Aurora's Compost Collection
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Lettuce break it down for you
Wompost: Worker owned composting.
Also Operating Recycle Almost Everything.
Tons of good so far. Literally.
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Lbs. of biodegradable waste diverted from the landfill
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Wompost provides a simple way to recycle your biodegradable waste into compost. Just like curbside trash and recycling pickup, we pickup your food scraps and yard waste once a week from your house. Then we get finished compost back to you. Our vision is to provide compost collection available to every single person in Colorado who wants it.
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Step 1Sign Up for Weekly Compost Pickup or Drop-Off, or set up a One Time Pickup. We'll provide a bucket and compostable bags to collect your organic waste: kitchen and yard waste. See a list of compostable items.
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step 2
Drop off whenever convenient for you at our drop-off locations. Or, set your bin out weekly for compost pickup, and we'll collect. We'll bring your biodegradable waste to a composting facility.
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step 3
Your waste turns to gold! You earn 5-gallons of finished loose compost for every month you are a member. We deliver the earned compost 3 times per year. If you are not a member, you can purchase compost for bulk delivery.
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Aurora, Centennial, Englewood, and Greenwood Village
Home collection and drop off available in Aurora, and surrounding areas. 80010, 80011, 80012, 80013, 80014, 80015, 80016, 80017, 80111, and a bit of 80018. We'll open up services to more areas when we have a critical mass of 50 or more. If you don't live in these areas, you can sign up for weekly drop-off! Drop-off is available at any time at our drop-off locations. See the teal dots in the map for locations.
Sign Up
If you prefer in-person transactions, no problem. Contact us, we can accept cash or check.
Add the email wompostcoop@gmail.com to your contacts to receive the welcome email without trouble.
Please reach out to get the code for health care, military, and teacher 10% discounts!
Add the email wompostcoop@gmail.com to your contacts to receive the welcome email without trouble.
Please reach out to get the code for health care, military, and teacher 10% discounts!
Price too high?
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If the home pickup price seems too high for your monthly budget, PLEASE contact us. We offer a generous, need-based discount. We use this fee to cover weekly bags, bringing a substantial amount of compost back to customers, and paying a living wage in Aurora. We are committed to compensating fairly for this hard work. If you can afford it, we give great value for the price!
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Shop for One-Time Orders
30 gallons compost
$49.99
We'll deliver the black gold from the composting process right to your house. Skip the store! They are crowded and dangerous. 30 gallon is approximately equal to three 1.5 cubic feet bags of compost. This is great for a small garden bed that needs a little extra compost for this year.
1 yard compost
$124.99
1 cubic yard of bulk compost, delivered to your house! This is equal to 18 of those 1.5 cubic feet bags of compost that cost $6 at a garden store. Skip the store, and the bags, and get it delivered, safely. It is around 1,000 lbs of compost. This is a great amount if you are starting a raised bed garden for the first time, or adding more soil to your large garden.
2 yards compost
$199.99
2 full yards of compost to start your victory garden! This is the right amount if you have a lot of landscaping, or if you are starting a large raised bed garden and need soil. 2 yards is around 2,700 lbs of compost, or 36 of the 1.5 cubic feet bags from a garden center.
30 gallons garden soil
$64.99
We'll deliver this mix of 30% compost and 70% clean dirt to your house. Skip the store! They are crowded and dangerous. 30 gallon is approximately equal to three 1.5 cubic feet bags of top soil. This is great for a few large garden pots. Notice - the soil is unsifted, so there may be clumps and some rocks.
1 yard garden soil
$149.99
1 cubic yard of bulk garden soil, 30% compost and 70% clean dirt, delivered to your house! This is equal to 18 of those 1.5 cubic feet bags of top soil that cost $6 at a garden store. Skip the store, and the bags, and get it delivered, safely. It is around 1,500 lbs of soil. This is a great amount if you are filling a small raised bed garden. Notice - the soil is unsifted, so there may be clumps and some rocks.
2 yards garden soil
$224.99
2 full yards of garden soil (30% compost, 70% clean dirt) to start your victory garden! This is the right amount if you have a large raised bed garden, or some other bigger project. 2 yards is around 2,700 lbs of top soil, or 36 of the 1.5 cubic feet bags from a garden center. Notice - the soil is unsifted, so there may be clumps and some rocks.
Small yard waste pickup
$49.99
Up to 8 large, paper, landscaping bags of yard waste. We'll pick them up, and compost them! What's yard-waste? Leaves, branches, sod, weeds, and anything that came out of the ground. The bags need to be less than 50 lbs each so we can physically lift them up.
Where are we coming next?
Based on your entries to the form above. When we reach 50 entries in a zip code, we'll open service. Updated 11/10/2020
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COVID-19 Update
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We are back to picking up weekly!
