N.M. Stat. § 74-9-2 : — ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTSOLID WASTE ACT —9-2 - Purposes

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.

NMS § 74-9-2

Laws 1990, ch. 99, § 2.
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