Your Gift Creates Jobs and Protects Our Planet.
At Blue Star Recyclers, we see the hidden potential in everything—and everyone. We transform discarded electronics into a powerful engine for social good, creating meaningful careers for talented adults with autism and other disabilities.
When you give to Blue Star Recyclers, you are investing in a proven solution that tackles two of Colorado's biggest challenges at once.
1. You Create Dignity and Opportunity. For many on our team, a job at Blue Star is more than a paycheck. It’s a first chance to build a career, find community, and gain financial independence. Your gift provides the training and support that empowers our incredible workforce to thrive.
2. You Protect Our Environment. Your support helps divert millions of pounds of toxic e-waste from our landfills. We ethically recycle and refurbish every device, ensuring that Colorado's natural beauty is preserved for generations to come.
A Proven Model for Change
Since 2009, your support has helped us generate incredible returns for our community:
46 million pounds of electronics recycled responsibly.
50+ Coloradans with disabilities employed in empowering, competitive jobs.
$25 million in economic benefits and taxpayer savings.
We run like a business, with over 90% of our costs covered by our own recycling revenue. Your donation is the critical investment that powers our mission, helping us hire and train the next local hero.
Join us today and help turn e-waste into opportunity.
We recycle and refurbish computers and other electronics to create local jobs for people with autism and other barriers to employment.
Our journey began in 2009 not with a business plan, but with a powerful realization. Our founder, Bill Morris, discovered that adults with autism and other disabilities possess an incredible, often overlooked, aptitude for the detailed work of electronics recycling. He saw a workforce with immense talent—loyalty, precision, and focus—facing an 80% unemployment rate.
He also saw a growing environmental crisis: millions of tons of toxic e-waste heading to landfills.
The solution was clear: create a business that would solve both problems at once. With the foundational support of the Fagnant Family, Blue Star Recyclers was born—a social enterprise built on the belief that a lack of employment is a lack of opportunity, not a lack of ability.
Organization name
Blue Star Recyclers
2011
Tax id (EIN)
27-5071916
Category
Employment, Environment, Science & Technology
Organization Size
Large Organization
Address
953 Decatur St. Unit CDenver County, CO, US
El Paso County, CO, US
Boulder County, CO, US