Waste Management Opens New Hobbs Recycling Facility

First 500 residents to use facility receive free recycled products

HOBBS, New Mexico, Dec. 17, 2007 - Waste Management of New Mexico announced today the Dec. 18, 2007 opening of the Hobbs Recycling Facility on Marland Street in the city of Hobbs. The new facility will provide the residents of Hobbs and Lea County free disposal of recyclable items. Waste Management will give away recycled products to the first 500 residents who use the facility.

The new facility, at 3000 E. Marland Street, will accept recyclable items such as cardboard, newspaper, aluminum, steel, tin and plastics, numbered one and two, such as soda bottles, milk jugs and water bottles. Until now, if residents wanted to dispose of these items they had to throw them in the trash.

The hours of operation for the Hobbs Recycling Facility are:

  • Tuesday through Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.;
  • Wednesday 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.;
  • Sunday 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
"We at Waste Management are committed to helping keep the communities we serve clean through innovative recycling programs," said Calvin Ivy, general manager for Waste Management of New Mexico. "The success of recycling depends the participation of the community and we are proud to open this new facility and help the people of Hobbs do their part."

Ivy added that Waste Management currently manages more than 8 million tons of recyclables a day in North America and plans to triple that amount by 2020.

The give-aways Waste Management will provide to the first 500 residents who bring in their recycling include things such as frisbees, yoyos and pencils, all made from recycled materials.

By participating, the people of Hobbs and Lea County will help reduce the amount of trash that is disposed in landfills, encourage the usage of materials made from recycled products and continue the recycling circle.

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.