{"id":85,"date":"2011-09-10T14:05:42","date_gmt":"2011-09-10T14:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sfswma.org\/?page_id=85"},"modified":"2021-11-16T18:21:06","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T18:21:06","slug":"green-waste","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sfswma.org\/?page_id=85","title":{"rendered":"Green Waste"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Every yard and garden has it, so why not turn it into something valuable?\u00a0 Instead of tossing green waste out with your garbage, consider these options.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>By mulching or composting your green waste you are helping to conserve landfill space and water \u2013 all while saving money on disposal fees.\u00a0 Large amounts of green waste is banned from the landfill.<\/p>\n<p>Green Waste includes cuttings and trimmings from trees, shrubs, flowering plants, or lawn and similar materials.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Horse manure is accepted as green waste<\/span> at <a title=\"Buckman Recycling Center\" href=\"http:\/\/sfswma.org\/about-us\/burrt\/\">BuRRT<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Green Waste DOES NOT include:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li>Weeds<\/li>\n<li>Cholla Cactus<\/li>\n<li>Sod<\/li>\n<li>Root Balls<\/li>\n<li>Tree Stumps<\/li>\n<li>Tree Trunks Greater than 18 inches in diameter<\/li>\n<li>Pet Waste<\/li>\n<li>Rocks<\/li>\n<li>Dirt\/Soil (clean or contaminated)<\/li>\n<li>Household Waste<\/li>\n<li>Litter<\/li>\n<li>Plastic Bags<\/li>\n<li>Metal<\/li>\n<li>Plastic<\/li>\n<li>Paper<\/li>\n<li>Pallets &#8211; <em>Pallets usually have nails and are treated, which is not desired for landscape applications.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Palm fronds &#8211; <em>The fibers in a palm frond are too difficult to mulch or compost.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Lumber or any type of treated wood &#8211; <em>This includes plywood, sheet rock, and chipboard<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Construction and Demolition<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>MUST remove Green Waste from bags or containers at the time of unloading<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">2013 Total MSW Generation (by Material)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0254 Million Tons (before recycling)\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.epa.gov\/epawaste\/nonhaz\/municipal\/web\/html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/archive.epa.gov\/epawaste\/nonhaz\/municipal\/web\/html\/ noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7222 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sfswma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/EPA-Total-MSW-Generation-2013-300x261.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sfswma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/EPA-Total-MSW-Generation-2013-300x261.png 300w, https:\/\/sfswma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/EPA-Total-MSW-Generation-2013-768x668.png 768w, https:\/\/sfswma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/EPA-Total-MSW-Generation-2013.png 895w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.epa.gov\/epawaste\/nonhaz\/municipal\/web\/html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EPA\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2 class=\"microsite-name\"><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Composting and Gardening Resources in Santa Fe<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/recycle\/composting-home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EPA &#8211; Composting Resources<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"pane-content\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cwmi.css.cornell.edu\/smallscale.htm\">Cornell Waste Management Institute&#8217;s Small Scale Composting<\/a><a class=\"exit-disclaimer\" title=\"EPA's External Link Disclaimer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/home\/exit-epa\">EXIT<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.findacomposter.com\/\">Find a Composter<\/a><a class=\"exit-disclaimer\" title=\"EPA's External Link Disclaimer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/home\/exit-epa\">EXIT<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nrcs.usda.gov\/wps\/portal\/nrcs\/detail\/national\/newsroom\/features\/?&amp;cid=nrcs143_023537\">U.S. Department of Agriculture Backyard Composting Tip Sheet<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>New Mexico Environment Department (NMED)<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/swb\/compostingmulch.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Organic Recycling and Reuse<\/a><\/li>\n<li>NMRC and SWB Compost and Mulch Uses in New Mexico\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/swb\/documents\/LocalUseofCompostandMulch.pdf\">Local Use of Compost and Mulch Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li>Composting Redworm Educational Guide\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.composttea.org\/\">Compost Tea Industry Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/aces.nmsu.edu\/pubs\/_h\/\">NMSU Extension Office <\/a>(Composting-related articles)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ciwmb.ca.gov\/Organics\/\">California Organic Materials Management<\/a> (Farming, landscaping, gardening, food scraps and conversion technologies)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">NMORO &#8211; NM Organics Recycling Organization<\/span> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.recyclenewmexico.com\/nmoro.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Resources<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.recyclenewmexico.com\/nmoro.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NMORO Organics Recycling Task Force<\/a><br \/>\nNMORO offers organics recycling expertise to help reach our state\u2019s goal of increased diversion. It has also launched an Organics Recycling Task Force, which meets to discuss issues and develop resources.