Let’s Keep Leadville-Twin Lakes clean with proper waste disposal!
In rural communities, water can be limited and trash removal costly. Please be aware, understanding and follow protocol and pay fees for usage when required.
In the paid USFS Campgrounds and day use areas have trash and pit toilets are provided for the fee paid. Many campgrounds do not have potable water access.
Be prepared to pay for trash disposal and remember that private dumpsters are not for public use, businesses have to pay for trash removal and having recreation users fill their dumpsters every weekend gets expensive quickly. The easiest way to dispose of your waste is by purchasing a pre-paid Lake County yellow trash bag and separate out your recycling to dispose of at public drop sites.
Lake County Free Recycling and Yellow Pre-Paid Trash Bag:
Pre-Paid Lake County (Yellow) Trash Bags are available at:
- Saturday’s Discount Shell Gas Station, 12655 US-24, Leadville
- Big Horn Ace Hardware, 1902 N Poplar St, Leadville
- Leadville Visitor Center, 460 Harrison Ave, Leadville
- Lake County Courthouse, Treasurer’s Office, 505 Harrison Ave, Leadville
- Lake County Landfill, 1500 Co Rd 6, Leadville
- Twin Lakes Visitor Center (across from the Twin Lakes Inn)
Cost is $7 to $8 depending on location. The bag is 40 gallons.
Drop sites are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and monitored by camera.
Drop site locations:
– Lake County Community Field, accessed by McWethy Drive on the South end of the park. (Between West 6th St. & West 3rd St. on McWethy Drive)
– Lake County Southern Fire Station, 141 County Road 10, 1/2 mile south from the Hwy 24 turn off, opposite the Solar Panels in the fire station parking lot
–Lake County Landfill, 1500 Co Rte 6
Drop sites are monitored with cameras and will have people-monitors during some hours of operations.
If you see any trash or mess at these sites, please call Lake County Public Works immediately: 719-486-0259. To report an illegal dumper, call the Lake County sheriff’s office: (719) 486-1249
The following items will be accepted at drop-sites:
1. Trash in Pre-Paid Lake County Trash Bags ONLY. Pre-Paid Trash Bags are clearly marked, distinctive in yellow color.
2. Recycling is free (but must be sorted and not deposited inside of plastic bags):
- #1 and #2 Plastics
- Aluminum including aluminum foil
- Cardboard and paperboard, must be flattened
- Glass, any color
- Mixed Paper, including mail, newspaper, magazines, and office paper
- Tin Cans
Click here to learn more about Lake County Recycling
Twin Lakes Trash through Tenderfoot & Destination Twin Lakes:
Bring your trash to Tenderfoot Market Twin Lakes (6351 US Hwy 82 in Twin Lakes Village) open daily. They will take trash, the cost depends on the amount of trash. Call or text 970-406-0205 for questions.
Contract with Destination Twin Lakes for trash services or trash on demand pick up.
Leadville RV Dump Site
Leadville Sanitation has a self-serve, seasonal use dump site, located south of Leadville on Hwy 24 (13867 Hwy 24 Leadville, CO 80461)
Contact Leadville Sanitation District at 719-486-2993
Click here for current costs (scroll to bottom of the page)
Parkville Water Fill Up Station in Leadville
Parkville Water in Leadville has a self-serve, credit-card purchase potable water fill up station on Harrison Avenue between 14th and 15th Street (next to the baseball fields)
Attach your hose to the smaller spigot and select “barrel fill”, then select the amount of water you need (there is a minimum charge).
Contact Parkville Water at 719-486-1449
Smaller container water fill up is available at Safeway
