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Keep Rio Rancho Beautiful
(505) 891-5015

Marlene Feuer, Waste Management
(505) 891-6548

KEEP RIO RANCHO BEAUTIFUL, WASTE MANAGEMENT REMIND RESIDENTS: BAG YOUR TRASH

RIO RANCHO, NM, June 25, 2007 - The city's Keep Rio Rancho Beautiful (KRRB) division, and Waste Management of Rio Rancho, remind residents about the importance of bagging trash. To prevent litter in local neighborhoods, the public is urged to bag their trash and tie it closed before placing it inside polycarts (trash receptacles/garbage carts) for pickup.

To promote this citywide effort KRRB staff will be in neighborhoods from June 18 through June 29, 2007 (weekdays only) placing Bag Your Trash reminder stickers on top of all residential polycarts. A majority of this effort will take place on the normal garbage pickup day for area residents.

Placement of stickers will be conducted by staff wearing orange vests and using City of Rio Rancho vehicles, which can be easily identified. Waste Management - trash collection provider for the city and supplier of polycarts to residents - has granted permission for the placement of these reminder stickers.

KRRB is a division of the city's Cultural Enrichment Department.

Waste Management, based in Houston, Texas, is the leading provider of comprehensive waste management services in North America. Its subsidiaries provide collection, transfer, recycling and resource recovery, and disposal services. The company also is a leading developer, operator and owner of waste-to-energy and landfill gas-to-energy facilities in the United States. Its customers include residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers throughout North America. For more information on WM, visit www.wm.com.



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