those who acquire the gear and the gear itself.
Elements Mountain Compost is helping Chaffee County businesses divert organic waste from the landfill! EMC provides pick-up services for commercial kitchens and can accept all food scraps (except meat and dairy), plus compostable containers, napkins and more. On average, one restaurant will produce about 60 gallons of organic waste each week – that’s over 15 cubic yards of waste per year that can be kept out of the landfill and turned into a reusable soil product. Composting 60 gallons per week reduces greenhouse gases and is equivalent to removing 3 passengers cars from the road each year. Locally sourced “brown” materials (leaves, woodchips and sawdust) are also accepted and residential services are coming soon. All materials are processed to create resource-rich compost that is sold locally in bags and in bulk.
The Hodgepodge started in 2012 as small gift shop featuring locally made items. Customers receive handmade cloth shopping bags with their purchases, a trademark of this unique local business. In 2016, the shop moved to a larger location and opened a fabric store, ensuring a steady supply of fabric to make shopping and gift bags. The owners offer complimentary coffee, tea and water to all customers, served in biodegradable or china cups or the customers’ own beverage container. The unique creations of several Hodgepodge artisans feature recycled and repurposed objects.
Kaleidoscope Toys is honored to be a Salida Business that Cares. We have always tried to do our part to be environmentally friendly. We have always recycled our cardboard, packing paper and plastic. We replaced all our light bulbs with long lasting LED bulbs. Thanks to the efforts of Sustainable Salida we have reusable bags to offer our customers. We also provide reusable T-shirt bags made from re-purposed T-shirts and sewn by Oveja Negra and other volunteers.
Simple Lodge and Hostel We’re a global community. We have hosted travelers from ever corner of the world. We understand the importance of keeping it a viable place for us all to live, which is why we’re an eco-hostel.
We recycle.
We compost.
We up-cycled most of our remodel and continue to thrift and create for the things we need.
We use earth friendly cleaners.
We use energy efficient appliances.
We have community food shelves to reduce food waste.
We give the surplus of our garden to through hikers all summer long.
We’re the only eco-hostel in the Rockies.
We rarely boast about this. We believe it’s a simple thing to do and that it’s our responsibility to do so. We couldn’t imagine living any other way.
Recycling Solutions
Local Events
Marvin Park recycling event collects more than 33 tons of electronics, appliances …
May 13, 2023 recycling event collected 30,000 pounds of e-waste.