Safety measures - we use gloves and masks during compost collection, and practice social distancing. We spray hand sanitizer on our gloves in between every single house. Please wipe down your bucket before and after putting it out, and don't put it out if someone in your household is sick. New customers - feel free to sign up if you are in our service area. Existing customers - please let me know at wompostcoop@gmail.com if you are going through financial issues due to COVID-19 and need to pause your payments. We plan to add more drop-off locations as interested zip codes expand. Do you have a suggestion for a location? Let us know. What to do with your compostable waste? Please continue to collect your compost and bring it to the drop-off location. If you need additional bags, make sure they are BPI certified compostable. We sell compostable bags by the roll at our store, Seeds Of Potential. Make sure to throw any tissues or any products with bodily fluids in the trash rather than putting them in the compost. Thank you so much for your support. We're weathering this storm together, and coming back strong to create jobs for those who lost theirs during this crisis! |
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Reasons To Compost
help the environment
By composting, the average family can divert 500 pounds of waste from filling landfills and polluting our air and water supply. Composting fights climate change, effectively and simply.
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Reduce your trash
Our process is simple. We charge a basic fee to pick up every week. We're here so that one day you can cancel your trash service! Check out Wompost's blog for an account of a zero waste household goal.
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Build Healthy SoilPlants love compost. It is a key ingredient to a healthy farm, garden, or lawn. It absorbs more water and holds it for roots. It makes minerals more available to the plants, and makes space for roots to grow.
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Commercial Service
We can service restaurants, catering companies, offices, and events.
Contact us below for a quote.
Contact us below for a quote.
Meet Our Team
Who is picking up all that food waste?
CArolyn Pace
Owner
Carolyn started Wompost in 2018 to finally bring compost collection to her own home in Aurora. She loves big trucks, overalls, eating yummy local food, and sustainability. You can find her at the climbing gym or out in the South Platte enjoying the view and the beautiful rocks.
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Taylor Best-Anderson
Operations ManagerTaylor started working for Wompost in January of 2020. She started as a drop-off customer! She loves good food, healthy living, dancing, and the mountains. When the upcycling items into garden art ends for the day, she's an energy practitioner with a reiki practice.
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Alex Perez
COMPOST MAVENAlex started working for Wompost in July of 2020. She came to us from the cannabis industry and is always teaching us new ways to use our black gold! When she's not slinging compost, she's typically adventuring in the mountains with her pups.
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In The News
The road from pageant princess to composting queen. Aurora Sentinel, 2/23/2020
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Featured in Aurora TV on 2/26/2020, and 4/24/2019
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The Denverite article: Taylor Best-Anderson at work inside Seeds of Potential, Wompost's mobile plant store, currently parked at Montview Boulevard at Clinton Street. Sept. 17, 2020. Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite
Contact Us
Want to learn more? We'd love to meet up in the neighborhood for a cup of tea and chat!
wompostcoop@gmail.com * (720) 446-8948
wompostcoop@gmail.com * (720) 446-8948
Frequently asked questions
Q: What can I compost with Wompost?
FOOD SCRAPS: Baked goods, Bones, Bread, Cereal, Cheese, Coffee grounds, Dairy products, Eggs & eggshells, Fish, Fruits, Gravy & sauces, Meat, Nuts, Pasta, Peanut butter, Pizza, Poultry, Processed foods, Rice, Salads, Sandwiches, Spoiled or moldy food, Vegetables, Fruit Peals, Fruit Pits
NON-RECYCLABLE PAPER: Shredded paper, Coffee filters, Facial tissue, Greasy pizza boxes, Paper bags, Paper napkins, Non-coated paper plates, Paper towels, Tea bags, Small paper items, Plain white tissue paper, Waxed cardboard, and Wax paper
YARD DEBRIS: Flowers, Grass clippings, Houseplants, Leaves, Plant trimmings, Small branches (no larger than 4 feet in length and 4 inches in diameter), and Weeds
**We can only take one landscape bag of yard waste per week for pickup customers, and cannot currently take yard waste at the drop-off locations.**
OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS: Pet hair, human hair, vacuuming contents (except plastic), Wooden chopsticks, and Stir Sticks, BPI certified compostable items (K cups, drinking cups, utensils, etc)
FOOD SCRAPS: Baked goods, Bones, Bread, Cereal, Cheese, Coffee grounds, Dairy products, Eggs & eggshells, Fish, Fruits, Gravy & sauces, Meat, Nuts, Pasta, Peanut butter, Pizza, Poultry, Processed foods, Rice, Salads, Sandwiches, Spoiled or moldy food, Vegetables, Fruit Peals, Fruit Pits
NON-RECYCLABLE PAPER: Shredded paper, Coffee filters, Facial tissue, Greasy pizza boxes, Paper bags, Paper napkins, Non-coated paper plates, Paper towels, Tea bags, Small paper items, Plain white tissue paper, Waxed cardboard, and Wax paper
YARD DEBRIS: Flowers, Grass clippings, Houseplants, Leaves, Plant trimmings, Small branches (no larger than 4 feet in length and 4 inches in diameter), and Weeds
**We can only take one landscape bag of yard waste per week for pickup customers, and cannot currently take yard waste at the drop-off locations.**
OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS: Pet hair, human hair, vacuuming contents (except plastic), Wooden chopsticks, and Stir Sticks, BPI certified compostable items (K cups, drinking cups, utensils, etc)
Q: Does composting spread Coronavirus?
