Disposal of Hazardous and other

Materials in Taos County

Substance Where Dispose of Phone Contact

Cardboard, aluminum, glass	Village of Taos Ski Valley 38 Ocean Blvd., Taos Ski Valley, NM	776-8220	Ray Keen
Take everything except: refrigerators with compressors, asbestos, oil, batteries, fresh paint	Taos Regional Landfill 24670 US 62 Taos, NM	751-3577	Robert Ross
Aluminum (clip & cast), alternators, brass, bronze, copper, die cast, lead, radiators, auto batteries, transmissions	Aguirre Recycling & Used Auto Parts 540 Camino del Medio Taos, NM	758-8004	None
Auto oil, transmission fluid, hydraulic oil, auto batteries *no antifreeze	Checker Auto Parts 1336 Paseo del Pueblo Sur Taos, NM	758-4616	None
Auto batteries	Auto Zone 525 Paseo de Pueblo Sur Taos, NM	737-5400	None
Anything for resale except: refrigerators and clothes	Habitat for Humanity Restore Hwy 522, Taos, NM	776-2165	None
For recycling: textile, used clothing, fabric * no synthetics	Wholly Rags 112 Alexander St. B4, Taos, NM	751-9862	Melissa Larson

Cardboard, aluminum, tin, glass, white copy paper, newspaper

Taos Recycling Center *

201 Bertha St.

Taos, NM

758-9679

Barry Gober

Materials Accepted at the Town of Taos

Recycling Center

Disposal Site: Accepted Material: Unaccepted Material:

Newspaper Bins	Old newspapers, stapled magazines, catalogues, mixed paper, junk mail	Phone books, plastic bags, trash, brown paper bags, egg cartons, cereal boxes, cracker boxes, glass, tin
Cardboard Bins	Old corrugated cardboard, brown paper bags	Waxed cardboard, six pack container, cereal boxes, egg cartons, purple vegetable dividers, newspaper, glass, tin, foam, plastic, plastic bags
Glass Bay	Any color glass, ceramics, tile, glass plates, clean porcelain toilets, sinks	Tin cans, aluminum, newspaper, cardboard, plastic bottles, plastic bags
Tin Can Bay	Any type of tin can	Aluminum cans, spray paint cans & one-gallon paint cans MUST BE EMPTY, plastic bottles
Aluminum Bay	Aluminum CANS only	Aluminum, newspaper, cardboard, plastic bottles, brown paper bags
Recycling Center	Computers, printers, phones, radios	NO TV’s
White Paper Bins (inside garage)	Sorted white paper ONLY	Colored paper, notebook paper, newspaper, junk mail