Welcome to Lone Tree Composting

Welcome to Lone Tree CompostingWelcome to Lone Tree CompostingWelcome to Lone Tree Composting

We offer a subscription compost pick-up service for residents in Lone Tree, Highlands Ranch, Parker, Littleton, Meridian, and surrounding communities (coverage map below)

 

We collect your organic waste (compostables) so the landfill doesn't have to. Cut your garbage in half - and feel good doing it! 


Will you play a part in this movement to change how we recycle organic waste in our community?


It's time to RETHINK YOUR GARBAGE

Get Started

Welcome to Lone Tree Composting

Welcome to Lone Tree CompostingWelcome to Lone Tree CompostingWelcome to Lone Tree Composting

We offer a subscription compost pick-up service for residents in Lone Tree, Highlands Ranch, Parker, Littleton, Meridian, and surrounding communities (coverage map below)

 

We collect your organic waste (compostables) so the landfill doesn't have to. Cut your garbage in half - and feel good doing it! 


Will you play a part in this movement to change how we recycle organic waste in our community?


It's time to RETHINK YOUR GARBAGE

Get Started

About Us

Menu & Pricing

Menu & Pricing

Menu & Pricing

We offer a weekly pick-up service with different container size options depending on your needs. All customers receive FREE compost soil back 3-4x per year - our way of saying thank you!


We also offer one time orders for bulk yard waste pick-ups and compost soil deliveries

Menu & Pricing

Coverage Map

Menu & Pricing

Menu & Pricing

We primarily cover Lone Tree, Highlands Ranch, Castle Pines, Centennial, Littleton, Parker and Meridian communities


See which communities we serve in the South Denver metro area below

View Coverage Map

What can I compost?

What can I compost?

What can I compost?

Learn the do's and don'ts of everyday composting. You'll be surprised how much you can compost!

Find out more

Be the change

What can I compost?

What can I compost?

Reduce landfill waste, greenhouse gases, and be the change in our community

Benefits of composting

Menu & Pricing

Weekly compost pick-up service

Review our coverage map (below) to determine if we service your area

One time startup fee

$15

1 gallon compost container

$21/month

Best for single, one person household residents who don't cook often

3 gallon compost container

$27/month

Best option for 1-3 person household who regularly cook, brew tea and/or coffee  - - most popular

5 gallon compost container

$35/month

Best option for 3+ person household who regularly cook, brew tea and/or coffee 

Two 5 gallon compost containers

$49/month

A great option for larger sized families spending more time cooking at home due to the pandemic with little or no yard waste needs

Yard Waste Option Add on

$5/month

Includes 1 standard (30 gal) yard waste brown paper bag per week in addition to your container. All yard waste must be pre-bagged in a brown paper yard waste bag for it to be collected. We do not accept plastic

SUPER Composter

$59/month

TWO 5 GALLON containers and TWO YARD WASTE bags per week. $80 value!

Compost Soil Give Back

FREE

Customers have the option to receive free compost soil as part service 3-4x per year. The quantity of soil given back is equal to your container size. Soil will be delivered in your compost container the same day as your regular pick-up. 


We are tentatively scheduled to deliver soil the first week in March, May, July, and September 2021


One Time Orders

Current weekly pick-up subscribers get 20% off!

Bulk Yard Waste Haul

  • Up to 8 full yard waste bags - $59.99
  • Full 8 ft truck bed of yard waste bags - $149.99
  • Full 8 ft truck bed of loose yard waste - $299.99

Bulk Compost Soil (Black Gold!)

Service starts March 2021. 

Pre-orders are now available. 

Great for use in your garden! Soil is derived from the same facility as where your compost waste is sent.

  • .25 yard (50 gallons) - $49.99
  • 1 yard (200 gallons) - $149.99 
  • 2 yard (400 gallons) - $249.99 

Weekly service is billed on a monthly basis; call us to cancel/change service anytime with no fees

Nature love
Help save our natural resources by giving back to nature

How our weekly pick-up program works

1. Select your container size. We'll drop it off to you

2. Start collecting your organic waste (compostables) 

3. Leave your container out for weekly collection

4. Receive compost soil back for FREE 3-4x per year

5. Know that you're making a positive difference! 

6. Repeat steps #2 - #5  :-) The Earth thanks you!

Get Started Today

Our coverage area

Get started today

Next steps

1. After you send us your information and desired compost container size/service, we will get back to you to confirm details and payment. 


2. Before you service starts, we will deliver a composting container to your door.

Lone Tree Composting LLC

Lone Tree, CO

Email: lonetreecomposting@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lonetreecomposting Phone: 720-441-4820 We strive to respond to emails within 24 hours Our goal is to provide you with impeccable customer service.

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What we compost

Do's & Dont's

Everything we collect goes to a commercial composting facility. This means you can compost MORE than you could traditionally do on your own in your backyard. The best part about it:  It's all recycled back into nature :-) and not added to the landfill contributing to harmful methane emissions.


