Recycling at Your Finger Tips
The Angel Fire recycling program is easily accessible. Let start with the most popular recyclable materials; corrugated cardboard, plastic bottles and aluminum. You have two options.
Option #1: Deliver your recyclables to the collection center. The collection center is located on Camino Grande, east of Hwy 434 and south of the airport. The collection center resides in 2 large green buildings. You can’t miss it. Hours of operation are M-F 8-5 and Sat. 8-12.
I’m sure you will find the collection center very pleasant. Ok, it smells a bit like trash but the place is exceptionally clean. The Solid Waste Department is dedicated to customer service and the drive through design could not be more user friendly. Simply pull your vehicle inside and you will find recycling receptacles and a friendly staff member ready to assist you. Recyclables delivered to the collection center do not have to be pre-sorted or bagged.
Option #2: Just when you thought it couldn’t get any easier, it does. There are currently six recycling trailers in Angel Fire. They are located at Village Hall, Mini Mart, Alpine Lumber, RBS, Enchanted Home Design Center and behind the Pizza Stop. You may have noticed the trailers are getting a face lift. A fresh coat of green paint with white stenciled instructions make these trailers easy to find and use.
When depositing cardboard in the trailers please break it down. Otherwise the Solid Waste Dept. has to make unnecessary trips to empty the trailers. This is wasteful … not exactly a goal of our recycling program. Plastic and aluminum must be bagged so it does not fall out of the trailers and litter the streets.
All other recyclables can be taken to the collection center. The staff is more than happy to assist you with these items and answer your questions.
Angel Fire recycles aluminum cans, plastic bottles (#1 & 2), corrugated cardboard, copper, batteries, motor & cooking oil, antifreeze, CFL bulbs and steel. For questions please call the collection center (575-377-6967) or email Tara Chisum (tara@bellatierra.net) or Rick Sprott (ricksprott62@gmail.com).
Trash Talk is a weekly column brought to you by your Angel Fire Sustainably Committee.