Roll your Las Cruces cart to the curb the night before or by 6 a.m. on service day, and remove it by 7 p.m. the same day. Place it at least five feet from any obstruction, wheels and handles facing away from the street, off the sidewalk.
Las Cruces uses automated one-person trucks, so cart placement is exact. Set the container on the curb or edge of the street, never on the sidewalk, with the handles and wheels pointing away from the street. Keep it at least five feet from anything that would block the truck arm, including light poles, mailboxes, parked vehicles, street signs, trees, and other containers; space multiple carts five feet apart. All garbage must be bagged and tied, and lids must close, because overfilled containers will not be serviced. Nothing may be piled around the container. Carts go out no earlier than the night before and must be removed by 7 p.m. on collection day.
Overfilled carts, lids that will not close, containers blocked or closer than five feet to an obstruction, or wheels facing the street are all left unserviced. Leaving carts out past 7 p.m. invites a code-enforcement notice.
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