Do you actually know what URCO requires?
Most Denver operators know the ordinance exists. Almost none have the diversion plan, capacity calculations, bilingual signage, and training records the city will ask for. Melly's builds the whole file, keeps it current, and hands it to you ready.
12 questions. 2 minutes. Know if you're compliant.
What Does Denver's URCO Ordinance Require
The Universal Recycling and Composting Ordinance requires composting and recycling service at food businesses, hotels, and residential buildings with eight or more units.
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Citations run $150 for a first offense, $500 for a second, and $999 for a third and each one after. Every continuing day counts as a separate offense.
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The ordinance tells you what you owe. It does not tell you what the document looks like, how to calculate your capacity, or what you need on file when someone asks. That gap is where most businesses sit right now.
What compliance actually takes
Composting and recycling collection.
Both streams offered alongside trash, not just one.
Clear signage.
A label on every container and sorting signage at every collection point, with images, not just words.
Containers everywhere trash is.
Compost and recycling bins in common areas and back of house, not only at the curb.
Bilingual education.
Written sorting guidance for tenants, staff, and customers, in the languages your people actually read. Most operators miss this one.
Right-sized service.
Capacity calculated in gallons per the city's definition and collected often enough that nothing overflows. Interior containers your staff empty into the main container do not count toward it.
A written Waste Diversion Plan.
The document that proves your systems to the city and to an inspector.
A licensed hauler.
Your service agreement has to be with a hauler licensed by the City and County of Denver, covering compost and recycling, not just trash. We verify yours covers what the ordinance requires.
The complete file. Built, filed, maintained.
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Waste Diversion Plan written to
your segment's requirements
Bilingual signage sized and
placed for your site
We are a compliance company, not a hauler. We build every piece the ordinance requires and keep it standing.
Service capacity calculations in gallons, per city definition
Staff or tenant education materials and completion records
Weight ticket and service records logged monthly
Monthly reporting prepared and filed
A single document vault you
can hand to an inspector
Annual reporting prepared and submitted
Sub-item, keep from current page: Exemption check. If your property might qualify for an exemption, we confirm it in writing before you spend a dollar you don't need to.
What working with Melly's looks like
1. Diagnose.
Take the free compliance check. We verify on site and hand you your gap list.​
5 steps from first check to a property that passes.
2. Plan.
We write your Waste Diversion Plan and run your capacity math.
4. Train.
Staff and residents learn the sort, in the languages they read, with completion on record.
3. Equip.
Signage and container labels placed and installed.
5. Prove.
We keep your records and handle your monthly and annual reporting.
Why Denver businesses choose Melly's
Melly's is named after my mom, and the whole company runs on one thing she taught me: you finish what you started.
We don't hand you a binder and walk away. We build your compliance, run your education, and keep the file current so it is ready the moment anyone asks.
We're local, and we lead with education because most people don't know this mandate exists yet. We're here to walk you through it, not sell you. Our pricing is transparent and posted.