Las Vegas, NV Trash & Recycling: Recycling Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- System type
- Single-stream, no pre-sorting
- Cart requirement
- 1 trash cart + 1 recycling cart
- Bulky item pickup
- Every other week
- Cart curb window
- 2 p.m. day before to midnight
- Bulky weight limit (cart alt.)
- Under 36 gal, 50 lbs
- Recycling tamper ban
- LVMC 9.08.080, 9.08.120
Summary
Las Vegas residential recycling runs on a single-stream system under LVMC 9.08.117: customers with weekly collection use one wheeled cart for solid waste and one for recycling, no sorting required. Every other week the franchisee also picks up bulky items curbside. Interfering with carts or drop-off centers is separately banned under LVMC 9.08.080 and 9.08.120.
9.08.117 - Single-stream recycling-Collection. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter: (A)Each residential customer who receives weekly single-stream recycling collection service shall use wheeled carts for solid waste and for recycling.(B)For any resident that receives single-stream recycling collection service, a franchisee shall provide, every other week, a separate collection service for bulky items. On the days such service is provided, a residential customer may put such items in a container other than a wheeled cart if the container has capacity of less than thirty-six gallons and weighs no more than fifty pounds (contents included).(C)Bulky items such as appliances that weigh more than fifty pounds shall be placed next to the wheeled carts or at curbside to be picked up by a two-person crew on the bulky item 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 61).
Full Breakdown
113, collecting solid waste and recyclables on the same day each week. Every other week, the franchisee must provide a separate bulky-item pickup. 117(B)-(C). 107. 100(C). 120, which also bars scavenging recyclables from a drop-off center. 100(F).
Violations & Fines
Removing recyclables from a cart, or interfering with recycling collection, is unlawful for anyone other than the owner, the City or the franchisee under LVMC 9.08.080 and 9.08.120. Setting a cart out earlier than 2:00 p.m. the day before collection or leaving it past midnight on collection day violates LVMC 9.08.100(C). Non-residential customers who let a container overflow face an overflow charge of $43.78 under LVMC 9.08.185.
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