Pitkin County Solid Waste News Today

Decrepit bicycles, yard waste, or even that dirty old mattress your significant other has been hounding you for months to dispose of — doesn’t matter. As long as its large trash items, the Aspen Street Department...

A new round of grants from Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) is intended to help Colorado communities reduce human-bear conflicts through the Human-Bear Conflict Reduction Community Grant Program. The application deadline is May 24.  CPW...

About 25-30 bears live in the hills surrounding the piles of compost, concrete, and garbage at the Pitkin County landfill.

What’s a chokeberry shrub in comparison to half an Italian sub? Not very satisfying and harder to find, at least according to the bears of the Pitkin County Solid Waste Center.  About 25-30 bears live...

Fall Trash Crush returns on Friday

City to buy sustainable, locally-made receptacles for businesses

Pitkin County’s recycling and composting rates are the second highest in the state in 2020, with 38% of total residential and commercial waste stream — right behind Boulder County, according to the 2021 State of Recycling and Composting in Colorado by Eco-Cycle and CoPIRG.