State/interstate solid waste planning grants : progress abstracts, January 1969 / Compiled by Daniel D. Swavely and Lee F. Hultgren.
- United States. Bureau of Solid Waste Management
- Date:
- 1969
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: State/interstate solid waste planning grants : progress abstracts, January 1969 / Compiled by Daniel D. Swavely and Lee F. Hultgren. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![NEW MEXICO The New Mexico Health and Social Services Department received a three-year Solid Waste Disposal Planning Grant on October 1, 1967. Personnel. The staff of the New Mexico solid waste activity in- cludes the work of two full-time professional employees, a public health engineer, and a sanitarian. In addition, the staff includes the part-time work of 46 field sanitarians, the Chief of the General Sanitation Section, and the Division Director of the Environmental Services Division. Solid Waste Survey. The State solid waste survey has been com- pleted using the Public Health Service forms. The survey covered al] communities, counties, land disposal sites, and facilities in the State. Surveys for agricultural and recreational solid waste disposal practices have been initiated. A weighing program for four selected New Mexico communities is also well under way. Each selected city will be weighing over a one-year period so that per capita weights can be determined. Solid Waste Legislation and Regulations. All New Mexico State laws pertaining to solid waste disposal have been reviewed, and a copy of these laws was placed in the New Mexico solid waste program files. Further, a book of recommended solid waste disposal standards has been developed and distributed to all cities, health officers, and sanitarians working in the State.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b32170919_0060.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
