Trash & Recycling
April 2025 Trash and Recycling Service Changes
Beginning in April 2025, Waste Connections will require all homes use standardized trash and recycling containers.
All single-family residences, including new builds, must complete this form online by February 15, 2025 to request your new containers. Containers will be delivered in advance of the service changes in April free of charge.
Other trash and recycling service details, including your pickup day and recycling frequency, remain unchanged.
Step 1
Complete your container order form by
February 15, 2025:
If you’re moving into a new home in Lyric
January 10, 2025 or later fill this form out instead:
Step 2
In March, the City will mail tags for you to place on any existing trash or recycling containers you’d like Waste Connections to dispose of.
Step 3
During the week of April 14, tagged old containers will be collected and new containers will be delivered.
For questions or assistance, please contact the City of Lone Tree’s Public Works Department.
Trash Line: 720-509-1212
Email: [email protected]
Unsure Which Size Containers to Order?
Check out the containers with dimensions or stop by any of the locations in the City to see samples of containers:
- Lone Tree Municipal Building (near the entrance) – 9220 Kimmer Dr
- Lone Tree Civic Center (near the entrance) – 8527 Lone Tree Pkwy
Additional Service Details on April 2025 Changes
Beginning the week of April 14, 2025, all waste must be included in your new trash containers; no bags or debris left at curb or outside of the containers will be picked up other than during designated yard clean up months in the spring and fall which will be announced at that time.
- Trash and Recycling Collection Times
- Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- Trash collection days will remain the same.
Recycling collection will remain every other week, on your scheduled trash day.
Each single-family household may receive up to three new containers at no charge, with no delivery or pick up fees. The three containers can be a mix of containers for trash and/or recycling.
- Each single-family residence may choose:
- One (1) trash container: 64- or 96- gallon
- One (1) recycling container: 64- or 96-gallon
- Additional Containers
- Residents may request a third, fourth or fifth trash or recycling container.
- The third container is free.
- The fourth and fifth containers are available for a fee of $4 per month, for each container, paid directly to Waste Connections.
- No Service on Specified Holidays
- New Year’s Day; Memorial Day; Independence Day; Labor Day; Thanksgiving Day; and Christmas Day.
- Service During Inclement Weather
- In the event of severe or inclement weather on a scheduled trash day, Waste Connections will provide collection services on the next business day.
- Customer Service
- Waste Connections is committed to responding to resident inquiries and complaints within 24 hours.
Additional Services
- Yard Waste Collection
- During the spring and fall seasons, two months a year, the City will offer City- wide yard waste collection, in partnership with Waste Connections. Residents can dispose with their trash, up to 10 bags of light yard waste in bags per week and up to five bundles of tree limbs per week. More information will be provided in the spring with scheduled dates.
- Collection of Large/bulky items
- By special arrangement with the resident, Waste Connections will collect large/bulky items, paid for by the resident.
- Special Needs Collection
- Waste Connections will provide, at no cost to the resident, a collection service program to households incapable of moving waste containers to the curb.
Why are these changes happening?
Effective April 1, 2025, the City will operate under a renewed, five-year contract with Waste Connections for residential trash and recycling collection for all single-family homes (attached and detached) in Lone Tree. The contract was a result of the City’s issuance of a Request for Proposals (RFP) in August 2024, seeking qualified companies to submit proposals for residential trash and recycling services since the City’s current trash and recycling contract with Waste Connections is going to expire in March 2025. Waste Connections was awarded the contract with the City after careful review and consideration of all proposals by City Council and staff based on cost, ease of transition for residents, customer service, and experience.
The cost of the City’s 2025 Trash and Recycling contract with Waste Connections is $750,000, with no cost to residents who participate in the program.
If you have questions or concerns about trash & recycling service but want to avoid phone wait times, you can e-mail [email protected] instead.
To receive notifications for any service delays or cancellations sign up for the City’s text message notification system, TextMyGov.
The City of Lone Tree is one of only two Colorado cities that provide residential trash & recycling services, free of charge, to its residents. The City contracts with Waste Connections to provide those services.
Your weekly trash and recycling pick-up day is determined based on your neighborhood. Trash service occurs on the same day every week and recycling service occurs every-other week. Waste Connections requests that you have your trash and recycling out by 7:00 a.m. Below is an overview of trash days based on where your home is located within the City. You can also visit Waste Connections online and type in your address to pull up your schedule.
Note: Newly built households in the Lyric neighborhood should complete this form to request trash and recycling service and to receive your pickup day.