Our compost pick-up program accepts the following items:

  • Food Waste (anything that used to be alive): produce (fruits, vegetables), meat, dairy, breads, etc.
  • Coffee/Tea Grounds & Filters
  • Spoiled food
  • Plants & Flowers
  • Compostable Paper Cups, Plates, Bowls 
  • Soiled paper (towels, napkins, cartons, etc)
  • Pizza Boxes/Paper Board
  • Wooden Stir Sticks
  • Compostable Dinnerware
  • Compostable Trash Bags
  • Waxed Paper
  • Sawdust
  • Weeds


Guidelines can be found at the following link. Email with any questions. https://alpinewaste.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Compost-at-Alpine.pdf

What we DO NOT take:

  • Aluminum foils or trays; foiled lined/backed boxes
  • "Biodegradable" plastic not labeled "compostable" 
  • Pet waste
  • Cooking oil
  • Diapers
  • Dirt, rocks, stone
  • Recyclable paper that should be recycled
  • Toilet paper (used or unused)
  • Grease
  • Glass
  • Treated wood, plywood, etc.
  • Clothes
  • Styrofoam 
  • Anything that contains plastic

Yard Waste

Add $5 to your monthly service to include one standard brown paper yard waste bag (30 gal) each week :-)


We offer large haul pick-ups for major yard waste. Contact us for a quote

Our Story

Additional Information

Our mission is to make composting available, easy and affordable for everyone in our community


To date, Lone Tree Composting has collectively diverted over 30,000 lbs of organic waste from Colorado's landfills! In 2021, we expect to double this amount. Thank you to our amazing customers for making this positive impact! 


We, David and Jasmine, moved to Lone Tree after relocating from Chicago in early 2019. We were thrilled to move to such an amazing community to lay roots but were disappointed that there wasn’t an organic recycling service in our area. So we decided to change that.


Lone Tree Composting was born in January 2020 to provide residents in Lone Tree an organic recycling option which is not currently offered by the City of Lone Tree. We quickly expanded after receiving questions from surrounding areas like Highlands Ranch, Parker, Centennial, etc.  as well. We are very passionate about giving residents an alternative in how they dispose of their organic waste in a sustainable way. 


Each week, we collect your organic waste (compostables) and divert them from the landfill. We have different container size options depending on your household needs with the option to include 1 bag of yard waste each week. We also offer one time orders: bulk yard waste removal and compost soil deliveries.


Composting is something we can all do to make a positive, tangible environmental impact in our community. Our soil health, our local agriculture and food, our water quality, climate, even our economy, all benefit.

Since we commercially composts, we can accept a larger scope of compostables. So even if you are composting at home, there are still additional waste you can send to the commercial facility and diverting those from the landfill such as like soiled paper/cartons, meat and bones, dairy, and greasy cardboard.


On average, nearly half of what the average American throws in the garbage could be recycled back to the Earth as nutritious compost soil, but if not composted, it ends up in a landfill. In fact, organic material in the landfill contributes to the single largest direct human source of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. 


Moreover, studies have shown food waste is responsible for an estimated 8% of all global emissions!  

During normal decomposition, like in a compost, organic matter is eaten and digested by microbes. Normally, these microbes produce carbon dioxide as a waste byproduct. But if no oxygen is available, like in the anaerobic environment of landfills, they produce methane instead. Methane’s greenhouse gas effect on the atmosphere is 21 times greater than carbon dioxide’s over a 100-year period.

Lone Tree Composting has received an outpour of support after being in service for for 12 months. We are very grateful to all of you that have signed up for our service. I continuously witness people "rethinking their garbage" and start their composting journey - which has significant positive impact to our environment.

If you are passionate about sustainability and the environment and are interested in learning more about organic recycling, Lone Tree Composting is for you. Send us an email to get started. 


We can all do our part to reduce the amount of waste sent to the landfill, and instead, give it back to the Earth.

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Everyone can compost!

What is compost? How does composting work? 


Check out this video to learn more

What is a compost and why it matters

Compost is created by:

  • Combining organic wastes, such as wasted food, yard trimmings, and manures, in the right ratios into piles, rows, or vessels.
  • Adding bulking agents such as wood chips, as necessary to accelerate the breakdown of organic materials; and
  • Allowing the finished material to fully stabilize and mature through a curing process.


Gardeners and farmers add compost to soil to improve its physical  properties. They may even use compost instead of soil to grow plants.  Mature compost is a stable material with a content called humus that is dark brown or black and has a soil-like, earthy smell.  


Check out how composting helps to save environment in the below video

Help Our Cause

Your support and contributions will enable us to meet our goals and provide access to compost services to all in our area. Donations go toward equipment upgrades for larger capacity and scale. 


Your generous donation will fund our mission.

Pay with PayPal or a debit/credit card

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Lone Tree Composting LLC

lonetreecomposting@gmail.com

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