For over 15 years, Golden Real Estate has operated a “Styrofoam Corral” behind its former office at 17695 S. Golden Road. During that time, the general public has brought us so much Styrofoam to recycle that we estimate we’ve kept over 40,000 cubic yards of the material out of landfills.
At least twice a month (including tomorrow!) we fill our box truck with what has been left in the Corral and take it to Atlas Molded Products in Denver, where it is densified for reuse to manufacture new products. It’s not shipped elsewhere.
In January 2022, Golden Real Estate moved to its downtown Golden storefront (shown above), and our former office building is now pending sale to another Golden business. (More about that later.) The contract of sale requires that the Styrofoam Corral be removed by August 31st, so we need to find another business which can take over this popular service.
If you or someone you know would like to host the Styrofoam Corral, we will make it easy for you/them, moving the chain-link enclosure and signage plus the motion-detecting enunciator which gives instructions to visitors. I will also personally train you/them, and our box truck will be available for every trip to Atlas Molded Products or another recycler.
We know that the public values this service. We have a donation box attached to the corral which receives over $100 per month in cash donations from visitors, more than covering the cost of bags and gas for the truck.
If you can help avoid terminating this valuable public service, please call me, Jim Smith, at 303-525-1851. Thanks!
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