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Organic Waste Collection with Vail Honeywagon

Vail Honeywagon has partnered with community hosts to establish conveniently located drop sites for residents who would like to participate in the compost program. It is a membership-based program that requires a commitment to follow composting guidelines in exchange for access to the secure drop site containers. Residential compost is managed through the Residential Drop-site Programs and at the Honeywagon Compost facility in Wolcott.

Compost Drop Site Locations:

  • Avon Recycle Site – Yoder Avenue, past Home Depot
  • Eagle Recycle Site – 1050 Chambers Avenue
  • EagleVail Community Garden – 538 Eagle Drive
  • Edwards Recycle Site – 300 Miller Ranch Road
  • Minturn Town Hall – 302 Pine Street
  • Single Tree Community Center – 1010 Berry Creek Road
  • Vail Recycle Site – 75 South Frontage Road

 

Compost for Sale:

We are producing a great compost that can be found at the following local garden supply companies:

Vail Valley Landscape Supply 970-390-6545

Customers who need large amounts of compost delivered or that would like to pick up a truck or trailer load

The Wildflower Farm 970-926-5504

Customers who want a small amount of compost or boutique potting soil

 

Drop-site Members:

Come to our facility during operating hours to pick up your complimentary bags of compost -- we will provide burlap bags and a shovel for self-service pick up. Customer will need to provide last name or account number to operator when they arrive

Honeywagon Organics Operating Hours

Monday-Thursday 9AM-4PM

sustainability@vailhoneywagon.com

Residential Curbside Collection Pilot Program

The Town of Vail and Vail Honeywagon are partnering to offer residential organic waste collection to select neighborhoods in the West Vail Area. This is a subscription based program that residents can sign up for to receive weekly organic waste collection and the Town is covering half of the cost for each resident who participates for up to one year. Space is limited in this program so sign up now. This will be a subscription-based program that requires a commitment to follow composting guidelines in exchange for access to the secure drop site containers.

Materials Accepted for Composting

Food Scraps

Fibers/Paper Products

Fruits

Napkins

Vegetables

Non-coated paper plates

Meat

Chopsticks

Dairy

Coffee filters

Bones

Shredded paper

Cooked foods

Paper towels (and tubes)

Breads and Grains

Pizza boxes

Materials Not Accepted for Composting

  • NO Plastic bags
  • NO Rubber bands
  • NO Stickers
  • NO Disposable gloves
  • NO Commingle recyclables (glass, aluminum, plastic)
  • NO Straws
  • NO Pet waste

How the Program Works:

  • Participants sign up for monthly membership through Vail Honeywagon.
  • Membership fees are charged in advance on a quarterly basis.
  • Membership can be canceled or put on vacation hold at any time.
  • Each household is allocated one 5 gal bucket of waste/ week.
  • All participants are expected to read email communication.
  • All members of participating households are encouraged to attend compost trainings.

Drop Site Etiquette:

  • Kitchen scraps only in the compost drop site dumpster.
  • (Use complimentary vouchers to compost yard waste at the Honeywagon facility)
  • Remove stickers, rubber bands and packaging before composting.
  • Clean up after yourself at the community site.
  • Always lock the dumpster after dumping your organic waste.
  • Report illegal dumping or suspicious activity.

Membership Benefits: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

  • Access to a centralized organic waste dumpster.
  • Educational materials and training for the entire household.
  • Vouchers for free yard waste drop off at the Honeywagon Organics Facility.
  • Vouchers for finish compost to put on your garden every spring.
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