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

Section 10-12-4(A)1 requires all solid waste in or about any residential, commercial or industrial building to be deposited in commercial public storage waste bins or suitable containers approved by the community development department and the permittee. All public storage waste bins and other suitable containers must be leakproof, and public storage bins must be covered if any garbage is placed in them. Under (a), no container can exceed thirty six gallons in size or have a loaded weight in excess of fifty five pounds, except where mechanical loading systems are used. That exception is what allows front-load dumpsters and roll-off units to operate.

Placement is a negotiated and designated matter. Under (b), where bins are used, the users and the permittee arrange placement of the containers to minimize traffic, aesthetic and other problems both on the property and for the general public, and the Community Development Department can designate a placement. Section 10-12-1 defines a storage bin as a portable waste container used for the collection of solid waste for transport to a solid waste disposal site, and a transfer vehicle as a vehicle or roll-off unit used to move solid waste from a collection point to a permitted landfill or processing facility. Construction waste is the material customarily handled by roll-off boxes, trucks or containers.

In the Owyhee, Ruby Valley and Elko districts, persons can form cooperative efforts for a common storage bin facility, and when a facility is desired all requirements of Nevada administrative code 444.66647 for a public storage bin facility must be observed (10-12-3(F)). Section 10-12-5(D) bars anyone from accepting solid waste at any place that is not a disposal site permitted under NRS 444.553 or another approved facility, so a bin site cannot double as an informal dump. A container found in deteriorated condition cannot be placed in service under 10-12-4(D).