Recycle
Recycling is a great way to protect the Las Vegas Wash (and the greater environment) from pollution. Some of the reasons you may have heard why it is important to recycle are:
- If we recycle items, they are less likely to be found as trash along the Wash and in Lake Mead. In the Las Vegas Valley, Republic Services currently picks up non-hazardous waste such as aluminum, glass, plastic, paper and oil (two 1-gallon plastic, sealed containers marked "used oil") from your curbside.
- It takes substantially less energy to recycle products than to make brand new products.
- Many natural resources are nonrenewable. The more we recycle, the longer these resources will last.
- Recycling prevents materials that can be re-used from ending up in a landfill where they go to waste and take up valuable space.
In addition to the Republic Services recycling program, there are several additional recycling centers throughout the Valley.
Map to community recycling centers
If you need to dispose of hazardous waste (paints, pesticides, auto fluids, batteries, paint solvents, prescription and non-prescription drugs, oil, pool cleaners, fertilizers, etc.) residents may drop off up to 10 gallons or 40 pounds of material (sealed and labeled) at: Republic Services 333 W. Gowan Rd., N. Las Vegas (Tues.-Sat., 8 a.m.-4 p.m.)
State Recycling Hotline: (800) 597-5865
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