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Recycling centers in Las Cruces, New Mexico
11 facilities with contact info, hours, pricing, and accepted materials. Compare them and find the closest drop-off.
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4925 Eason Ln Las Cruces NM 88011 USA
County convenience collection center in Las Cruces for household trash and common recyclables. Proof of residency and fees may apply.
City Of Las Cruces Yard Waste & Green Waste
555 Sonoma Ranch Blvd Las Cruces NM 88011 USA
A City of Las Cruces Utilities facility for dropping off yard waste, green waste, and clean fill. Yard waste can be brought to the Sonoma Ranch Recycling Drop Off Center at 555 S. Sonoma Ranch Blvd, or set out in clear bags for Green Grappler curbside pickup; clean fill such as concrete, asphalt, bricks, rocks, and dirt is accepted at the Old Foothills Landfill. Drop-off is free for Las Cruces and Dona Ana County residents, with commercial customers paying a per-ton rate. The yard waste is recycled into composted mulch that is available free to residents.
Services: Free yard waste and clean fill drop-off for residents · Green Grappler curbside yard waste pickup · Free composted mulch for residents · Commercial disposal by the ton (cash or check, or billed account)
Accepts: Yard waste / green waste, Tree branches (under 5 ft long, under 5 in diameter), Palm trees and yucca plants (cut to 2-foot lengths), Clean fill: concrete, Clean fill: asphalt, Clean fill: bricks, Clean fill: rocks, Clean fill: dirt
What yard waste and clean fill materials are accepted?
Green/yard waste is accepted, with branches no longer than 5 feet and under 5 inches in diameter, and palm trees and yucca cut to 2-foot lengths. Clean fill accepted includes concrete, asphalt, bricks, rocks, and dirt. Clean fill and yard waste cannot be mixed, and loads must be free of trash and other contaminants.
Is there a fee to drop off?
Drop-off is free for Las Cruces and Dona Ana County residents. Commercial customers pay the current per-ton rate and must pay by cash or check at the time of transaction, or set up an approved billing account.
Community Collection Center
Las Cruces NM 88012 USA
Municipal collection center offering drop-off for recyclables, trash, and select special wastes. Verify fees, ID requirements, and accepted items list.
Las Cruces Recycling Inc.
1961 Copper Loop Las Cruces NM 88005 USA
Local recycling facility in Las Cruces accepting common materials; call ahead for accepted items, hours, and any fees.
Luchini's Truck and Auto Salvage
3621 W Picacho Ave
Luchini's Truck and Auto Salvage is a used parts yard on West Picacho Avenue in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The business supplies quality used truck and auto components to the southern New Mexico market with online inventory search, image lookup, and multi-part search tools.
Services: Used truck and auto parts sales · Online inventory search · Image and multi-part search · Counter and phone sales
Accepts: Used auto parts, Used truck parts
Where is Luchini's Truck and Auto Salvage?
Luchini's is at 3621 W Picacho Ave, Las Cruces, NM 88007.
What are Luchini's hours?
Luchini's Truck and Auto Salvage is open Monday through Friday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
Recycling Services
2180 W Hadley Ave Las Cruces NM 88007 USA
Local provider offering recycling collection and drop-off for common materials. Contact for accepted items, fees, and schedules in Las Cruces.
West Side Recycling
8125 Bataan Mem W Las Cruces NM 88012 USA
Local scrap metal buyer accepting ferrous and non-ferrous metals. Competitive pricing; confirm accepted items and drop-off hours.
Materials Accepted in Las Cruces
Based on the listings above, materials commonly handled in Las Cruces include Glass, Electronics, Cardboard, Plastics #1&2, Appliances. Browse the guides below for preparation tips, scrap values, and what's recyclable.
Recycling in Las Cruces, New Mexico
Las Cruces sits in the Chihuahuan Desert, and its recycling program runs through the South Central Solid Waste Authority (SCSWA), a joint city-county agency headquartered at 2865 W. Amador Ave. City residents get a 96-gallon blue cart picked up curbside every other week, while glass, electronics, and household hazardous waste all have to go to a drop-off site instead of the bin. New Mexico has never passed a bottle-deposit law, so there is no cash-back incentive here: recycling in Las Cruces is entirely a curbside-cart-plus-drop-off system.
Frequently Asked Questions
What can go in the blue curbside recycling bin in Las Cruces?
SCSWA asks residents to stick to what it calls the FAB 5: corrugated cardboard, plastic bottles numbered 1 and 2, copier or printer paper, and aluminum, steel, and tin cans. Mixed paper, junk mail, magazines, phone books, softcover and hardcover books, chipboard (cereal and shoe boxes), and rigid plastics 3 through 7 are accepted but listed as least preferred. Shredded paper has to be bagged in a clear bag, not a colored one, or it gets tossed.
Does Las Cruces recycle glass curbside?
No. Glass bottles and jars cannot go in the blue cart at all. SCSWA runs yellow glass-recycling trailers at drop-off locations around the city, sorted by color (clear, green, brown/amber, and blue), and the glass must be clean, dry, and free of lids. Broken glass is not accepted anywhere in the program because it is a safety hazard for sorters.
Where do I take household hazardous waste and old electronics in Las Cruces?
Both go to the SCSWA Recycling Center at 2855 W. Amador Ave, free for residential drop-off (not for businesses). Accepted HHW includes automotive and rechargeable batteries, cleaners, cooking oil, pesticides, motor oil, and paint, but not alkaline batteries, CFL bulbs, or Styrofoam. Electronics like computers, printers, and TVs are accepted too, though TVs and CRTs are capped at three per household per day and carry a minimum processing fee.
How does bulky-item pickup work in Las Cruces?
The city runs a monthly Grappler service for residential customers, a truck that picks up large items too big for your regular trash cart on your normal service day. Items that don't fit Grappler guidelines, like certain construction debris or hazardous materials, need a separate arrangement through Utilities Customer Service at 575-541-2111.
Does New Mexico have a bottle deposit, and can I still make money recycling scrap in Las Cruces?
New Mexico has never enacted a bottle-deposit law, unlike the ten states that run deposit-refund systems, so there's no per-can or per-bottle payout at grocery stores. Scrap metal recycling is a separate track: SCSWA's Recycling Center and its county collection centers accept scrap metal and white goods like refrigerators and freezers, and area scrap yards buy metal by weight.
Las Cruces Recycling Tips
- •Keep only FAB 5 items in the blue cart (cardboard, No. 1/2 plastic bottles, printer paper, and metal cans) since anything else risks contaminating the load that gets hauled to the Amador Transfer Station and on to the BARCO facility in El Paso.
- •Rinse and dry glass bottles and jars at home, then drop them at one of the yellow glass-recycling trailers instead of the curbside bin; broken glass should go in the trash, never the recycling stream.
- •Bag shredded paper in a clear bag before it goes in the cart. SCSWA has said bagged shredded paper in shopping bags or colored bags gets discarded rather than recycled.
- •If you live outside city limits, use one of SCSWA's eight county collection centers for trash, recyclables, e-waste, and scrap metal drop-off, since curbside pickup only covers Las Cruces city limits.
- •Because Las Cruces sits in the Chihuahuan Desert with long dry, windy stretches, keep loose paper and light plastics weighted down or bagged in your cart so wind doesn't scatter recyclables before collection day.
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