Las Vegas, NV Trash & Recycling: Collection Schedule (2026)
Key Facts
- Mandatory trigger
- Any premises with electric utility service
- Standard schedule
- Twice-weekly curbside pickup, rigid containers
- Cart-program schedule
- Weekly trash/recycling, biweekly bulky items
- Curb placement window
- 2 p.m. day before to midnight
- Residential late penalty
- $4.38 per quarter, CPI-adjusted
Summary
Any Las Vegas property connected to electric service must subscribe to city-franchised solid waste collection and pay quarterly charges: you cannot opt out unless the property has no electric utility service at all.
To ensure the uniform, safe and sanitary treatment of solid waste in the City and to discourage the illegal handling and disposal of solid waste, it shall be mandatory for any person owning, occupying or managing any premises in the City which are connected to an electric utility service to subscribe to solid waste collection service provided by the City or its authorized franchisee and to pay the charges specified in this Chapter.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 61).
Full Breakdown
Las Vegas Municipal Code § 9.08.210 makes solid waste service mandatory for any premises connected to electric utility service, billed by the city's franchisee and enforceable through liens on the property. Standard curbside customers get twice-weekly pickup with rigid containers; customers on the single-stream program get once-a-week trash and recycling pickup using wheeled carts, plus bulky-item pickup every other week under §§ 9.08.105 and 9.08.113. Containers can only sit at the curb from 2 p.m. the day before collection until midnight of collection day, per § 9.08.100(C). You can only cancel service by proving the electric connection was terminated for the full billing period.
Violations & Fines
Nonpayment triggers a $4.38-per-quarter penalty for residential accounts (2% monthly for commercial), plus liens on the property and referral to a collection agency under §§ 9.08.210 and 9.08.230.
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