A: Short answer, no, if we do it correctly. The virus is similar to many other viruses that have been tested in compost piles. When done correctly, the process of composting kills all of the virus. The US Composting Council is testing whether the coronavirus dies at temperatures in commercial compost piles, and is optimistic it will also be eradicated. Our other worry is transmitting coronavirus from bucket to bucket, since the virus might be viable on plastic for multiple days. If we use correct personal protective equipment (PPE) and sanitize each bucket, we can stop the virus. Right now, we wear masks and sanitize our gloves between every single house. You can help by washing your bucket each week.
A: Short answer, no, if we do it correctly. The virus is similar to many other viruses that have been tested in compost piles. When done correctly, the process of composting kills all of the virus. The US Composting Council is testing whether the coronavirus dies at temperatures in commercial compost piles, and is optimistic it will also be eradicated. Our other worry is transmitting coronavirus from bucket to bucket, since the virus might be viable on plastic for multiple days. If we use correct personal protective equipment (PPE) and sanitize each bucket, we can stop the virus. Right now, we wear masks and sanitize our gloves between every single house. You can help by washing your bucket each week.
Q: My bin disappeared/got run over. What do I do?
A: Just send us an email at wompostcoop@gmail.com. We'll replace it the following week, no cost to you. Make sure to set your bin away from trash and recycling pickup. Even with that, sometimes the wind or kids take the buckets. It happens!
A: Just send us an email at wompostcoop@gmail.com. We'll replace it the following week, no cost to you. Make sure to set your bin away from trash and recycling pickup. Even with that, sometimes the wind or kids take the buckets. It happens!
Q: What is the green bag? Do I have to use it?
A: We source our bags from EcoSafe, and give you a new one each week. The bags are basically made from cornstarch and other plant-based resins. If you line your bucket with the bags, it makes our job much easier, since we load and unload by hand. Please use it. If you want to source your own bags, make sure they are BPI-certified compostable. Try newspaper at the bottom of your bucket to minimize juices that leak from the bags. Some people use little bags in a kitchen unit, and put them all in the bin for pickup. This is a great solution for zero mess.
A: We source our bags from EcoSafe, and give you a new one each week. The bags are basically made from cornstarch and other plant-based resins. If you line your bucket with the bags, it makes our job much easier, since we load and unload by hand. Please use it. If you want to source your own bags, make sure they are BPI-certified compostable. Try newspaper at the bottom of your bucket to minimize juices that leak from the bags. Some people use little bags in a kitchen unit, and put them all in the bin for pickup. This is a great solution for zero mess.
Q: Can you take raw meat?
A: No, this could spread disease with our workers. However, if you microwave the meat for 5 minutes, that should kill any bacteria. Then go ahead and compost.
A: No, this could spread disease with our workers. However, if you microwave the meat for 5 minutes, that should kill any bacteria. Then go ahead and compost.
Q: Can you take compostable diapers? How about pet waste?
A: Unfortunately, no. They could spread disease with our workers. You can contact EnviroWagg about doggy doo pickup!
A: Unfortunately, no. They could spread disease with our workers. You can contact EnviroWagg about doggy doo pickup!
Q: Can you take used tissues?
A: Broadly, no. If they were used for the flu, or a bloody nose, this could spread disease with our workers. However, if they are used for non-contagious purposes (like a good cry), it should be ok. Use your judgement, and please keep us safe!
A: Broadly, no. If they were used for the flu, or a bloody nose, this could spread disease with our workers. However, if they are used for non-contagious purposes (like a good cry), it should be ok. Use your judgement, and please keep us safe!
Q: Can you take white paper towels?
A: Usually, yes! Please trash them if you used them to soak up a bleach spill, something contagious (like blood), or some other harsh chemical. Otherwise, compost.
A: Usually, yes! Please trash them if you used them to soak up a bleach spill, something contagious (like blood), or some other harsh chemical. Otherwise, compost.
Q: Where do I set out my bin?
A: Please bring it all the way to your front curb, unless you have an exception we've discussed. If your pickup day is the same as your trash or recycling day, put the bin back half way to the house. Bonus points if you tie up the green bag inside the bucket.
A: Please bring it all the way to your front curb, unless you have an exception we've discussed. If your pickup day is the same as your trash or recycling day, put the bin back half way to the house. Bonus points if you tie up the green bag inside the bucket.
Q: I'm in an apartment building. Can I sign up? Where would I put my bin?
A: We'd love to work with your building to make this possible. Check in with your building manager to make sure they approve. We'll find a space outside the building that works for you, and for our pickup crew. We cannot come inside buildings to pick up bins.
A: We'd love to work with your building to make this possible. Check in with your building manager to make sure they approve. We'll find a space outside the building that works for you, and for our pickup crew. We cannot come inside buildings to pick up bins.