Pick It Up – Toss No Más 2026 Back To School August Community Cleanup on Saturday, August 15th from 9 am-12 pm at Gila Community Foundation parking lot
As a new school year begins in Silver City, we want every child to feel proud to call this community home. The next generation deserves fond childhood memories of growing up in a town with safe, beautiful outdoor spaces and neighbors who care, not memories of trash scattered across parks, sidewalks, roads, and streams. Litter isn't just an eyesore. Broken glass and sharp metal or plastic can cause serious injuries, rusty debris harbors tetanus-causing bacteria, piles of trash attract pests, and discarded containers, cigarette butts, and batteries can leach harmful chemicals into our soil and waterways. Our kids deserve a clean, safe, and healthy place to live, learn, and play. That's why volunteers will focus on cleaning areas around schools, parks, sidewalks, roads, trails, and other shared community spaces during the next Silver City community litter cleanup on Saturday, August 15th.
Clean-up volunteers should meet at the Gila Community Foundation parking lot at 1106 North Pope Street, from 9 am to noon on Saturday, August 15th to grab supplies: trash bags, gloves, trash pickers, and refreshments. Volunteers will then return to the parking lot to drop off all litter and debris between 11am and noon. Many volunteers enjoy working with a small group, so consider bringing a friend, family member, or team member!
Volunteers should bring a water bottle and wear closed-toe shoes, a sun hat, and sunscreen. Children 17 and under must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Families with younger children are encouraged to clean up litter in their neighborhood, local parks or waterways as children under 12 are not permitted on state highways for the cleanup.
Thank you to our partners at the New Mexico Department of Transportation for supporting state-wide cleanup events and for hauling litter collected at Pick It Up–Toss No Más events to the landfill.
Check out the Pick It Up-Toss No Más website www.silvercitytossnomas.org to sign up to volunteer and to learn about litter prevention opportunities, the business pledge program, Adopt-A-Roadway or Waterway program, and solid waste disposal and recycling resources.
Volunteers are the foundation of the Pick It Up – Toss No Más program. Since October 2021, over 1,206 volunteers have picked up over 36,032 pounds of trash, debris, and recyclables from Highways 180 and 90, Silver City neighborhoods, Big Ditch Park, San Vicente Creek, Pinos Altos Creek, and other urban riparian areas.
Thank you to each and every one of our volunteers, organizations, and partners who do all this work! We are incredibly thankful for the amazing monthly turnouts and support in our collective effort to keep Silver City clean and beautiful.
Monthly Pick It Up - Toss No Más clean-up events are held the third Saturday of every month. Community members can also adopt a roadway or waterway to take care of and clean up throughout the year. On top of that, Pick It Up - Toss No Más can provide guidance for those who would like to put on their own clean up event, helping to supply the trash pickers, trash bags and gloves for your event.
Pick It Up - Toss No Más community cleanup events are sponsored by the Town of Silver City, New Mexico Clean and Beautiful, Silver City Watershed Keepers, Silver City Recycles, Silver City MainStreet, SWNMACT, Southwest Solid Waste Authority, Silver City-Grant County Chamber of Commerce, and New Mexico Department of Transportation's Que Linda Program.
More information for the event can be found at silvercitytossnomas.org or contact Alesia Hallmark at 575-538-8078 or via email at
