Alamogordo, New Mexico
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Local scrap yard buying ferrous and non-ferrous metals and appliances. Competitive pricing; confirm accepted materials and any service fees.
Listed hours: Mon-Fri 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM · Sat 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM · Sun Closed
Local recycling facility in Alamogordo accepting common materials; call ahead for accepted items, hours, and any fees.
Listed hours: Mon-Fri 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM · Sat 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM · Sun Closed
The Collection Center in Alamogordo provides residents and authorized users with a location to properly dispose of a variety of materials that are not typically accepted through regular curbside collection. This site supports responsible waste handling and recycling efforts in the community.
Listed hours: Mon-Sun 8:00 AM – 4:45 PM
Accepts: Household refuse, Construction debris, Yard waste, Anti-Freeze, Furniture, Household Appliances, Household Garbage, Scrap Metal, Used Motor Oil
Services: Material disposal · Mulch availability
08:00 am - 4:45 pm
The facility accepts household refuse, construction debris, yard waste, and other approved items.
Based on the listings above, materials commonly handled in Alamogordo include ["Cardboard", "Glass", "Plastics #1&2", "Electronics", "Appliances"] ["Glass". Browse the guides below for preparation tips, scrap values, and what's recyclable.
Southwest Disposal Corp collects residential trash in Alamogordo NM twice a week, Mondays and Thursdays or Tuesdays and Fridays depending on your zone. Residents self-haul garbage, appliances, yard waste, used oil, batteries, and electronics to the city Collection Center at 224 Lavelle Road. Otero County Solid Waste runs six recycling drop-off sites in town for cardboard, paper, cans, and plastics #1 and #2.
Yes. Southwest Disposal Corp picks up trash twice a week in most neighborhoods: Mondays and Thursdays in the blue map zone, Tuesdays and Fridays in the orange zone. Check the city's interactive map (Trash Pickup layer) or call Southwest Disposal at 575-434-1109 with your address.
Otero County Solid Waste drop-off sites sit at the City Yard (2600 North Florida Avenue), the Civic Center (800 East First Street), the Wal-Mart shopping center (230 South New York Avenue), the north side of the mall near Harbor Freight, Legacy Christian Academy (3001 Thunder Road, cardboard only), and the La Velle Convenience Site (224 La Velle Road). Every site except Legacy takes cardboard, mixed paper, plastic #1 and #2, and aluminum cans. Tin cans go to La Velle, Wal-Mart, or the mall.
Only #1 PET bottles and #2 HDPE jugs with a neck, such as soda and water bottles, milk jugs, and detergent jugs. Clamshells, tubs, food trays, plant containers, plastic bags, motor oil containers, and plastics #3 to #7 stay out of the bins. More on plastic recycling.
The Collection Center at 224 Lavelle Road opens daily at 8:00 a.m., with last entry at 4:45 p.m. It closes on City of Alamogordo holidays and whenever sustained winds reach 30 mph. Call 575-439-4109 before driving out on a windy day.
Household garbage, furniture, appliances, yard waste, scrap metal, used motor oil, antifreeze, cell phones, household, tool, and vehicle batteries, electronics, ink cartridges, and approved construction debris. Mulch is free while supplies last. Fees follow the Collection Center fee schedule, and it is a self-haul site with no pickup service.
Remove the lid, dry the paint completely with dirt or cat litter, then bring it to the Collection Center at 224 Lavelle Road. The center refuses liquid paint, and paint never goes in your garbage can.
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