North Las Vegas, NV Trash & Recycling: Recycling Requirements (2026)
Key Facts
- Recycling container
- Franchisee must provide on request, free
- Curb set-out
- No earlier than 2 hrs before sunset
- Curb pickup deadline
- Removed by 8:00 p.m. collection day
- Scavenging
- Banned: franchisee holds exclusive rights
- Penalty
- Up to $1,000 fine / 6 months jail
Summary
North Las Vegas curbside recycling runs through the City's exclusive solid-waste franchisee, not a citywide mandate. Municipal Code § 8.20.120(B) requires the franchisee to supply recycling containers to any customer who requests one, at no extra charge. Recyclables and trash carts follow the same street-placement and pickup-day timing rules.
B.If an exclusive franchisee provides curbside residential recyclables collection, the exclusive franchisee shall provide to its curbside residential recyclables collection customers, upon request and at no additional cost to such customers, containers for the storage and collection of recyclables.C.On any single-family dwelling, duplexes, multifamily dwellings, or mobilehome residential premises, it is unlawful to place, keep, store or locate any solid waste or recyclables container within the right-of-way of a street, sidewalk or alley, driveway or within any area located between any portion of the front elevation of the dwelling unit and the front lot line as defined in the zoning regulations of the City; provided, however, that such containers may be placed within such area, except for traffic lanes, for the purpose of the collection of solid waste and recyclables no earlier than two hours prior to sunset on the day prior to the designated collection day, and that such containers must be removed from the right-of-way no later than 8:00 p.m. on the same collection day.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 146 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
20. Subsection B specifically requires that, if the City's exclusive solid-waste franchisee provides curbside residential recyclables collection, the franchisee must supply recycling containers to its curbside customers on request at no additional cost. on collection day itself. 140 makes it unlawful for anyone other than the owner, the City, or the exclusive franchisee to interfere with, tamper with, or remove recyclables that have been set out for collection, or to participate in curbside residential recyclables collection without authorization, a scavenging ban that protects the franchisee's exclusive collection rights.
040 as a scheduled program, operated by the solid-waste exclusive franchisee, in which source-separated or commingled recyclables are collected from residential customers as part of the franchisee's solid-waste franchise agreement.
Violations & Fines
Setting solid-waste or recyclables containers out earlier than two hours before sunset, or leaving them at the curb past 8:00 p.m. on collection day, violates Section 8.20.120(C). Scavenging or removing recyclables placed for collection by someone other than the owner, the City, or the franchisee violates Section 8.20.140. Both are enforced under Section 8.20.370 as a misdemeanor punishable by up to a $1,000 fine, up to six months in jail, or both, with enforcement authority given to the North Las Vegas Police Department, Fire Department, and Code Enforcement.
Frequently Asked Questions
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