Free Pumpkin Composting
Categories: Community & Fundraiser
The Town of Mountain Village and Town of Telluride are collaborating with San Miguel County to offer our community-at-large free pumpkin composting after Halloween. Green your Halloween by giving your pumpkins a second life. Drop off your pumpkins free of candles, paint, glitter, stickers and other non-compostable decorative items off near the entrance to the Gondola Parking Garage (behind Village Market/Town Hall) October 30-November 30 ( or until the containers are full)!
Examples of Acceptable Materials
If it was once alive, it can be composted.
- Food waste: fruits, vegetables, peelings, eggshells, nuts, bread, coffee grounds and filters, tea leaves and tea bags (without staples)
- Cooking residuals: fats, oils, greases, skimmings
- Liquids: soda, beer, milk, etc.
- Animal items: bones, meat, manure, pet waste, dry cat or dog food
- Green waste: tree trimmings, flowers, weeds, grass, leaves and other plant material, including woody material like logs, stumps, wood chips, sawdust, pallets, and dimensional lumber that has not been treated or painted
- Paper products: napkins, paper towels, paper bags, paper plates, pizza boxes, tissues, egg cartons
- Products labeled “compostable”
Examples of Unacceptable Materials
- Asbestos or asbestos-containing material
- Infectious waste
- Hazardous waste
- PCB waste
- Lead-acid batteries
- Logs over 30” in diameter and over 7’ long
- Dirty stumps
- Rocks
- Large pieces of iron (over 3 pounds)
- Trash
- Plastic
- Material bagged in plastic bags
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