The Santa Fe New Mexican, April 23, 2013

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THE SELF-SUFFICIENT CITY

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Kicking old waste habits Experts say changing residents’ attitudes toward recycling is key to boosting rate

Man, 37, has been operating as a “mobile dentist” out of a sedan for more than five years, according to cops.

Police arrest ‘mobile dentist’

Man charged with practicing dentistry without a license By Nico Roesler The New Mexican

Shawn Grier, a resident of the Zia Vista Condominiums, recycles cardboard at the residential complex on April 11. According to state data from 2011, about 9 percent of waste generated in Santa Fe County is diverted for reuse. In 2002, that figure was 7 percent. LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN

By Julie Ann Grimm The New Mexican

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eeping valuable materials out of the landfill and making the regional recycling program pay for itself are two widely proclaimed goals in Santa Fe, but the community has a long way to go in achieving them. Heralded in 2006 as a potential moneymaker, the joint city/county recycling facility needed an $800,000 subsidy to cover its costs last fiscal year. Meanwhile, just more than 9 percent of the waste generated in the county is diverted for reuse, according to state calculations from 2011, the last calendar year for which complete data is available. The statewide diversion rate is 20 percent, more than double the local rate. Bernalillo County, where the city of Albuquerque is located, has a diversion rate of nearly 30 percent while Los Alamos County claims that 70 percent of its waste is diverted for recycling or reuse. So why isn’t Santa Fe up to par? Connie Pasteris, an environmental specialist at the state Environment Department’s Solid Waste Bureau, said the raw

u Curbside recycling coincides with refuse collection in the city. Pick up a pair of recycling bins at the Environmental Services Division, 1142 Siler Road. u One bin is for glass, a second bin is for cans, plastic and paper. Stack flattened and bundled corrugated cardboard next to the bins. u For more information, call 955-2200.

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Materials collected The most common question that managers at the joint city/county Santa Fe Solid Waste Management Agency hear is about why the Buckman Road Recycling Center and Transfer Station doesn’t accept more kinds of materials. The facility operators say they considered market conditions and volume of available materials when they decided to collect steel and aluminum cans, newspaper, cardboard, glass and plastic bottles marked with a No. 1 or 2. Paper and cardboard produce the most tons of sellable material, followed by plastics, scrap metal and steel cans. Lower-grade plastics that are marked with Nos. 3 through 7 don’t have to end up in the landfill. Whole Foods Market collects those plastics in its stores, and Capital Scrap Metal, 1162 Cooks Lane, also pays a few cents per pound for plastics Nos. 1 through 7 and other goods.

coMinG Up in the series “The Self-Sufficient City” is a six-day series celebrating Earth Week and the environment. Wednesday’s coverage will focus on public transportation in Santa Fe County.

Firm hired to conduct trash study By Phaedra Haywood

The New Mexican

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The city and county of Santa Fe and their joint waste-management agency have hired an Austin,Texas-based consultant firm to study how they handle trash and recommend changes to increase recycling, decrease costs and ensure the financial stability of the programs. The firm is being paid about $407,000 to conduct the assessment and deliver its findings. The city of Santa Fe is paying about half of the cost of the study. Solid Waste Management Agency (SWAMA) and Santa Fe County are paying the rest. The firm, SAIC, is tasked with looking at the flow of solid waste as a whole in the region, but also with examining spe-

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Surviving suspect charged in Boston bombings 19-year-old could face death penalty By Jerry Markon, Sari Horwitz and Jenna Johnson

The Washington Post

Federal prosecutors charged the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings with terrorism on Monday, outlining a chilling plot in which the man and his brother allegedly used low-grade but deadly explosives timed to detonate a block apart.

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As he lay seriously injured in a Boston area hospital, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was charged with using a weapon of mass destruction and malicious destrucDzhokhar tion of property, Tsarnaev counts that could bring him the death penalty. He made his first court appearance in an unusual, nonpublic proceeding in which a federal judge and several

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Hundreds of Boston residents and office workers take part in a moment of silence held at the same time the bombings occurred near the Boston Marathon finish line one week ago. ROBERT F. BUKATY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Editor: Rob Dean, 986-3033, rdean@sfnewmexican.com Design and headlines: Carlos A. López, clopez@sfnewmexican.com

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A man who calls himself “El Dentista” is in jail on a charge that he has been practicing dentistry in Santa Fe without a license for more than five years. Santa Fe police say Eliver Kestler, 36, also known as Eliver Lopez, has been operating as a “mobile dentist” out of a small, red Chevrolet sedan, according to police public information officer Celina Westervelt. “We don’t know how many people this man may have treated,” Westervelt said Monday. Police arrested Kestler on Saturday evening after arranging to meet with him in the 2700 block of Agua Fría Street. Sgt. Mario Salbidrez had called Kestler, acting as a potential customer to arrange the meeting, according to Kestler’s police report. Police were tipped off earlier this month about Kestler’s mobile practice by one of his former customers, Westervelt said. A man who requested two crowns and a false tooth from Kestler in February told police he paid Kestler $200 for the work. Then, this month, after getting more work done — two crowns and three new teeth — the man called police. The man, according to Westervelt, only paid $80 for the second round of work.

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today Partly cloudy, breezy and cooler. High 64, low 30. paGe a-12

obituaries Katey Leyba Baca, 85, Santa Fe, April 29 Daniel Lee Grant, 59, Santa Fe, April 14 Maud G. Madrid, 85, Albuquerque, April 19

Mark E. Miller, 50, Santa Fe, April 15 Steve G. Nuanes, 52, Santa Fe, April 19 Maria Agapita Quintana, 84, Cuarteles, April 21 paGe a-9

Pasapick Wenonah hauter The author reads from and signs copies of Foodopoly: The Battle Over the Future of Food and Farming in America, 6 p.m., Collected Works Bookstore, 202 Galisteo St., 988-4226. More events in Calendar, Page A-2 and Fridays in Pasatiempo

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