A tire cutter provided through the New Mexico Environment Department RAID Grant. Courtesy/NMED
A wheel crusher provided through the New Mexico Environment Department RAID Grant. Courtesy/NMED
Courtesy/NMED
NMED News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) announced the latest recipients of Recycling and Illegal Dumping (RAID) grants for fiscal year (FY) 2024.
Communities, counties, solid waste authorities and pueblos around the state – many in rural areas – will share in the $751,489 in grant funding. The funds will help clean up illegal dumpsites, establishing illegal dump prevention education, offsetting the cost of scrap tire collection and recycling, providing educational outreach on recycling, reusing scrap tires, using used oil as a heating source, and implementing or expanding recycling programs.
“This grant allows Bernalillo County to follow through on a nuisance abatement project that was recently approved by the Board of County Commissioners. Successful completion of this project will return the land to a more natural state and will generate additional content for the ongoing awareness campaign the county is engaged in,” said Bernalillo County Planning and Development Services Director Nick Hamm. “We hope to encourage better practices around scrap tire disposal and to protect a healthy environment.”
“The Pueblo of Pojoaque has been given the opportunity to implement a recycling program that will benefit the community by providing recycling services at events hosted by our businesses. Having an active recycling point in our community shows that our community cares about the environment,” said Pueblo of Pojoaque Environment Department Director Adam L. Duran. “The State of New Mexico RAID Grant Program has made this possible.”
Funding has been awarded to:
- Pueblo of San Felipe
- Bernalillo County
- Roosevelt County
- Town of Taos
- City of Clovis
- South Central Solid Waste Authority
- Taos County
- Village of Jemez Springs
- Village of Roy
- San Juan County
- Village of Eagle Nest
- Pueblo of Pojoaque
- Estancia Valley Solid Waste Authority
The grant funding is made possible through a special revenue fund derived from a fee on motor vehicle registrations. Approximately $800,000 is available through the fund annually. Between 2006 and 2023, NMED awarded 364 RAID grants to communities totaling more than $11.9 million.
The application period for the grant program opens in February of each year. Grant recipients are selected by the 12-member RAID Alliance appointed by the Environment Department Cabinet Secretary. The grant program is managed by the Solid Waste Bureau within the New Mexico Environment Department.
More information on the RAID program is available here.
A full list of 2024 recipients and project details are listed below:
