Recycling is a successful program that reduces the amount of waste that is put into landfills. In addition, recycling conserves our natural resources, conserves energy and reduces water pollution, air pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions. Visit the Solid Waste Utility pages for more information. Illegal Dumping

Pollution Prevention includes backflow prevention, grease interception, and industrial pretreatment programs. These programs assist with the protection of drinking water and wastewater compliance. Backflow Prevention oversees the backflow assemblies of more than 2,000 Las Cruces businesses.

We can make a significant difference by reducing waste, educating others, and taking action. Every piece of trash picked up is a step towards a cleaner, healthier New Mexico. Find upcoming trash cleanup and litter prevention events in your area.

The Solid Waste Bureau promotes and works to ensure solid waste management practices that improve and protect public health and New Mexico’s air, land, and water.

2018年9月16日 · In this guide, we summarise what waste pollution is, identify the different types of waste, and outline the causes, sources, effects and potential solutions to waste pollution. (Note – if you prefer, you can read specifically about plastic waste pollution in this guide)

2023年12月21日 · New Mexico’s beautiful landscape is threatened by pollution—harmful substances in the environment. The state government and nonprofits are working to reduce pollution, and ordinary New Mexicans can help. How much pollution is there in New Mexico? How does pollution affect New Mexico residents? What’s being done to clean up New Mexico?

2024年3月12日 · EPA announces billions in Economic Benefits from Resource Conservation and Recovery Act cleanups at hazardous waste facilities across the nation. EPA has developed a new 2030 Vision, Mission, and Goals for the RCRA Corrective Action program.

2024年3月28日 · Here are eight ways to embrace a zero waste approach: 1. Combat food waste. Some 19 per cent of food available to consumers is wasted annually despite 783 million people going hungry. Around 8 to 10 per cent of the planet’s greenhouse gas emissions come from the production of food that is ultimately squandered.

Keep reading to learn more about waste pollution’s implications for the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution, human health, gender equality and the economy, as well as the solutions that can guide us towards a zero-waste future.

2021年1月19日 · In cooperation with the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) tested groundwater and surface water in 16 counties to find where PFAS are present and which specific types of those toxic substances have found their way into the state’s waters.