New Mexico § 74-9-2 Purposes

New Mexico Statutes

§ 74-9-2 — Purposes

New Mexico § 74-9-2

Ch. 74Environmental Improvement

Art. 9Solid Waste Act

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N.M. Stat. Ann. § 74-9-2 (2026).

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The purposes of the Solid Waste Act are to: A. authorize and direct the establishment of a comprehensive solid waste management program; B. provide technical, financial and program development assistance to counties and municipalities for solid waste management; C. enhance the beauty and quality of the environment; conserve, recover and recycle resources; and protect the public health, safety and welfare; D. plan for and regulate, in the most economically feasible, cost-effective and environmentally safe manner, the reduction, storage, collection, transportation, separation, processing, recycling and disposal of solid waste; E. provide the opportunity and incentive for counties and municipalities to plan adequately and provide for cost-effective and environmentally safe solid waste managem

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The purposes of the Solid Waste Act are to: A. authorize and direct the establishment of a comprehensive solid waste management program; B. provide technical, financial and program development assistance to counties and municipalities for solid waste management; C. enhance the beauty and quality of the environment; conserve, recover and recycle resources; and protect the public health, safety and welfare; D. plan for and regulate, in the most economically feasible, cost-effective and environmentally safe manner, the reduction, storage, collection, transportation, separation, processing, recycling and disposal of solid waste; E. provide the opportunity and incentive for counties and municipalities to plan adequately and provide for cost-effective and environmentally safe solid waste management at the local level; F. require issuance of permits for the construction, operation and, if applicable, closure and postclosure maintenance of solid waste facilities; G. promote source reduction, recycling, reuse, treatment and transformation of solid waste as viable alternatives to disposal of those wastes by landfill disposal methods; and H. require the state and its agencies, instrumentalities and political subdivisions to develop procurement policies that aid and promote the development of recycling recyclable materials.