What's Your Footprint? Ecological Footprint


Do you have a sugestion for recycling and reusing?
E-mail us at scc@zianet.com


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The City of Truth or Consequences recycles
  • corrugated cardboard and newspaper (leave in green dumpsters around town)
  • large appliances and tree limbs (leave beside tan colored dumpsters)
Tree limbs are made into wood chips that are available for people to take from the open field between the Fair Barn and the corner of Sunset St.  If you have questions call the City's Utility Office at 575-894-6671.
Paper
Recycle Paper
Green Acre (504 South Pershing), future venue for green building workshops and cultural events in T or C is making and building with paper-crete. Right now it is NEWSPAPER ONLY. If magazines and paper of all kinds of paper are used again in the future, they will let us know. You may drop by with a little or a lot, whatever you got. Leave it on the property, near the incoming driveway is fine. For more about Green Acre & Paper-Crete: Wendy Tremayne: Green Acre or Mikey Sklar: Electric Clothing
Egg Cartons
egg cartons
It seems that everyone who sells fresh eggs will take the carton back for re-use.
Two places in T or C are:

H & O Tire and Feed, 908 Date Street, Truth or Consequences
Little Sprout, 400 Broadway, Truth or Consequences

Email us at calendar@sierracounty.net if you know of others.


Paint
Paint


Truth or Consequences Community Theatre repaints sets for many productions using donated, left-over paint.

If you have paint that is usable, contact Linda at 575- 894-9138


Recycle Motor Oil
 Whitehead Automotive, 901 Date Street, T or C. Bring up to 10 gallons of used, uncontaminated motor oil and pour it into their recycle tanks. If you have over 10 gallons call 575-894-0557 and they will arrange for the oil to be picked up by the recycler who charges a fee.


Cell Phones
Printer Cartridges


 Not only do you get to recycle, you are helping to fund CASA in Sierra County.
  • Recycling collection points:
  • Milagro
  • Radio Shack
  • Smith’s Office Supply
  • Area post offices
  • Hot Springs High School Office
  • County Office building at 100 North Date Street.
Reduce junk mail
by 75 percent!		      Write to:
     Mail Preference Service
     c/o Direct Marketing Association
     P.O. Box 9008
     Farmingdale, NY, 11735-9008.

     and request that your name and address be removed from mailing lists.
Freecycle Freecycle Truth or Consequences is open to any individuals, businesses, or groups who want to recycle items that are no longer useful to them rather than send it to overcrowded dumps. Post your item to the Freecycle Truth or Consequences group to give away. Please keep it FREE, LEGAL APPROPRIATE FOR ALL AGES and PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!

PRECYCLE
 One of the best ways to save on trash is to plan ahead.
  1. Bring reusable bags to the store with you. Cloth or paper will do!

  2. Buy Large Quantities. If you buy products in bulk or in large sizes and quantities, you can put them in smaller containers as you need them and this uses less containers.
  3. Buy products with the least amount of packaging or none at all. Items packed in multiple containers may look nice, but they are a waste!
  4. Buy products packed in recycled packaging. If you have to use a container, it might as well be green. Additionally, you help support green corporations. (Important: make sure you look for the recycled symbol)
  5. Don't buy disposable items (plates cups, pens, diapers, batteries, etc.) They only fill the landfill more.
  6. Purchase economy-sized goods because larger containers mean less packaging and less cost per unit. For example, two 8-oz. cans use 40 percent more steel than one 16-oz. can.
  7. Buy long life and concentrated items (batteries, bulks , etc.) This saves on packaging as well as product.
    8. Don't purchase styrofoam. It contains polystyrene, which is the most difficult material to break down in our landfill and is considered a hazardous waste.