Playa del Carmen Collects 469 Tons of Recyclable Waste in First 10 Months of 2026

Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo — Playa del Carmen collected 469 tons of potentially recyclable waste between January and October 2026 through its Reciclatón and Kilo Verde programs, city officials said.

The campaigns are run by the municipal Secretariat of Environment and Climate Change under Mayor Estefanía Mercado and form part of the city’s Potentially Recyclable Waste Program, which aims to make it easier for residents and businesses to dispose of reusable materials properly.

Xóchitl Moctezuma Segundo, the city’s director of Environmental Management and Climate Change, said the effort operates in three formats.

Three collection formats

• Reciclatón Temporal: 13 collection points spread across the city, open on the first Friday of each month. The sites took in 165 tons of material from January to October and served 15,853 businesses, with cardboard, glass and PET plastic the most common items received.
• Reciclatón Punto Fijo: permanent collection points open Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. These received 288 tons and served 28,962 businesses and 1,854 households, mostly cardboard, glass and paper.
• Kilo Verde: a roving program held on the third Friday of each month that collected 16 tons, handed out 3,006 plants and assisted 1,083 people. Cardboard again topped the list, followed by glass and paper.

Moctezuma said the campaigns draw in recycling companies, real estate developers, hotels, shops, government agencies and residents, with the goal of sharing responsibility for handling solid waste.