“Keep New Mexico Beautiful Awards Steel Can Recycling Grant”

Lincoln County has made the Keep New Mexico Beautiful [KNMB] grant program ‘Winners Circle’ again. Late last week, KNMB announced award of an $800 grant to underwrite the Greentree Solid Waste Authority [GSWA] new Steel Can Recycling Program. The award will purchase the first of many three cubic yard blue recycling collection dumpster for steel cans, also known years ago as ‘tin can’ . The award is the fourth consecutive grant in support of Authority recycling efforts for County residents. The project is expected to steadily increase the amount of clean steel can recycling in the region.

Steel can recycling has been a Lincoln County resident option for the past several years. Clean steel cans may be recycled with labels, but cleaned out with a light rinse.

Cans can be deposited in blue recycling containers throughout the County and Ruidoso.

Keep New Mexico Beautiful has worked for more than 40 years with communities and organizations around New Mexico to improve their surroundings and promote civic pride. KNMB grants may be used for "hands on" projects, trash cleanup, creation/expansion of recycling facilities, and provision of trash receptacles. Each year Keep New Mexico Beautiful awards grants to exemplary schools, villages, municipalities, chambers of commerce, organizations, and government agencies. Grants are made for solid waste management and litter control activities; native landscaping and beautification activities; and educational activities. Funded projects promote the mission of KNMB by being good community stewards in environmental projects of recycling, litter control, water conservation and beautification.

For more information on steel can recycling, the Solid Waste Authority office at 378-4697, extension 13, or toll free at 1-877-548-8772 or via email at gswa@greentreeswa.org. General recycling information is available on the Authority website at www.greentreeswa.org.