Apex Waste Solutions Colorado Springs: 2026 Review & Fees

Name: Apex Waste Solutions
Telephone: (719) 999-0500

Apex Waste Solutions is one of the newer names painted on Colorado Springs trash trucks — but the trucks aren’t new. Apex built its local footprint by buying two well-known hometown haulers, so the name on your bill may have changed even if your route hasn’t. Here’s what that means for your service and your bill. (We’re an independent comparison site with no affiliation with Apex or any other hauler.)

Who Apex is now

Apex Waste Solutions is a hauler that has been actively acquiring Front Range trash companies. In Colorado Springs that includes:

Infinite Disposal — a local hauler acquired by Apex in 2023.
Carefree Disposal — a longtime Westside operation whose website now redirects to Apex.

If you were a Carefree or Infinite customer, Apex is who bills you now. Context matters here: since March 2025 this market has consolidated fast — HBS Trash sold its residential routes to WM (closed June 2026; HBS kept only its roll-off business), and that came on top of GFL’s Colorado operations going to Republic Services back in 2023. That positions Apex between the three nationals (WM, Republic, Waste Connections) and the last notable independent, SOCO Waste.

Services and cart sizes

Apex’s standard residential setup in Colorado Springs:

Trash: weekly pickup, 96-gallon cart, plus up to 3 extra bags per week included
Recycling: every-other-week pickup, 96-gallon cart
Roll-out service: optional, $10/month — they wheel the cart out for you
Contract: no long-term contract required

That 3-extra-bags allowance is on the generous end; SOCO, for comparison, includes 2 per week.

Pricing and billing

Apex does not publish residential rates — you have to call (719) 999-0500 or request a quote online, and they bill quarterly. They’ve run first-month-free promotions. Any dollar figure you see floating around online for Apex is an estimate until you confirm it by phone; as of mid-2026, no hauler publishes verified residential base rates for Colorado Springs (the closest public benchmark is Republic’s municipal contract in neighboring Manitou Springs, which doesn’t reflect open-market quotes).

One thing worth asking about on the call: Colorado’s producer-responsibility law (HB22-1355) starts funding curbside recycling in 2026 at no cost to residents. Recycling add-on pricing is likely to shift market-wide, so ask specifically whether recycling is still a separate charge before you agree to a bundled number.

Known fees

The only Apex fee documented in our research is the $10/month optional roll-out service. Apex doesn’t publish a full fee schedule, so before signing up, ask directly about cart delivery fees, extra-pickup and return-trip charges, fuel or environmental surcharges, and what a rate increase notice looks like.

For contrast: our research documented surcharge stacking at the national haulers — Waste Connections’ fuel, environmental, and admin surcharges can add 20–35% to the base rate, and Republic layers an environmental recovery fee of roughly 18% plus fuel and admin fees. We found no equivalent documented pattern at Apex as of July 2026. That’s genuinely a point in their favor, but it’s also partly an artifact of less public scrutiny — get the all-in quarterly number in writing either way.

Service area

Apex serves Colorado Springs, Monument, Palmer Lake, Falcon, and Fountain. The northern coverage matters: Monument and Palmer Lake have fewer residential options than the city proper.

Strengths and weaknesses

Strengths: no long-term contract, so switching later is simpler; 3 extra bags a week included; broad service area including the Tri-Lakes towns; local routes inherited from Carefree and Infinite; no documented surcharge-stacking complaints of the kind attached to the nationals.

Weaknesses: zero published pricing or fee schedule, which makes comparison shopping a phone project; quarterly billing means any increase lands as a bigger lump; recycling is every other week, not weekly. And while we haven’t documented Apex-specific complaint patterns, a common pattern after acquisitions in this industry is gradual rate normalization — former Carefree and Infinite customers should read each quarterly statement closely rather than autopaying on faith.

Who Apex is a good fit for

Apex makes the most sense for former Carefree or Infinite customers deciding whether to stay, households in Monument or Palmer Lake with limited options, families who regularly overflow one cart, and anyone who values a no-contract setup they can walk away from. If you want published, verifiable fees, SOCO’s posted fee schedule may suit you better; if you want your hauler to also own the landfill, that’s WM.

Before you call anyone, run your ZIP code through the comparison tool on our homepage — it shows which haulers actually serve your street and what to ask each one.

FAQ

Did Apex Waste Solutions buy Carefree Disposal and Infinite Disposal? Yes. Apex acquired Infinite Disposal in 2023, and Carefree Disposal’s website now redirects to Apex. Both were local Colorado Springs haulers; their routes now operate under the Apex name.

How much does Apex trash service cost in Colorado Springs? Apex doesn’t publish rates — you need a quote at (719) 999-0500. Billing is quarterly, first-month-free promos have been offered, and there’s no long-term contract. Any specific price you see online is an estimate until verified.

Does Apex require a contract? No. Apex’s Colorado Springs service has no long-term contract, so you aren’t locked into a multi-year term — though it’s worth confirming cancellation terms when you sign up.

What areas does Apex serve? Colorado Springs, Monument, Palmer Lake, Falcon, and Fountain.