Clark County, NV Trash & Recycling: Recycling Requirements (2026)
Key Facts
- Recycling service
- Once-a-week single-stream collection required
- Free cart
- 35/65/95-gallon wheeled cart provided
- Collection exclusivity
- Only franchisee may collect curbside
- Contamination limit
- Max 20% contamination in cart
- Enforcement
- Misdemeanor citation, NRS Chapter 171
Summary
Unincorporated Clark County requires trash franchisees to give residential customers a free wheeled cart for once-a-week single-stream recycling collection, and only the county's franchisee may legally collect curbside recyclables.
With respect to residential customers receiving once a week solid waste collection service and once a week single-stream recycling collection service, a franchisee shall provide each such customer, at no additional cost: (1) One wheeled cart for solid waste and one wheeled cart for single-stream recycling, with capacities of approximately thirty-five, sixty-five and ninety-five gallons, based on then-current industry standards for such containers.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 147).
Full Breakdown
Residential customers with once-a-week solid waste service must also receive once-a-week single-stream recycling collection from their franchisee, who provides one 35-, 65-, or 95-gallon wheeled recycling cart at no extra charge under Clark County Code § 9.04.110. Collecting, hauling, or transporting curbside recyclables is franchise-exclusive under § 9.04.070: outside haulers and unauthorized agents cannot legally pick up a resident's recycling. Recyclables must stay under 20 percent contamination in the cart under § 9.04.119, or the franchisee can work with the county to survey the route and remove non-compliant residents from single-stream service.
Violations & Fines
Unlawfully removing or tampering with a resident's recycling cart, or hauling curbside recyclables without franchise authorization, is a misdemeanor citable by county solid waste inspectors under §§ 9.04.030 and 9.04.130.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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