Weekend LeafDrop Sites & Solid Waste Collection Holiday Schedule

Weekend LeafDrop Sites & Solid Waste Collection Holiday Schedule

Published on November 03, 2025

DENVER - Denver's Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DOTI) is encouraging residents to give their fallen leaves and pumpkins a second life by donating them to be turned into compost through our annual LeafDrop program. In addition to offering three weekday drop-off sites through November 21, five weekend drop sites are open this Saturday and Sunday, November 8 and 9. Information on drop-off sites can be found atdenvergov.org/leafdrop. Compost created through Denver's LeafDrop Program is made available to Denver residents in the spring.

Fallen leaves and branches can also be placed in your compost cart. Denver trash customers can sign up for compost service at no additional charge at https://www.denvergov.org/compost.

Solid Waste Management Schedule Modifications

Denver's Solid Waste Management Division is modifying collection schedules to accommodate upcoming staff schedules and holidays.

Veteran's Day

Solid Waste Management will be working on Veteran's Day Tuesday, November 11, collecting trash, compost, recycling, and large items as usual.

Week of November 24

Denver will notcollect compost or recycling, as staff work Monday-Wednesday, observing Thanksgiving on Thursday, November 27, and the citywide furlough day on Friday, November 28.

• Thanksgiving week, Denver is asking ALL customers to set out their trash by 6 a.m. the day before regular day of service starting Monday, November 24and DOTI will collect carts over the course of the 3-day workweek. Monday collections should set their carts out on Monday, Tuesday collections should set their carts out on Monday, Wednesday collections should set their carts out on Tuesday, etc.
• Residents scheduled to receive Large Item Pickup service the week of November 24 should also set out their items by 6 a.m. the day before regular day of service starting Monday morning, November 24, for collection over the course of Monday through Wednesday.

Week of December 1

Compost collection will resume, and Solid Waste will reset its recycling collection calendar as follows:

• Customers currently scheduled to set out their recycling Thanksgiving week (week of November 24) should set their carts out the week of December 1 instead, and then every other week after that for the remainder of the year.

• Customers currently scheduled to set out their recycling the week of December 1 should set out their recycling the week of December 8, and then every other week after that for the remainder of the year.

In keeping with staff schedules and the holidays outlined above, the Cherry Creek Recycling Center will be closed November 27 - December 1.

Updated collection schedules are displayed on the city's website and Trash and Recycling App. This schedule change information can also be accessed at https://www.denvergov.org/trashschedule.

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