Yard & Wood Chip Waste

Bring us your branches, leaves & grass clippings

Wood chips are a key ingredient in making premium compost. Bring us your yard waste as long as it meets our guidelines. We currently accept yard waste free of charge.

We Accept

Branches & limbs, chipped wood & sawdust, logs, lawn clippings & leaves. Also waste from feedlots, agricultural, horse manure, forestry projects and animal mortalities.

We Do Not Accept

NO treated lumber, painted, stained or laminated wood, railroad ties, bricks, pavers & rocks, turf, cardboard or paper and GARBAGE.

Topsoil

Accepted but only with prior approval and inspection.

Commercial Services

New! Mobile Grinding

Delta Compost can now help our neighboring towns and compost facilities grind their collected wood waste to be used as mulch or to make compost. We have a new horizontal grinder that we’ll bring to your site and our team will do the grinding for you. Call or email to discuss this opportunity.

Commercial Waste

We Compost Commercial:

Septic Waste
Ag Waste: Manure, Produce, etc
Grocery Food Waste
Meat Processing
Yard Waste
Forestry
Food Scraps
Event Waste: Food Scraps & Certified Compostable Products

Transport Services

We haul septic and grease trap waste from various locations. Our tanker trucks are available for other compostable liquid waste such as distillery, vineyard or brewery waste. Call for details.

Delivery

We now have a delivery option! We'll deliver between 2 and 10 yards per load.

Delivery charges per load:

Delta, Orchard City & Cedaredge: $50
Olathe & Hotchkiss: $65
Paonia, Crawford, Montrose & Whitewater: $75
Ridgway & Grand Junction: $100

Tipping Fees

Pricing as of November 1, 2024

Septic: $0.21/gallon
Grease Trap Waste: $0.21/gallon
Portable & Pit Toilets | Sludge: $0.28/gallon
Biosolids: $29.50/ton
Food Waste: $33.00/ton
Slaughter Waste: $40.00/ton

We are no longer accepting sand trap waste.

Call us to let us know if you need to bring us large amounts of other organic waste, including septage and biosolids.

We are now accepting animal mortalities. Please call ahead 970.744.6691. $40 per animal.