Solid Waste Management is responsible for carrying out
or conducting various municipal solid waste management related
services and support activities. Such services and activities
include monitoring the overall implementation of the region's
Solid Waste Management Plan, assisting the Texas Commission
on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) in implementing and monitoring,
at the regional level, various municipal solid waste management
programs, supporting (where applicable) regional and sub-regional
waste advisory committees, formatting regional strategies
that address various TCEQ priorities, and conducting a variety
of solid waste related information and technical assistance
activities for the region.
One of the purposes of this department is to further the
accomplishment of the waste reduction and recycling goals
of Senate Bill 1349, and Senate Bill 1051, and the TCEQ
rules as they apply to the implementation of composting,
waste reduction, waste diversion, and/or various recycling
projects that are designed to reduced overall the amount
of municipal solid waste disposed of by landfilling.
Solid Waste Management is also responsible to manage and
administer pass-through grant programs for Solid Waste Implementation.
Updates on Recycling at Citizens Collection
Station in Midland
Some changes have happened at the Midland Citizens Collection
Station, and we want you to be aware. Because of nearby
construction, the area to recycle, bring tree limbs and
large items at the Citizens Collection Station has changed
and will remain that way till the new locations are built.
So please follow the instructions from the person at the
checkpoint so traffic will flow easily. Entry and exit may
at times be reduced to one lane. Watch for directions from
the person at the checkpoint again for directions. The upcoming
holidays always create an increase in recycling so let's
be patient and kind when using the Citizens Collection Station.
Then from "the more things change, the more they stay
the same" department - you STILL CAN'T leave your recycled
items in a plastic bag when you recycle. The plastic bags
aren't recyclable, and it slows down or contaminates the
recycling process every time you leave the items in a plastic
bag. Please release from the plastic bag the aluminum cans,
or the plastics bottles, or the paper you have brought,
and take the bag back with you. When you do, you are recycling
right in Midland.
Keep Midland Beautiful thanks you for all the efforts made
to recycle in Midland. You ARE making a difference.
About Keep
Midland Beautiful - Since 1983, Keep Midland Beautiful
has developed grass-roots environmental education and programming
that encourages people in Midland to take care of our community
through cleaning up and preventing litter, reducing waste,
recycling, and creating and maintaining beautiful spaces.
Our mission is to educate and inspire our community to take
action to create a clean, beautiful, and waste-free Midland.
KMB is an affiliate of Keep Texas Beautiful and Keep America
Beautiful.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
(TCEQ) has Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) maps, which include
information about landfills, landfill gas for beneficial use,
monofill landfills, and processing facilities.
Click
here to view the Landfill Maps
