Community Resources
Join us as we turn small actions into powerful transformations, ensuring a greener, healthier world for generations to come.
Elements Bag Return Program
Don’t have a use for the bag your compost came in? Bring it back to us and we’ll reuse it 1-2 times and then recycle the bags once they start to wear out. Drop your empty bags at a community drop off location, or at our facility.
Elements’ staff is leading a new initiative in partnership with Chaffee County and the City of Salida. In 2025, Elements was selected as the Regional Sustainability Contractor to work on waste diversion, energy and transportation initiatives.
Chaffee County Recycling Guide
Learn how to recycle traditional materials and hard to recycle items like paint, lightbulbs, building materials and more!
Colorado Green Business Network
A free and voluntary program that provides technical assistance and recognition to local businesses looking to operate more sustainably. Sustainable Chaffee is your local CGBN partner.
Salida Sustainability Committee
Check out the City’s Climate Action Plan and learn about work the Sustainability Committee is doing on waste, transportation and energy.
Chaffee County Community Fridges
A mutual aid project of Guidestone Colorado in which all food is free & provided by community members, nonprofits, and local gardeners to support a growing community experiencing food insecurity.
