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The Parks and Recreation Department’s Keep Las Cruces Beautiful Program (KLCB) will host a Neighborhood Dumpster Day from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025.

KLCB will provide open-top trash containers for the community to dump yard waste, household trash, and other permittable items for FREE. KLCB staff will be available to provide support, program information, and guide users regarding the items requested to be tossed into the containers.

Open-top container locations:

  • East Mesa Recreation Center, 5589 Porter Drive
  • Young Park, 850 S. Walnut Street
  • Intersection of Motel Boulevard/Westway Avenue, 674 N. Motel Boulevard

Items NOT allowed in a Solid Waste container are:

  • No medical waste (per section 20.9.8.8 NMAC of the New Mexico Environmental Protection regulations)
  • Hot ashes/coals
  • Tires or any vehicle parts (including car batteries)
  • Fluorescent light bulbs
  • Large yard waste items (stumps or trunks)
  • Concrete, bricks, and/or rocks
  • Toxic, combustible, or hazardous materials
  • Toilets/sinks
  • Refrigerators (anything with refrigerant)
  • Animal carcasses

Locations of open-top containers will be monitored. Residents must unload their items.

For information, contact the Keep Las Cruces Beautiful Program at 575/528-4506 or email [email protected].

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