Elko County, NV Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)

Section 10-12-4(A) puts the duty on the person at the property, not on the hauler. Every tenant, occupier, operator or owner of a residence, commercial, industrial or multi-family residence or construction or demolition site must cause putrescible solid waste to be removed to an approved disposal site not less than once a week. The code accepts three routes: a single resident pick up site, a common receptacle site established by the permittee or franchisee, or self-hauling to an approved disposal site. At a commercial, industrial or multi-residential unit, the community development department together with the Nevada division of environmental protection can require increased frequency of collection when conditions warrant.

The route depends on the sanitation district. Section 10-12-3 divides the unincorporated county into the Salmon Falls, Salt Lake Basin, Owyhee, Midas, Ruby Valley and Elko districts. In Owyhee, Ruby Valley and Elko, persons must contract separately with an approved permitted collector, form cooperative efforts for a common storage bin facility, or self-haul. Franchises granted by the Board of County Commissioners apply to Salmon Falls, Salt Lake Basin and Midas, and a franchise contract runs five years under 10-12-2(D). Fees are district-specific: Salmon Falls users connected to the Jarbidge water supply system share a fee equally, Midas water system users share the total cost of waste disposal service equally, and every parcel in the Salt Lake Basin carries a fee set by Board resolution and added to the real property tax bill.

Section 10-12-1 defines a residential unit as a single-family home or duplex, occupied when either water or residential light and power services are supplied. Public Works can grant a partial or full fee waiver, after a $150.00 processing fee, for patented mining claims, active agricultural uses, horse corrals and certain commonly used lots. Vacant parcels do not qualify, and an aggrieved applicant has ten days to appeal to the Board of County Commissioners.