October 2025 Cleanup Event

As we move into the fall harvest season, it’s time to be thankful for all we’ve gained this year and give back to our community. If you have extra time and energy to share, we would love for you to join our volunteer community. We’ll be cleaning up the streets, parks, trails, and neighborhoods of Silver City on the morning of Saturday, October 18th from 9am-noon. And remember, it’s more fun if you bring a friend, colleague, family member, or teammate. See you there! 

Volunteers should meet at the Gila Community Foundation parking lot at 1106 North Pope Street, from 9 am to noon on Saturday, October 20th to grab supplies: trash bags, gloves, trash pickers, and snacks. Volunteers can return to the parking lot to drop off all litter and debris between 11am and noon. We’ll have coffee, donuts, and music for volunteers!

Volunteers should bring a water bottle and wear closed-toe shoes, a sun hat, and sunscreen. Children 17 and under must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Families with younger children are encouraged to clean up litter in their neighborhood, local parks or waterways as children under 12 are not permitted on state highways for the cleanup. 

Thank you to our partners at the New Mexico Department of Transportation for hauling away collected trash to the landfill!

Check out the Pick It Up-Toss No Mas website www.silvercitytossnomas.org to sign up to volunteer and to learn about litter prevention opportunities, the business pledge program, Adopt-A-Roadway or Waterway program, and solid waste disposal and recycling resources. 

Volunteers are the foundation of the Pick It Up – Toss No Mas program. Since October 2021, over 1,044 volunteers have picked up over 32,777 pounds of trash, debris, and recyclables from Highways 180 and 90, Silver City neighborhoods, Big Ditch Park, San Vicente Creek, Pinos Altos Creek, and other urban riparian areas.

Thank you to each and every one of our volunteers, organizations, and partners who do all this work! We are incredibly thankful for the amazing monthly turnouts and support in our collective effort to keep Silver City clean and beautiful.

Monthly Pick It Up – Toss No Mas clean-up events are held the third Saturday of every month. Community members can also adopt a roadway or waterway to take care of and clean up throughout the year. On top of that, Pick It Up – Toss No Mas can provide guidance for those who would like to put on their own clean up event, helping to supply the trash pickers, trash bags and gloves for your event.

Pick It Up – Toss No Mas community cleanup events are sponsored by the Town of Silver City, New Mexico Clean and Beautiful, Silver City Watershed Keepers, Silver City Recycles, Silver City MainStreet, SWNMACT, Southwest Solid Waste Authority, Silver City-Grant County Chamber of Commerce, and New Mexico Department of Transportation’s Que Linda Program.