Does the start of spring put you in spring-cleaning mode? It's time to get your spring cleaning on and properly dispose of large items that can’t be fixed or restored or are found littered in our community. Let’s put trash where it belongs! 

Join us for our upcoming 'Spring Cleaning' Community Cleanup on Saturday, March 18 from 9 am - 12 pm at the Gough Park parking lot.

In partnership with Copper Country Dumpsters, we’ll provide free collection and disposal of large items, such as appliances, mattresses, and tires. Bring your large waste items to the Gough Park parking lot from 9 am - 12 pm for collection. 

Please note that household hazardous waste, liquids, and construction waste will not be accepted.

At the same time, we’ll be organizing volunteers to get out into the community and pick up litter.

Meet the Pick It Up – Toss No Mas team in the Gough Park parking lot and grab supplies, including trash bags, gloves, trash pickers, snacks, and free t-shirts. Return to Gough Park parking lot between 11 am and noon to drop off collected trash and recyclables and record your cleanup results that will qualify you for prizes.  

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 neighborhoods, local parks, or waterways.

Can’t make it to the Spring Cleaning event and have large items to dispose of? If you are already an account holder with the Southwest Solid Waste Authority, you are allowed up to 1 ton of waste disposal per month at the main landfill located at 318 S. Ridge Road and open Monday through Friday from 8 am to 4 pm and Saturday 8 am to 3pm. 

Check out the new Pick It Up-Toss No Mas 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 Mas program. Since October 2021, over 450 volunteers have collected 11,432 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, organizations, and partners who attended our Cleanup in February and collected a whopping 1,894 pounds of trash and debris! 

Monthly Pick It Up – Toss No Mas 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. 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, Silver City-Grant County Chamber of Commerce, and New Mexico Department of Transportation’s Toss No Mas Program.

More information for the event can be found at silvercitytossnomas.org or contact Candice Baca, Program Coordinator at 575-538-8078 or via email at pickituptossnomas@gmail.com.