The New Mexico Recycling Coalition is a statewide, member supported nonprofit organization with the mission to inspire New Mexicans to rethink, reduce, reuse, and recycle.
NMRC partners with the New Mexico Environment Department to host the recycling and compost facility operator certification courses, which allow individuals to become certified operators of recycling and compost facilities. The spring compost and recycling courses will take place in Santa Fe on April 14-16 and June 9-11, respectively.
NMRC will also host the New Mexico Recyclers Annual Meeting in Albuquerque on May 28th to discuss updates to the state’s Solid Waste plan, circular economy initiatives in New Mexico and stakeholder input for policy and programming.
Technical Assistance
NMRC recently conducted a waste characterization study at Santa Ana Pueblo to determine the types of waste discarded within a tribal community. From this data, NMRC will assist Santa Ana in the development of appropriate education and outreach efforts to increase the capture rate of recyclables.
NMRC is collaborating with Bernalillo County to conduct the state’s first impact study on single-use plastic bans to determine the effectiveness of the County’s Ordinance 2019-15, which bans single-use plastic bags at the point of sale and single-use polystyrene food containers from retail establishments.
