Northern Colorado Council - Recycle Colorado

07/16/2022

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Hi all! We’ve been a bit neglectful by not providing any additional info on this page...so here goes!
My name is Geoff. I have two wonderful sons: Niko- 9 years old and Ollie- 5 years old, and the sweetest of dogs- Daphne.
When I founded Common Good Compost 8 years ago, I was still in college studying Environmental Sciences. Wanting to do something good for the environment, I decided to do what I could to keep compostable food waste out of the landfills and convert it nutritional compost. After learning how to compost my own food waste I thought I could help other people compost their household food waste since this type of service didn’t exist in Northern Colorado. I started with a pickup truck and a couple of waste bins and set out to get folks on-board with the process.
What began as one local route has grown to ten routes in Fort Collins, Windsor, Loveland, Greeley and surrounding areas.
The single Ford Ranger pickup truck has evolved into a 6-vehicle fleet including three 100% electric vehicles that do the majority of the waste collection.
When state regulations changed and limited the amount of food waste we could compost ourselves we partnered with another business, A1-Organics to process the waste at their large facilities, converting it to compost. With this partnership, we were able to acquire the finished compost to return to our customers while focusing our efforts on collecting the food waste and making the household separation and storage process clean and convenient.
We relocated from Greeley to Fort Collins in 2021 and so far, we have helped over a thousand households divert over one million pounds of food waste from landfills and used it to improve soil health all over northern Colorado.
Are you ready to reduce your environmental impact and put your home’s food waste to good use?
Watch for updates regarding the Common Good Compost, LLC growth and continued operations soon!
Geoff Schmidt, founder and CEO of Common Good Compost, LLC
Visit our web site to get more details regarding the service and to sign up for the “Common Good” of composting http://www.commongoodcompost.org

03/22/2021

The Fourth Street Aquarium Project is on display through April 17.

Loveland artists Heather Fortin Rubald and Kathryn Vinson, with help from community members who donated their recyclables, have created an underwater

03/18/2021

Want to recycle at your business? Join us virtually to learn about available recycling services, materials that can be recycled, the cost benefit of trash reduction and grant opportunities for recycling. Learn more or RSVP now: https://www.recyclecolorado.org/index.php?option=com_jevents&task=icalrepeat.detail&evid=308&Itemid=142&year=2021&month=04&day=06&title=northern-colorado-council-meeting&uid=7066c9f746504b0e3ed195e1e5fdf4e5

03/15/2021

Craft beer lovers and recycling fans in Greeley unite. For those who missed the memo, Crabtree Brewing Company offers a service to help people recycle glass. The program started about a year and a …

03/09/2021

Compost Manufacturing: Principles & Practices - March 16 - 18. First two days are a livestreamed training with a third optional day of self-driven tours of three facilities in northeast Colorado.

40-hr, 5-day course includes lectures, hands-on activities and field trips focuses on the knowledge and skills to run a successful composting facility taught by leading composting professionals and educators

03/04/2021

Larimer County Solid Waste selected a winner for their campaign design contest to properly recycle batteries. Congrats, Katy!

On average, batteries ignite 3-5 fires per month at the solid waste facility. In a nationwide survey of recycling centers, 64% of sites reported that lithium batteries are the most prevalent cause of fires. Batteries are found increasingly in every-day electronics, and they are smaller and more powe...

02/03/2021

Coming March 16-18: Compost Manufacturing Training from CREF. Two-day livestream training plus optional day of facility tours in northeast Colorado. Register now.

Expand and refresh your knowledge of the compost production process, from feedstock delivery to product distribution. Designed for those that need an in-depth, overall understanding of the composting process.

02/01/2021

Larimer County Solid Waste just launched a battery recycling campaign website that includes resources and a digital toolkit for recycling partners. Get social media posts, posters, fact sheets, digital images and more.

Prevent Fires by Recycling Batteries Properly Batteries ignite about 3-5 fires per month at the solid waste facility. Most of them are extinguished while they are still small, but all fires have the potential to be disastrous. The fire pictured above happened in August 2018. A well meaning community...

01/20/2021

See examples of plastic bags, wraps and film that can be recycled -

Bring These Items to a Drop-off Location for Recycling

01/14/2021

Bottle bill states are in fact resuming their collection programs, which have increased the availability of collected glass.