Tips for clean recycling in Las Cruces

Recycling programs in Las Cruces and El Paso are bound for the foreseeable future, or at least the next 18 months in the contract between SCSWA at Las Cruces Processing Plant and Recycling Friedman in El Paso. ,

China continues to refuse shipments of contaminated recycled material and is now taking steps to ban any material. According to an article from Resource Recycling of July 18, 2018, Solid Waste "" the Chinese government has issued a proposal for the complete ban on the import of recycled fiber and any other form of ".

Meanwhile, Las Cruces recycler is encouraging to only recycle products that are "acceptable" and set up your trash and blue pails to make sure everything is considered empty, clean and dry.

In El Paso, the city's Environmental Services Department is testing a pilot program to educate customers on recycling hoping to significantly reduce pollution in the blue containers on the sidewalk. It's a recycling association program called "Tug, Tip, Day and Turn," which was adopted in other US cities. UU; In June, El Paso started with 16 routes, 26,000 households and 8 agents who manually inspected the waste bins and did the following:

Pull : an inspector quickly pulls the bucket. The container should be able to move easily, as with items such as pieces of clean cardboard and plastic cans and empty and rinse should be light.

Tip : The inspector opens the lid to see if something is wrong. Inspectors are looking for recyclable bags, plastic bags, garden waste, food or liquid and "network weavers" that can damage Friedman recycling facilities.

Turning around : If the inspectors find something wrong, they return the container so the recycling truck will not pick it up.

Label : Inspectors leave a label "Ups!" And for the reason why the city did not take away the garbage so that the inhabitants knew what they should leave in the future.

"It's early on the pilot, but we're pleased to see a positive trend in the education process," said Kurt Fenstermacher, deputy director of the Environmental Services Division of El Paso. "We are already seeing fewer labels" Oops "written on the label, that's a trend we hope to promote."

Often by accident, residents throw things that are not part of recycling, but sometimes a lack of knowledge about it is exactly what is acceptable in the blue box. Always check your lid and compare it with what you have before you throw it away. It is up to us to ensure the long-term safety of our recycling programs by ensuring that our garbage cans remain "attractive".

Mark Your Calendar: 9 and 11 October SCSWA will hold "hearing sessions" in Las Cruces for comments from residents for the next decade to design a recycling program for Las Cruces.

Green Connections are presented by the Solid Waste Authority of Central South (SCSWA), which manages solid waste and recyclables and works to stop the illegal dumping of residents and businesses in Dona Ana County. Contact SCSWA to arrest (575) 528-3800 or visit www.SCSWA.net .

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