Bridget Johnson

There’s something about books… You don’t just throw them away. And lucky for us here in Colorado… we don’t. At Green Girl Recycling, we’re currently collecting from four different libraries, diverting over 600 pounds of books every single week. That’s a LOT of stories. But here’s the part I really love… Those books don’t just stop at our warehouse. They go on a journey. After we collect and consolidate them, they head down to our partner, Dream Books Co. in Denver… and this is where things...

Last week I was in Curaçao celebrating my mom’s 80th birthday with my entire family. Seven adults in one house, endless sunshine, and water so blue it almost doesn’t look real. One morning while snorkeling, I spotted something that didn’t belong in that beautiful water. Plastic bags and glass bottles! Without even thinking about it, I dove down and pulled it all out. Old habits die hard. When you’ve spent 27 years running Green Girl Recycling , your brain is always scanning for ways to keep...

What happens when a community consistently chooses to recycle? In 2025, we found out. Together, Green Girl Recycling and our customers diverted: 1,476 TONS of recyclable material from Colorado landfills. That is nearly 3 million pounds kept in circulation instead of buried. And the impact goes far beyond a number. Co-Mingled Recycling: Your Weekly Bin at Work Your everyday recycling made a serious difference. In 2025: 1,063,734 pounds  of co-mingled containers recycled, that was 66,000 pounds...