Landfill & Recycling

The Summit County Resource Allocation Park (SCRAP) is a non-hazardous waste facility located at 639 Landfill Road, two miles north of Keystone, Colorado, 0.2 miles north of U.S. Highway 6. Our landfill serves all of Summit County and the surrounding area and is the only landfill in Summit County.

Recycling

The SCRAP has a vibrant recycling division and a composting facility on site that produces Class I, STA-certified compost products for landscaping, gardening and many commercial applications.

Household Hazardous Waste

The SCRAP accepts household hazardous waste (e.g., paints, stains, fertilizers, cleaners) and electronics waste (e.g., TV's, computers, printers, scanners, stereo equipment) for recycling and safe disposal. Thanks to the Safety First Fund, approved by local voters in 2014, these services are free to Summit County residents and property owners. Please bring proof of residency with you.

Oil Drop Off Location

Effective 1/1/16 Please no longer drop oil, oil filters (please remove filters from packaging) and antifreeze at the public drop off yards. The only location for these items is the SCRAP, 639 Landfill Rd, Dillon.

Breckenridge Recycle Yard Moves

The Breckenridge Public Drop Off Recycling Center has moved to 284 Coyne Valley Rd. across from the CMC Campus.

Mission Statement

Summit County government manages the SCRAP as a publicly owned and operated solid waste management system for the discard, recycling, and reuse of municipal solid waste. SCRAP operates primarily as a fee-based enterprise fund, with some special-waste services supported by the Safety First Fund mill levy to protect local water quality.

Our mission is to provide accessible discard and recycle options for our community in order to maintain a clean, healthy, aesthetically pleasing mountain environment.

Compost

Summit County Resource Allocation Park produces High Country Compost, a Class 1 high-quality compost. High Country Compost is a stabilized organic material that has passed all state requirements for unrestricted use. It can be used with all plant types in any type of soil (sandy or clay). This material is screened to one-half inch to meet EPA 40 CFR 50.

We also produce a one-quarter-inch screened Top Dress product for your lawn, as well as a composted mulch product.

Home Composting

Most landfills are designed NOT to breakdown organic waste. Many people mistakenly believe that the landfill is a giant composting system. In reality, all of your leftovers and yard clippings that go into the garbage do not turn into high-nutrient soil in the landfill. Organic substances need adequate oxygen, sunlight, and beneficial microorganisms to recycle naturally into compost. Landfill conditions foster an anaerobic (oxygen-depleted) environment where decomposition of food and other waste produces methane, a greenhouse gas up to 21 times more potent than carbon dioxide. This hazardous output makes landfills the largest human-related source of methane emissions (34%) in the United States. From a climate-change perspective, composting (backyard and commercial collection) is beneficial because it stops methane production. How? In a compost pile, oxygen-dependent bacteria break down the organic material, leaving water and carbon – not methane.

Beyond its ability to stimulate plant growth and improve soil structure, compost has the remarkable power to absorb carbon emissions, too. Currently, around a quarter of the world’s carbon emissions are absorbed by the earth’s soil. However, climate change is damaging the soil’s ability to absorb carbon emissions. It seems to be a Catch 22! Compost is the answer. Compost provides an ideal environment for methanotrophic bacteria (bacteria that uses methane as carbon and energy). The EPA found that a blanket of compost on a landfill can help reduce methane emissions by as much as 100 percent! Compost can also be used to enhance the nutrients in existing soil and therefore, improve soil damaged by climate change.

 

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