Free Pumpkin Composting

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