Billie Bote, our environmentally friendly mascot, and Willie Bote visited some schools in the month of April to promote reduce, reuse, recycle! Thank you Kazen Elementary (UISD), Milton Elementary (LISD), Diaches Elementary (LISD), Freedom Elementary (UISD), Clark Elementary (UISD) Santo Niño Elementary (LISD), and DD Hachar Elementary (LISD) for the warm hospitality. We thank teachers throughout our community for their dedication to our children and our planet. Willie and Billie Bote, the friendly environmental mascots, hope that Laredo residents will treat every day like Earth Day by committing to making small changes each day!
Community Outreach
Our Community Outreach initiative is a program to heighten community understanding by conducting in-school or civic presentations on waste management, and recycling. The program uses several methods to reach out to residents. Methods that we're currently using include the following:
Social Media
Social Media
Meetings, Presentations, and Special Events
Staff is available to present at meetings, citizen groups, schools and businesses, to educate students and the general public about waste reduction and recycling opportunities. For information, call Sylvia Garza at (956) 326-1126 or send email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Quarterly Newsletter
The City of Laredo Recycling Program publishes a quarterly newsletter for residents, free-of charge. Please subscribe to email you the newsletter here.
Resources or Videos
- City of Laredo Landfill and Garbage Collection Video
- City of Laredo Material Recovery Facility Video - Recycling Center Process Video
- Centro de Recuperación de Materiales - Centro de Reciclaje Video
- Willie Bote Puppet Show - Recycling is Easy
- Laredo, It's time to recycle Public Service Annoucement in English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTOdwH5oNGU
- Laredo, llego la hora de reciclar--PSA en español https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSl_zIO1QE4
Recycling 101 with Sylvia Garza--Interview by Rio Grande International Study Center in observance of Earth Day.
