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Yard Trimmings and Leaves

Name/Address/Hours Comments
A1 Organics
16350 WCR 76, Eaton
Phone: (970) 454-3492


http://www.a1organics.com

A1 Organics collects food waste, yard waste, green waste and wood waste. Materials are accepted at their facility in Eaton, which also sells compost.

City of Fort Collins: Timberline Recycling Center - Hard to Recycle Materials Yard
1903 S. Timberline Road, Fort Collins
Phone: (970) 829-6337


https://www.fcgov.com/recycling/dropoff.php

The Hard to Recycle Materials Yard is co-located at the Timberline Recycling Drop-Off Center.

There is a $5 facility use fee for the Yard, and additional fees apply for some recyclables (See website for more details). When only dropping off paint or cardboard, no entry fee is required.  Oil-based, enamel, & Latex paints (interior/exterior) are accepted, as are various other coverings (deck coating, varnish, floor paint, primer, sealer, & stains).

Items Accepted (no additional fees required):

  • Antifreeze (30 gallon limit per visit)
  • Used Motor Oil(30 gallon limit per visit)
  • Batteries (Lithium ion batteries temporarily not accepted; commercially generated batteries are not accepted)
  • Cooking Oil: (25 gallon limit per visit)
  • Scrap Metal: Includes non-refrigeration types of appliances
  • Aggregates: Concrete (no rebar); broken ceramic dishes; toilets and porcelain sinks (without cast iron layer). Must remove all hardware and seats
  • Baling Twine

Items Accepted for Additional Fees (See website for more details):

  • Electronic Waste
  • Organic Debris
  • Unpainted, untreated lumber including pallets  (No plywood or composite boards) 
City of Loveland Recycling Center
400 N Wilson Ave., Loveland
Phone: 970-962-2529


https://www.lovgov.org/services/public-works/trash-recycling/recycling-center

The Loveland Recycling Center accepts a wide variety of materials, including #1-#7 plastic tubs, waste cooking oil, scrap metals, and other hard to recycle items including hard backed books. Fort Collins residents should expect to pay a fee to drop off yard and wood waste. Electronics (TVs, computers, monitors, etc.) require a small fee. Batteries are free.

Loveland residents must present a current yard debris permit to drop off yard/wood debris.  To obtain a permit, call the Solid Waste Division at 970-962-2529 or stop by the office at 105 W. Fifth St.

Compost Queen

Phone: (970) 797-2042


http://compostqueenfc.com/

Offers residential and commercial food scrap collection for a fee. 

Doug Weitzel, Inc.
2630 W. Mulberry St., Fort Collins
Phone: 970-566-1211

Suppliers of natural organic landscape products. Accepts leaves, grass, garden waste, and branches (up to 6 inches in diameter). Please separate branches and leaves from grass and garden waste. Drop off fee.

Ewing Landscape Materials
3501 E. Prospect Ave., Fort Collins
Phone: 970-221-7173


https://ewinglandscapematerials.com/

Accepts clean construction wood waste (clean lumber, scrap wood, and pallets, no treated wood). No cement, sheetrock, carpet remnants. Also accepts yard wastes including leaves, grass clippings, tree branches (less than 24" in diameter), sod and soil, rock and gravel. Wood wastes may contain nails, but no metal or trash. Tree stumps not accepted.

Larimer County Green Waste Program
5887 S. Taft Hill Rd., Fort Collins
Phone: (970) 498-5760


https://www.larimer.org/solidwaste/greenwaste

What is green waste? The following items will be accepted as green waste for $5.50/ cubic yard

 

Clean lumber and pallets

  • Dimensional lumber and pallets okay

Green waste

  • Tree branches
  • Tree limbs and trimmings
  • Brush

Logs

  • Tree trunks – cut to 6 feet in length and 2 feet in diameter or smaller

Yard Waste

  • Grass and leaves
  • Garden waste or plant clippings
Lukens Farms
9378 County Road 124, Carr
Phone: 303-579-2668


https://www.facebook.com/LukensFarms/
Republic Services (Gallegos Sanitation)
P.O. Box 1986, Fort Collins
Phone: 970-484-5556


http://www.gsiwaste.com

GSI offers an array of products and services including: trash bags and carts, dumpsters and roll-offs for a variety of materials including, single-stream, cardboard, appliances, electronics, yard waste, food waste recycling and more. Also available are portable toilets and hand washing stations

 

For more information how or where to recycle something use the GSI Waste Wizard here  https://gsiwaste.com/customer-corner/guides/