Scraps

08/18/2025

loving these kinds of views lately! it’s a great time to order compost for your late summer garden, or your end-of-season bed prep planning.

08/12/2025

Wow-eeeee our Zero Waste Valet program at Denver International Airport got some fun national news exposure! Check out the article here. So proud of our hardworking team & this innovative partnership! https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2025/08/09/airport-recycling-food-waste-programs/

08/05/2025

there’s no better place for those coffee grounds to go than back to the soil. 🌱☕️ we’re thrilled to now service nearly 75 Starbucks locations around the Front Range, with some coming soon in an exciting new area for us! ✨

07/02/2025

** last call ** for 4th of July zero waste crew! we still have a few more slots to fill for our annual event with the City of Westminster. want to join our zero waste crew and help out at this event? email us to sign up! events@scrapsmilehigh.com

05/20/2025

Our Zero Waste Valet team at Denver International Airport just keeps growing! Click here to see what it takes to join this groundbreaking project, and help us help the airport meet its ambitious sustainability goals! Apply today >>>>>>>>>>>

The Denver International Airport (DEN) has an ambitious goal to become the most sustainable airport in the world. Though DEN is making great strides in renewable energy, GHG emissions reductions, and other areas of environmental significance, the airport’s waste diversion rate continues to hover a...

05/15/2025

✨WOW✨ is this a packed event season! and we’re so here for it. 🌱👏🥳 our 2025 roster of zero waste crew is also packed, with tons of talent & enthusiasm - and we’re looking for more! ☀️💪 ♻️ join our zero waste crew roster and be part of the region’s growing commitment to waste-free events. we’re proud to partner with the cities and towns of Louisville, Westminster, Arvada, Firestone, Superior, Commerce City, Golden, Lakewood and others; with nonprofits like DUG, Cottonwood Institute, Mile High Farmers and Eat Denver; with schools like Valdez Elementary, Welchester Elementary and School of Mines; and marquee events like the upcoming Outside Fest - and more! join our efforts to help meet these partners’ waste diversion goals and move the needle on waste diversion across the Front Range!

05/14/2025

Another great news story on the big impact our small Zero Waste Valet team is making at the Denver International Airport! We love this focus on compost (we handle recycling here, too!) and on our partners & friends at Modern Market Eatery!

ZWV Program Director Randi Zimmermann captures it so well: both smelly and satisfying.😆

The Zero Waste Valet Program helps Denver International Airport scale up sustainability with composting, keeping tons of waste out of the landfill.

04/22/2025

experiencing despondency on this Earth Day? 🌎🫣🌍😵‍💫🌏here’s a small reminder that crazy ideas can create real change, and that tiny drops make ripples make waves. friends, keep fighting the good (food waste!) fight, keep celebrating the small wins, and keep showing the Earth you love her every day! we promise to do the same ✨🌱☀️

04/08/2025

Looking for some solid gig work this spring & summer? Heck, even into the fall and winter? Join our Zero Waste Crew list! ☀️This is the list of 200+ people we turn to, to staff our growing roster of events. Folks simply have to email us to express interest, and agree to our crew guidelines and contractor agreement to join the crew list. Then you’ll receive regular updates from us, as events are confirmed on our calendar 🗓️ and sign up for the events that interest you. $19/hr for crew, and $27/hr for managers (training available!), bonuses for long days and holidays, and the satisfaction of helping our region dramatically increase waste diversion at events of all kinds. And lots of great food, music, community & festivities in the process! 🎉Interested? Simply email events@scrapsmilehigh.com and let us know! ✨

03/11/2025

new addition to our compost collection arsenal! 🗑️ 🚛 stoked to now offer two-yard cans to some of our commercial customers. for the right business, location and material, these containers make it even easier & more efficient to keep organics out of the landfill, for your team and ours. 🙌🏽🪴🧑🏽‍🌾

02/24/2025

we are looking for a very special someone to join our team!
check out the Customer Success & Marketing Specialist listing here (and we're still accepting Zero Waste Valet Associate applications on a rolling basis!)
https://scrapsmilehigh.com/careers/

01/13/2025

We love seeing the good news of this program make the rounds! And coming soon: several new additions to the team to grow our footprint & supercharge our impact on the B Concourse at DEN! Denver International Airport

The pilot program has prevented nearly seventy tons of waste from heading to the landfill in six months, and that's just from one concourse.