Mountain Waste & Recycling acquires three Colorado companies

Three mountain environmental service companies in Colorado have merged with Carbondale, Colorado-based Mountain Waste & Recycling to form one of the largest waste and recycling companies in the state.

Timberline Disposal, Talking Trash and Rocky Mountain Cabana have operated in the mountain towns within Summit County and parts of Clear Creek County for years.

The companies will operate under the name Timberline Disposal & Recycling, based in Silverthorne, Colorado. Mountain Waste & Recycling, which began as an independent company in the Roaring Fork Valley near Aspen, also owns Vail Honeywagon, and the company says it tends to be more attuned to the needs of mountain customers.

With this merger, Mountain Waste & Recycling President Scott Eden says competition has become easier and more effective.

“Competition typically serves to contain prices, but the competition needs to be effective,” says Eden. “These companies and their customers will now benefit from increased purchasing powers and operating efficiencies.”

Some redundant truck routes will be eliminated, and there will be no employee layoffs, according to the company. Mountain Waste says its ongoing growth will require that the company retain the services of all its employees.

“Customers will begin to experience an expanded, robust line of services, including construction dumpsters, pick up of organics, portable restrooms, special event sustainability services and more, all under one company umbrella,” says Eden.

Terms of the merger, including purchase price, were not disclosed. Two of the top executives of the merging companies will remain investors with Mountain Waste, and Eden says Mountain Waste will rely on them for suggestions about ways to enhance the companies’ reputations for customer service.

Customers of the three merging companies should continue to set their recycling and trash out for collection on the same days as they always have, and customers should pay their bills in the same ways, until further notice. Signage and other branding will be incorporated on a gradual basis. Eventually, customers of all three companies will have one phone number and one website with a single point for online payment.

Mountain Waste & Recycling is a material management company, with operating divisions throughout Colorado, including Pro Disposal & Recycling, which operates more than 50 trucks in the Denver metro area, serving residential and commercial customers. Mountain Waste also offers waste, recycling and compost services in the Roaring Fork Valley, covering from Aspen to Battlement Mesa. Subsidiaries include Vail Honeywagon, operating in Vail Valley; and Timberline Disposal & Recycling, operating in Summit and Clear Creek counties. The companies offer services for construction sites, special events and other situations where materials management is an issue, and where customers want to prioritize diversion from landfills, improve sustainability and promote proactive environmentalism.