Helping Santa Fe Rethink Their Waste
Recycle
Agendas and Minutes
The Santa Fe Solid Waste Management Agency
operates Caja del Rio Landfill and Buckman Road Recycling & Transfer Station (BuRRT). The Agency works with the City of Santa Fe and Santa Fe County to help Santa Fe rethink their waste and reduce the impact on our environment.

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Hierarchy
BUCKMAN ROAD RECYCLING & TRANSFER STATION (BuRRT)

HOURS:

Monday -Sunday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.

HHW: Fridays and Saturdays: 8:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.

Closed: New Year’s Day, Easter Sunday, Memorial Day, Independence Day/4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day

Methods of payment: cash, check, debit card, credit card (Visa, Mastercard, Discover only).

CAJA DEL RIO LANDFILL
HOURS:

Cash Customers

Monday – Friday: 7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Saturdays: 7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Closed: Sundays, New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day.

Methods of payment: cash, check, debit card, credit card (Visa, Mastercard, Discover only).

Commercial Account Customers

Note: Pre-approved commercial account holders only.

Monday – Friday: 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Saturdays: 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Closed: Sundays, New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day.

The SFSWMA is governed by the Joint Powers Board (JPB).  The JPB has three seats for the City of Santa Fe and three seats for Santa Fe County.  City Councilors and County Commissioners are appointed to fill these seats. 

Generally, the meeting is the third Thursday of every month at the Santa Fe County Courthouse, 102 Grant Avenue, 2nd floor in the Legal Conference Room at 5 p.m.

For more information call (505) 424-1850.


  Joint Powers Board Members

TERM
March 2025 – February 2026

Councilor Lee Garcia, Chair 

Commissioner Adam F. Johnson, Vice Chair

Councilor Michael Garcia

Councilor Amanda Chavez 

Commissioner Camilla Bustamante

Commissioner Lisa Cacari Stone

Commissioner Hank Hughes (Alternate)

                                      Commissioner Justin Greene (Alternate)

 

 

 

 

 

 2026 MEETINGS

MEETING NOTICE AGENDA PACKET MINUTES

January 2026

No Meeting      
February 19, 2026 Notice  Agenda  Packet Minutes 
March 19, 2026 Notice Agenda Packet Minutes
April 16, 2026 Notice Agenda Packet Minutes
May 21, 2026  Notice Agenda Packet Minutes
June 18, 2026 Notice Agenda Packet Minutes 
July  2026 No Meeting      
August 20, 2026 Notice Agenda Packet Minutes
September 17, 2026 Notice Agenda Packet Minutes
October 15, 2026 Notice Agenda Packet Minutes
November 19, 2026 Notice Agenda Packet Minutes
December 2026 No Meeting      

For archived Solid Waste Management Joint Powers Board (SWMA) agendas and minutes, visit the City of Santa Fe Clerk’s Archive, by clicking Here, or Contact Us and we will be happy to help. See the prior year (2025) below.

 

 2025 MEETINGS

MEETING NOTICE AGENDA PACKET MINUTES

January  

No Meeting      
February 20, 2025 Notice  Agenda  Packet Minutes 
March 20, 2025 Notice  Agenda Packet Minutes
April 17, 2025 Notice Agenda Packet Minutes
May 15, 2025  Notice Agenda Packet Minutes
June 18, 2025 Notice Agenda Packet Minutes 
July 2025 No Meeting      
August 21, 2025 Notice Agenda Packet Minutes
September 11, 2025 Notice of Cancellation       
October 16, 2025 Notice Agenda Packet Minutes
November 20, 2025 Notice Agenda Packet Minutes
December 2025 No Meeting