City of Farmington
Residential Curbside and Drop Off Recycling


Be an Environmental Hero!

To order your Recycling Bin call 327-6284

 


RECYCLING DROP OFF -- The Farmington Recycling Facility is located at 400 S. Orchard, 505-325-8230. Hours of operation are 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Tuesday thru Friday and 8:00 am – 3:00 pm on Saturday. The facility is closed on Sunday and Monday"

Trash Talk and Vitals 

How much trash does each of us generate?

  • In a lifetime we throw away 600 times our adult weight in garbage, leaving a legacy of 90,000 pounds of trash for our children
  • We throw away enough paper annually to build a wall 12 feet high, stretching from Los Angeles to New York
  • We throw away enough aluminum every three months to rebuild our entire commercial air fleet

How many resources can recycling save?
Recycling just one ton of paper saves.....

  • 17 Trees
  • 6,953 gallons of water
  • 463 gallons of oil
  • 587 pounds of air pollution
  • 3.06 cubic yards of landfill space
  • 4,077 kilowatt hours of energy

What does recycling do for the environment?

  • Conserves our valuable natural resources
  • Saves energy
  • Saves clean air and water
  • Saves landfill space

Farmington Facts:

  • We generated 214,000 tons of trash in 2007 and the existing Recycling Center processed 1,530 tons in 2007
  • We have a recycling rate of less and 1%
  • The average rate for the State of New Mexico is 10%