Elko County, NV Trash & Recycling: Bin Placement Rules (2026)

Section 10-10-14 is the county's receptacle rule for unincorporated Elko County. It covers public and private receptacles alike and puts the duty on the person loading the receptacle: the contents must not scatter, and must not be carried or deposited by the elements onto a street, sidewalk or other public place or onto private property. The wind is named expressly in the text.

Chapter 10-12 adds the container standards. Under 10-12-4(A)1, containers must be leakproof, and public storage bins must be covered if any garbage is placed in them. No container can exceed thirty six gallons in size or have a loaded weight over fifty five pounds, except where mechanical loading systems are used. Where bins are used, the users and the permittee arrange placement of the containers to minimize traffic, aesthetic and other problems on the property and for the general public, and the Community Development Department can designate a placement. After pickup, the permittee or franchisee sets the cans in a properly upright position and picks up spillage it causes, but is not responsible for spillage caused by dogs, animals, vandals, the wind or other natural causes (10-12-4(C)). No person or permittee can place in service a container found to be in a deteriorated condition (10-12-4(D)).

Section 10-10-16 requires the owner or person in control of private property to keep the premises free of garbage, rubbish and waste material at all times, while allowing those materials to sit in private receptacles for collection. The solid waste chapters do not print a set-out time, a curb distance or a screening requirement for carts, so the working placement standard is the traffic and aesthetic test in 10-12-4(A)1(b).