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Saturday, August 20, 8 am – 12 pm at the Murray Ryan Visitor Center

The anti-litter program Pick It Up - Toss No Mas will hold its next community trash cleanup on Saturday, August 20 from 8 am until noon at the Murray Ryan Visitor Center.

Please note that this month’s cleanup will start at 8 am rather than the usual time of 9 am, and we will meet at the Murray Ryan Visitor Center rather than Gough Park.

Complimentary coffee and breakfast burritos will be provided as well as prizes.

Meet the Pick It Up – Toss No Mas team in the Murray Ryan Visitor Center parking lot at 8 am on Saturday, August 20 and pick up trash bags, gloves, trash pickers and snacks and enjoy burritos and coffee with other volunteers.

Volunteers will spend the morning cleaning up litter at a location of their choice and then return to Gough Park between 11 am and noon to drop off trash and recyclables and record their cleanup results.

The New Mexico Department of Transportation will collect the trash and haul it to the landfill. Recyclables will be collected and recycled with Silver City Recycles.

Volunteers should wear closed-toe shoes and bring a hat, water bottle, and sunscreen. Children 17 and under must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.  Because children under 12 are not permitted on state highways for the cleanup, families with younger children are encouraged to clean up litter in their neighborhood, local parks or waterways.

Volunteers are the foundation of the Pick It Up – Toss No Mas program.

Since October, over 250 volunteers have dedicated 700 volunteer hours to the anti-litter program. Volunteers have picked up 7,455 pounds of trash, debris and recyclables from Highways 180 and 90, Silver City neighborhoods, Big Ditch Park and San Vicente Creek.

Thanks to all of the volunteers who participate in July.

Monthly Pick It Up – Toss No Mas cleanup 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. Alternatively, you can organize your own cleanup, and Pick It Up – Toss No Mas can supply the trash pickers, trash bags and gloves for your event.

Pick It Up – Toss No Mas community cleanup events are partially funded by a grant from New Mexico Clean and Beautiful and are sponsored by the Town of Silver City, Silver City Watershed Keepers, Silver City Recycles, Silver City MainStreet, SWNMACT, Southwest Solid Waste Authority, and New Mexico Department of Transportation’s Toss No Mas Program.

More information for the event can be found at silvercitywatershedkeepers.org or contact the Silver City Watershed Keepers at 575-538-8078 or via email at pickituptossnomas@gmail.com