Terra Firma Nevada takes organic waste—trees, shrubs, lawn clippings, branches—and makes it into products that help your lawn and garden thrive. This method of recycling keeps thousands of pounds of waste out of our local landfills and turns it into something that improves the region’s soil, air, and water quality. That’s what we call a “win/win” for everyone.
We are fueled by curiosity and creativity, and are always in pursuit of processes that maintain the sustainability of our land, water and air.
We are an organic waste management company, which means we turn unwanted yard waste, brush, dirt, sod, weeds and grass into premium compost, mulch and topsoil, which are a higher quality and a lower price than you can find anywhere else.
We are pioneers harnessing new ways to recycle unwanted organic waste through initiatives such as utilizing discarded lumber as an energy source for local business.
We work with private and government agencies to customize sustainable waste solutions that are cost-effective, efficient and innovative.
We help our city, our county, our businesses and our fellow citizens to be a force for change by creating a full circle of resource management.
We utilize the latest technologies to generate new ways to capture value from organic waste including generating renewable energy and producing high value, local products.
We save a lot of space in our local landfills; in Las Vegas alone since March 2015 we have saved 90,000 tons of organic waste from landfills.
Dane Buk
Dane Buk, founder, owner, head inspiration and worker bee, started in Jackson Hole, Wyoming 17 years ago to “live the dream.” Launching his landscape design firm, Terra Firma Landscape, in 1998, Buk quickly realized how challenging it was to grow in western landscape soils and decided to find a solution.
His curiosity came by birthright—dad is an agriculturalist—and naturally led Buk into the complex world of soil science. After spending years perfecting the right kind of blends, composts and mulches for his clients, Buk founded Terra Firma Organics.
Today, Buk combines his 17 years of industry experience and his passion for innovation to harness the power of the region’s organic waste. “Producing our product locally not only allows us to keep our business dollars here, we are able to create something that is very customized for the needs of the desert landscape and also has a positive impact on the community.”
He saw an opportunity to supply the Nevada area with high quality organic compost products and found a chance to move into the market in Las Vegas. As one of the only permitted composted facilities in the area, we divert thousands of tons of organic waste from Las Vegas landfills every year, and turn that waste into premium compost blends that help improve the environment.
When not pulling his weight knee deep in compost, Buk spends time sailing his boat and enjoying the mountains to the fullest.