Waste Not (Recycling) Program
WASTE NOT, Incline Village General Improvement District's Conservation program, provides community conservation services to protect OUR resources. The WASTE NOT program is located at Public Works. Our purpose: to empower sustainable living by providing conservation programs for recycling, household hazardous waste, water conservation, watershed management, and education.
2012 Recycling Guide
2012 Recycling Schedule
2012 Northern Nevada Recycling Guide
For customer information on WASTE NOT programs of Recycling and Trash services please click here.
Waste Management will again offer free curbside Green Waste Recycling for the District’s Incline Village & Crystal Bay, Nevada residential customers.
Collection will run April 30 through Oct. 26, 2012.
CLEAR BAGS (or) GREEN BAGS Acceptable
Yard Waste is the largest component of our municipal waste stream still heading to the landfill.
It’s easy to recycle yard waste; here’s how:
• Purchase approved GREEN BAGS (or) any 3 mil. CLEAR BAG
• Fill GREEN/ CLEAR BAGS with Vegetative Yard Waste
• Securely Close/Tie the Bags
• Place up to 12 Green/Clear Bags Curbside on Recycling Service Day (More than 12 bags at a time will incur additional charges)
Restrictions Apply:
Please read the program details listed on the flyer.
Christmas Tree Chipping Program will return again Dec. 2012.
Thank you to everyone who participated! More than 1700 trees were chipped, with more than 35 ton of wood waste diverted from the landfill and used instead to
beautify and protect soils in our local parks!
Green Bags for Green Waste- Curbside Yard Waste Recycling Pilot Program
Waste Management and Waste Not staff are currently evaluating the results of the Curbside Green Waste Recycling Pilot for Incline Village & Crystal Bay, Nevada. Please stay tuned for program updates in the winter of 2012.
Free, Curbside Chipping Program offered by North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District
The North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District will be offering its free, curbside, wood waste chipping service annually from June to November. Residents should call the NLTFPD Chipping & Defensible Space request phone line at 775-831-0351, ext. 8118 or go to www.nltfpd.net to schedule an appointment and receive directions on preparing the yard debris materials for chipping.
Zero Waste Program
Planning a community event, think about making it Zero Waste? You can now offer recycling and composting! Recycling / composting collection containers and other tools are now available for free community use through the North Lake Tahoe “Zero Waste” Project. To learn more about this new program, sponsored by IVGID and the Parasol Tahoe Community Foundation download this information packet.
Please take a moment to review our programs including: recycling, bear awareness http://www.stashyourtrash.org/ and trash containment, water conservation, source water protection, clean water team and household hazardous waste.
The WASTE NOT staff would love to hear from you! Do you have a question or are you interested in becoming a waste not volunteer? Contact WASTE NOT or call us at the WASTE NOT HOTLINE (775) 832-1284.
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