Monday: Heritage Hills (except homes on Sunset Hill Circle, Sunset Hill Drive and Sunset Hill Place)
Tuesday: Belvedere, Carriage Club, The Enclave, homes on Sunset Hill Circle, Sunset Hill Drive and Sunset Hill Place in Heritage Hills, Muirfield
Wednesday: Bluffmont Estates, Bluffmont Greene, Bluffmont Heights, Country Club Estates, Cypress Green, Heritage Estates, Montecito, Prominence Point, RidgeGate, Ridgeview, Terra Ridge, Sky Ridge
Thursday: The Charter, Club Terrace, Lone Tree Terrace, The Vista
Friday: Fairways, Lyric, Masters Park, Taos
Collection Information
Waste Connections will collect unlimited household trash and up to ten bags of yard waste (leaves and grass). There is a 40-pound weight limit per trash can or bag of yard waste. Please bag all animal waste. Branches and brush must be cut into 4′ lengths and tied securely in 24″ diameter bundles. There is a limit of 5 bundles per week. Please do not place construction debris in your trash cans. Please call Waste Connections directly to hear about some pick up options.
Waste Connections is unable to accept any liquid waste (oil, paint, etc.) or batteries. If your trash contains wet paint, oil or hazardous materials, WARNING: a clean-up fee will be assessed. The City of Lone Tree has contracted with WM Curbside Inc. to provide hazardous material disposal.
Large Item Collection
Waste Connections will pick up large items such as sofas (or other furniture), box springs, mattresses, lawn mowers and/or construction debris for an additional fee. Please call them at 303-288-2100 to obtain a quote and schedule a pickup.
Waste Connections cannot accept refrigerators, freezers or televisions.
Christmas Tree Collection
Christmas trees are collected as part of the routine weekly waste collection service. There is no additional fee.
Holiday Schedule
During a holiday week, if your regular pickup day falls on or after the holiday, your pickup day will be delayed by one day. If the holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, your service will not be delayed. If you have any questions regarding your pickup, please call Waste Connections at 303-288-2100.
Waste Connections observes the following holidays:
- New Year’s Day
- Memorial Day
- Independence Day
- Labor Day
- Thanksgiving Day
- Christmas Day
Recycling
There is no additional cost for recycling services. Waste Connections provides residential single-stream recycling to Lone Tree residents. Single-stream recycling gives customers the ability to mix recyclable paper, plastic and glass in one bin. Recycling is picked up every other week. Please have your recycles out on the curb by 7:00 a.m. If you are recycling large boxes or moving boxes, Waste Connections asks that you cut the cardboard down to 2 ft x 2 ft sections and bundle them together. The bundles should be no heavier than 40 pounds each.
For information on composting in the County, click here.
Acceptable Recycling Materials
Plastic
Plastic containers numbered 1-7 are accepted. Here are some examples of plastics that are okay to recycle:
- Butter tubs
- Condiment bottles (ketchup, mustard, etc.)
- Liquid detergent and other cleaning supply bottles
- Milk and juice cartons
- Peanut butter jars (rinse food out)
- Shampoo bottles and liquid soap dispensers
- Soda, water and juice bottles
- Vitamin bottles
- Yogurt containers
Cardboard & Boxes – Please make sure to flatten cardboard and if large, cut it into 2 x 2 foot sections. No wax-lined cardboard is accepted, but it can be composted.
Please make sure any aerosol cans are completely empty. This includes containers such as shaving cream and hair spray cans. Labels are okay.
Brown Paper Bags
Brown paper bags are acceptable; plastic bags are not.
Chip or Paperboard
This includes items such as:
- Cereal boxes
- Food boxes for popcorn or microwaveable food boxes
- Paper egg cartons
- Paper towel and toilet paper tubes
- Soda carrier boxes
- Tissue holders
Newspaper
The entire newspaper is acceptable, including inserts and ads.
Office Paper & Bulk/Junk Mail
All types of office paper, bulk mail and junk mail are accepted. If you can tear it, we can take it. Don’t worry about paper clips, staples or sticky notes. No Tyvek (polyethylene fiber) plastic / overnight mailing folders.
Magazines, Catalogs & Phone Books
Discard plastic bags around these items and items such as CDs and magnets. All other magazines, catalogs and phone books are acceptable.
Unacceptable Recycling Materials
- Styrofoam
- Candy wrappers
- Carbon paper
- Carpet or cloth
- Food-soiled cardboard – no pizza boxes or food containers
- Food or any organic waste
- Liquids
- Plastic bags
- Plastic egg cartons (with a 1-3 recycle code only)
- Plates or dishes
- Six-pack ring holders
- Used paper cups and paper plates
- Used paper towels
- Used tissues
- Waxed paper or waxed cardboard
- Wet or soiled paper
Remember, when in doubt, throw it out. That way you will not compromise the rest of the recycling.