<\/h3>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Composting Council<\/span> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.compostfoundation.org\/toolkits-resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toolkits\/Resources and Organics Collection Programs<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Santa Fe Garden Club &#8211;\u00a0 <a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"https:\/\/santafegardenclub.org\/gardening-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Resources<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Santa Fe Master Gardener Association<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Once a month on Saturdays in 2018\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sfmga.org\/wp2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Capture.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hands-on Clinics<\/a> will teach proper techniques for building a thermal pile, turning, finishing, and screening compost, in addition to straw bale worm composting techniques (vermicomposting). <em>Bring hats, gloves, sturdy shoes, water, and a pitch fork if you have one.\u00a0<\/em><strong>All clinics held at the Master Gardener Demonstration Gardens<\/strong>, County Fairgrounds, 3229 Rodeo Road, Santa Fe.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Homegrown New Mexico<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>2018 <em>Home Grown New Mexico<\/em> education classes\/workshops\/events in Santa Fe<\/strong>.\u00a0 These classes are also posted on the community calendar in red. Note:\u00a0some of classes have a fee for members. But many classes are free for members or at reduced rates. Non-members pay a fee for most classes. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/homegrownnewmexico.wordpress.com\/2017-classesevents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Classes\/Events<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reunityresources.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reunity Resources<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Reunity Resources is a Northern New Mexico-based 501c3 social enterprise\u00a0with a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reunityresources.com\/services\/zerowaste-consulting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">zero waste<\/a> mission:<\/strong>\u00a0&#8220;it\u2019s our goal to reunite our waste streams with value for our community. <strong><em>We are dedicated to educating about, implementing and promoting zero waste programs.<\/em><\/strong> We facilitate recycling and reuse from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reunityresources.com\/partners-in-sustainability\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Santa Fe area restaurants<\/a>, and we are the only organization of our kind in the nation.\u00a0<strong>Through our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reunityresources.com\/biofuel-collective\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BioFuel Collective<\/a>, we collect used cooking oil from local restaurants, recycle it<\/strong> into ASTM-certified biodiesel and then redistribute clean, renewable fuel to northern New Mexico. <strong>We also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reunityresources.com\/services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">educate about and advocate for closed-loop recycling systems<\/a> and the use of alternative fuels.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reunityresources.com\/commercial-composting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Our compost program<\/strong><\/a> <strong>diverts 1.4 million\u00a0pounds of food waste ANNUALLY from our local landfill<\/strong>\u00a0[&#8230;] and\u00a0creating a valuable resource\u00a0for other farmers and gardeners and participating in the carbon sequestration cycle. <strong>We also partner with Santa Fe Public Schools<\/strong> and we have trained staff and over 8,250\u00a0children at a dozen elementary schools in cafeteria compost separation.&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reunityresources.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a>)<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Santa Fe County<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Edgewood<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/accounts\/NMSANTAFE\/bulletins\/1eea812\">\u201cBasics of Gardening Series\u201d at the Edgewood Senior Center<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Eldorado<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/eldorado285recycles.org\/composting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eldorado Composting<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Compost Purchasing<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.santafenm.gov\/purchase_compost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City of Santa Fe Wastewater Treatment Plant &#8211; Compost<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Around New Mexico<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bernalilloextension.nmsu.edu\/mastercomposter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><small>Bernalillo County Extension \u2013 Master Composter Program\u00a0<\/small><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/docs.nmcomposters.org\/composting-in-the-desert.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Composting in the Desert Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bernalilloextension.nmsu.edu\/mastercomposter\/homemade-bins.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Homemade Compost Bins for the Desert<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every yard and garden has it, so why not turn it into something valuable?\u00a0 Instead of tossing green waste out with your garbage, consider these options. <\/p>\n<p>By mulching or composting &hellip;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sfswma.org\/?page_id=85\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-85","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfswma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfswma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfswma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfswma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfswma.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sfswma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9195,"href":"https:\/\/sfswma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85\/revisions\/9195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfswma.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}