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As of 2024, Brown’s Greens has been acquired by Food to Power. If you’re seeking composting services, go to Food to Power Compost website.

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What We Compost and What We Don’t

It can be tricky to determine what can be composted and what cannot. There are multiple composting techniques that have varying allowances for materials that can be added, and every composting site has different specific needs. So the simplest way for us to help you know what can be composted with Brown’s Greens is to give you a well thought out list. If you sign up for our composting services, you will receive a document of this list for your kitchen so you can always refer back to it!

WHAT GOES IN

  • All veggies and fruits
  • Eggshells and nutshells
  • Coffee (brown filters ok) and Tea (paper tea bags ok)
  • Baked goods/pasta/all grains
  • Grass clippings/straw
  • wood shavings/sawdust
  • Leaves
  • Weeds
  • Livestock manure
  • Ashes
  • Dead plants
  • Any other once living yard waste that is NOT contaminated with paint, stain, pesticides, metal, plastic, or anything else in the list to the right.
  • Any other food scrap that is NOT highly salty, oily, fatty, or included in the list to the right

WHAT STAYS OUT

  • Meat
  • Bones
  • Dairy
  • Liquid waste
  • Wax
  • “Compostable” cutlery/dishware
  • “Compostable” bags
  • Twist ties, rubber bands, large produce labels
  • Any food waste that is fried, high in salt, oil, or fat (chinese takeout, pizza, etc)
  • Dog, cat, or human poop
  • Animal carcasses
  • Plastic
  • Metal
  • Treated and/or stained wood
  • Paper and cardboard, minus specified coffee filters and tea bags listed to the left.

We hope this helps you get started and always feel free to contact Brown’s Greens with any questions!

Brown’s Greens offers an immediately useful and accessible way to begin composting. Their curbside composting service is excellent and is really helpful in creating steps toward a more sustainable lifestyle. Coupled with a recycling service, we’ve been able to reduce our regular trash pick up from weekly down to once a month. Nice to see the Colorado Springs community stepping up to do good and lead out as an example for others in the state. - P. WHITNEY
We love the compost service! And of course, the garden they made for my veggies - truly beautiful and functional! - DOROTHY NELSON
Brown's Greens built four raised beds for my vegetable garden -- about six by three feet each -- and filled each one with their best planting mix. As a result, my crop yield has been increased at least four times over. Zach's knowledge of soil content and composition has been especially helpful to me, since the ground in my backyard consists mainly of hard clay. I couldn't be happier with the results! - JIM WARE
Very pleased with Brown's Greens services. My husband and I started to realize how much food waste we were producing from our juicing regimen and wanted to find a better option than the trash. Brown's Greens was simple to set up, very reasonably priced, and they've been right on time each week to pick up. - NICOLE BIRD
1. I always thought about composting but really didn’t know how to get started. I used Browns Greens for some landscaping (which they did beautifully and on budget!) and noticed their compost service on their website. I’ve been enrolled in their weekly bucket pickup/drop off service for a month now, and I love it. They are prompt, the fresh buckets are nice & clean, and it feels amazing to make good use of my food and garden scraps instead of clogging up the trash. I’m excited to receive my compost when the time comes.

2. *UPDATE* Just had to add to this review since we had Browns Greens return for more landscaping. I asked Zach for ideas to replace all the grass in the front yard, and he drew up a beautiful plan. His crew did all of the work in two and a half days, and it’s stunning. We have a dry riverbed with beautiful stones, and boulder-studded berms on either side planted with native shrubs and perennials, all set up with drip irrigation to help them flourish. (The attached photo doesn’t really do it justice — the plants are still babies, and the berms are higher than the pic makes them appear.) The crew is friendly, hard working, and they all clearly love their jobs. I cannot say enough wonderful things about everything this company does. - MANDY HOUK
Brown's Greens is a great local company! Zach Brown and his team planned and created a wonderful landscape for our backyard, including beautiful borders, mulched areas, and raised beds which have given our family veggies for 3 years. The work was done right, quickly, and the price competitive. We highly recommend Browns Greens! - TERRI MOON
Great customer service. Always friendly. Dedicated to making the world a better place. - NICOLE LANE
Easiest, affordable, professional company that makes home composting so accessible!! Highly recommend them for your home composting needs! - CAROLINE MARGARET
I love Brown's Greens! I have wanted to do composting for a while but just don't have the time to do it on my own, and it is so inconvenient to take it somewhere else. But now it is picked up at my house once a week! They are always consistent in sending weekly reminders and picking it up. And I receive compost back to put in my garden, and my garden is loving it. So glad I can participate in cutting down on landfill space, improving air quality, AND in blessing the ground and the city in this way. Thank you, Brown's Greens! - ALISON WARE
We were thrilled with the outstanding service and quality of work that we had done by Brown's Greens. The prices were reasonable and the work was done right on schedule. We can heartily recommend Brown's Greens for any outdoor landscape or garden project! - CAROL FORSETH