Saturday, November 15th from 9 am – 12 pm at Gila Community Foundation parking lot
Silver City Pick It Up - Toss No Más will be hosting our final cleanup of 2025 on Saturday November 15th and we're honoring the work of our program's founder, Mayor Ken Ladner. Since 2018, Mayor Ladner has been a steadfast champion for litter prevention and keeping Silver City clean and beautiful. Not only is he one of our most dedicated volunteers, participating in nearly every monthly community cleanup, but he has also led efforts to encourage business owners to pledge their commitment to keeping their properties free of litter and recruited local organizations to participate in the program.
Help us honor Mayor Ladner for his years of dedicated service to Pick It Up-Toss No Mas. Join us at 9 am on Saturday, November 15 at the Gila Community Foundation parking lot to thank the Mayor, enjoy coffee and a special treat, and get to know your fellow volunteers!
After the celebratory gathering, volunteers can grab supplies: trash bags, gloves, trash pickers, and snacks. Volunteers can return to the parking lot to drop off all litter and debris between 11am and noon.
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 hauling away collected trash to the landfill!
Check out the 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 1,050 volunteers have picked up over 32,952 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 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. On top of that, Pick It Up – Toss No Mas 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 Mas 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
