SEATTLE (Scrap Monster): The City of Rosewell, New Mexico announced that it has launched a new recycling program at the municipal landfill. The pilot program, operated by the Solid Waste Department, is free of charge to all its citizens. It must be noted that residents have been asking the City Council to start running a recycling program for the past several years.

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According to Council press release, the pilot program presently accepts corrugated cardboard, grade 1 and 2 plastic bottles, aluminum cans and tin cans. The program is being implemented in partnership with Target, the Roswell Recycling Cente and Greentree Solid Waste Authority in Ruidoso Downs.

The collected cardboard and plastics will be transported to Green Tree in Ruidoso Downs once in a week. The cans will be picked up by Roswell Recycling Cente, for which the city will be paid. The partnership with Target allows residents to use their existing recycling program which accepts variety of items such as batteries, glass, plastic bags, cellphones, ink cartridges, plastic bottles and aluminum cans at its local stores.

The recycling program is expected to keep recyclable items out of landfills, thus resulting in extended life of landfill.