LeafDrop and Pumpkin Recycling

Large pile of leaves and bags of leaves ready for composting

Use Paper Bags - They're Compostable Too!

Denver’s LeafDrop program allows residents to dispose of their fall leaves in an environmentally friendly way. Each fall, Denver’s Office of the City Forester partners with Denver’s Department of Transportation & Infrastructure (DOTI) and Ace Hardware to provide paper leaf bags and designated drop-off sites for Denver residents. Compostable leaf bags are accepted in green compost carts during heavy yard waste seasons, including April – June and September – November.

Residents can download a coupon to receive a free five-pack of paper leaf bags at participating Ace Hardware stores. Leaves dropped off in plastic bags must be emptied on site.

2024 Drop Sites

WEEKDAY DROP SITES: Oct. 7 – Nov. 30

The following LeafDrop locations will be open on weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.: 

  • Cherry Creek Transfer Station* – 7301 E. Jewell Ave. (enter on E. Jewell Ave.)
    • Cherry Creek Transfer Station only open 8am-2pm weekdays.
  • Havana Nursery – 10450 Smith Rd. (enter on Smith Road)
  • Central Platte Campus – 1271 W. Bayaud Ave. (Enter through the gates at Bayaud and Navajo, go past the Denver Animal Shelter to dumpsters in front of Building 2 on the right.)

*Hitched trailers (6ft in length or less) are only welcome at the Cherry Creek Transfer Station.  

WEEKEND DROP SITES: Nov. 2 – Nov. 17

The following LeafDrop locations will be open on Saturdays and Sundays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.:  

  • Bruce Randolph High School – E. 40th Ave. and Steele St.
  • Cherry Creek Transfer Station* – 7301 E. Jewell Ave. (enter on E. Jewell Ave.)
  • Kennedy High School – Newland St. and Brown Pl.
  • Sloan’s Lake Northwest Parking Lot – W. Byron Pl. and Yates St.
  • Veterans Park – S. Vine St. and E. Iowa Ave.

The Cherry Creek Transfer Station is the only site accepting loose leaves and hitched trailers.

Leaves brought to all other LeafDrop sites must be in paper bags. Residents can download a coupon for a free five-pack of paper leaf bags at participating Ace Hardware stores.

Compost customers can put leaves and other yard debris in their green carts.

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