You can support our efforts several ways:

 Recycle with us. The more electronics we recycle the more jobs
  we can create for people with disAbilities.

 Help us educate your friends, neighbors and business associates
  about electronics recycling.

 Volunteer your time

 Donate to our mission

We are a 501C3 social enterprise nonprofit organization. A social enterprise is an organization that achieves its primary social or environmental mission using business methods.  If you are ready to help support our efforts, please contact Laura Chickering at 719.464.4285 or laura@bluestarrecyclers.com.

Personal Growth

When given the opportunity to demonstrate productivity, our employees have thrived in all aspects of their lives. For many of our team members, the job at Blue Star Recyclers represents the first time they have felt truly valued as productive individuals. Through this feeling of validation, our workers have experienced dramatic physical and behavioral improvement. Negative outbursts, once commonplace, have disappeared; individuals that were virtually non-verbal when they first arrived at Blue Star, have now become social. Although some team members suffered frequent seizures in previous work settings, Blue Star Recyclers has not experienced a single seizure on the work-floor. Every single day on the job, our team members reach new benchmarks and redefine their potential for success.

Savings for Taxpayers

People with developmental disabilities face over 80% unemployment in Southern Colorado. Without the opportunity to work, most people with autism and other developmental disabilities are entirely dependent on government benefits and taxpayer funded services. Employment helps to break this level of dependence. The earned income from the 10 workers on our team reduces their combined social security payments by $11,391.72 a year. By virtue of being in a work program versus a community participation program, we are saving Medicaid $11,040 a year. Since establishing the work program at Blue Star Recyclers, we estimate that we have saved taxpayers $48,108.78!

In addition to our mission to create jobs through the ethical recycling of electronics, Blue Star Recyclers was founded with a commitment to invest in the communities we serve. We measure our success based upon the impact we have on the local community, the local environment, and the local economy. To discover how we are doing in each of these areas, please see our Triple Bottom Line Report Card.

Whenever possible, Blue Star Recyclers looks to expand our mission by forming partnerships with other leaders in the community. Blue Star Recyclers have partnered with several businesses and organizations in the formation of collection depot sites throughout Southern Colorado. These depots not only make recycling more convenient for our communities, they also produce revenue, create jobs, and provide smaller communities with an ongoing solution to electronic waste. Read more in our Partners section.