Recycling

Otero County Recycle BinsThe Otero County Solid Waste Department maintain a recycling program with drop locations throughout the county and the City. Below is a list of items that you can save from going into the local landfill.

The locations within the City limits are as follows:

Locations

City Yard

2600 North Florida
Southwest corner of parking lot
Accepted material:

  • Cardboard
  • Mixed Paper
  • Plastic Number 1 and Number 2
  • Aluminum Cans

Legacy Christian Academy

3001 Thunder Road
Accepted material:

  • Cardboard

National Guard Armory

1600 South Florida Avenue
South side containers
Accepted material:

  • Aluminum
  • Tin
  • Mixed Paper
  • PET 1 Plastics and HDPE Plastics

Cardboard dropoff container on the North side

Wal-Mart Shopping Center

230 South New York Avenue
It is at the north end of parking lot
Accepted material:

  • Cardboard
  • Mixed Paper
  • Plastic Number 1 and Number 2
  • Tin
  • Aluminum Cans

Recyclable materials


Mixed Paper

  • Mixed Paper Examples
  • Office paper 
  • Junk mail
  • Cereal boxes
  • Soda and beer boxes
  • Magazines
  • Newspaper

Material Not Considered Mixed Paper

  • Books ( with the spine attached and hard covers )
  • Phone Books ( with spine attached )
  • Wax coated paper
  • Contaminated paper ( food, grease, etc. )

Plastic Number 1 PET

Plastics Number 1 Examples
  • Soda bottles
  • Water bottles
  • Any bottle labeled Number 1 with a neck

Material not considered Number 1

  • Plastic clam shell containers
  • Plastic bags
  • Tubs
  • Plant containers
  • Any container labeled Number 3 through 7
  • Plastic food trays
  • No plastic items without a neck
  • No contaminated plastic

Plastic Number 2 HDPE

Plastic Number 2 Examples
  • Milk jugs
  • Water jugs
  • Laundry jugs
  • Any jug labeled Number 2 with a neck

Materials Not Considered Plastic Number 2

  • Plastic clam shell containers
  • Plastic bags
  • Tubs
  • Plant containers
  • Computer and TV cases
  • Motor oil containers
  • Any container labeled Number 3 through 7
  • Plastic food trays
  • No contaminated Plastic
  • No plastic items without a neck

Cardboard

  • Corrugated cardboard
  • Brown paper bags

Material Not Considered Cardboard

  • Cereal boxes
  • Soda and Beer containers
  • Wax coated cardboard
  • Contaminated cardboard (food, grease, etc.)

For more information regarding this program, visit their website at www.co.otero.nm.us