Solid Waste & Recycling

Each year, Americans generate millions of tons of waste in our homes and communities. The EPA is challenging all citizens to conserve our natural resources by committing to reduce, reuse, and recycle at home, in your community, and at the office. Learn what you can do to make a difference. More...
What does the city recycle? Learn more about the various materials that the city recycles. Read More...
The Purchasing and Contracts Division of the Finance and Business Services Department has developed an initiative report for environmentally aware purchasing. More...

What Can I Do?

Reduce

Reuse

Recycle

What Is The City Doing?

Recycling At City Facilities

Using Recycled Products

Preferred Purchasing Agreement


What Can I Do?
	Reduce Reduce the amount of trash you discard by purchasing long-lasting goods, goods with few toxins and items that can be reused.	Learn More Consumer Handbook For Reducing Waste Nevada Bureau of Waste Management EPA Reduce, Reuse and Recycle

	Reuse Find another use for items or donate items to charity to avoid processing for recycling.	Learn More EPA Green Shopping Guide EPA Reduce, Reuse and Recycle

	Recycle Participate in recycling programs in your community and learn the top 10 reasons to recycle.	Learn More Recycling in Southern Nevada Plastic Recycling Code UNLV Recycling Program Greener Vegas Republic Services of Nevada Pilot - Single Stream Recycling Program Repurpose America

What is the City Doing?
	Recycling At City Facilities The City has incorporated single-stream recycling at city facilities and parks to improve the city’s recycling rate. Single-stream recycling is easy: throw all paper, plastics, containers, bottles and cardboard in the blue recycling containers, and throw all food waste and glass into trash bins or dumpsters. More...	Learn More CELEBRATE Employee Program What Does The City Recycle?

	Using Recycled Products From recycled paper products for memos to recycled antifreeze for vehicles, city departments are using recycled products for everyday operations.	Learn More City’s Use Of Recycled Products

	Preferred Purchasing Agreement Under Nevada Revised Statutes, the city may give preference during the bid process to the purchase of recycled products. More...	Learn More Nevada Revised Statute 332.065 Preferred Purchasing Policy Sustainable Purchasing Report

Contact Information

Administrative Services
Office of Sustainability
495. S. Main St.
Las Vegas, NV 89101 (Map)
Phone: (702) 229-2397
E-mail