Nevada County Service Guidelines
Nevada County Service Guidelines
Residential Service
Recycling
Green Waste
Additional Services
Single-family Residential Service
All single-family residences and duplexes (two units) will be provided with the following enhanced services on your new scheduled collection day:
- Recyclable materials (2-14 gallon recycle bins or customer-owned 32-gallon cans with stickers)
- Green waste (Brown cart)
- Household trash (Green cart or customer owned 32-gallon cans)
Place all carts at curbside by 5:00 am on your scheduled collection day or the night before. Lids must be closed, and the lid opening must face towards the street. Carts should be placed side by side at least 2 feet apart and 2 feet away from parked cars or objects. As a courtesy to your neighbor, promptly remove carts after service.
Maximum Weight Limits
96-gallon carts: 250 lbs.
To avoid exceeding the weight limitation of the cart, or causing possible damage to the cart or collection vehicle, do not place rocks, concrete, bricks or dirt inside carts. Any items placed within the cart must fall out easily when the cart is being serviced. Please do not overfill or tightly pack items into the cart.
If the cart exceeds the weight limitation, the driver will attempt service and will notify the resident of the problem by leaving a Non-Collection Notice attached to the cart. However, if we are unable to empty the cart, the cart will be tagged and marked as “overweight.” It will then be the responsibility of the resident to make the correction and contact Waste Management for service. .
Resident Responsibility for Cart
Each resident is responsible for the proper care and security of the trash and recycling carts. Customers will be charged to replace carts that are damaged or destroyed other than through normal usage. Please contact Customer Service for cart replacements.
Prohibited Waste
Do NOT place the following materials in your carts:
- Hazardous waste (products labeled toxic, poison, corrosive, flammable, or irritant)
- Paint
- Oil
- Automotive batteries
- Tires
- Hot ashes
- Electronic waste (electronic equipment such as computers, TVs, cell phones, microwave ovens)
- Infectious waste (including used needles)
- Dead animals (weighing more than 10 lbs.)
If these materials are found in the cart, it will be tagged with a Non-Collection Notice and will not be serviced. It will then be the responsibility of the resident to make the correction and contact Waste Management for service.
Holiday Schedule
We will be closed for business on the following holidays: New Year’s Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. If the holiday falls on a weekday, services will be delayed by one day for that week only. Your regular collection schedule will resume the following week. There will not be any interruption in service if the holiday is on Saturday or Sunday.
For example: If the holiday falls on Thursday then Thursday’s collection services will be provided on Friday and Friday’s collection services will be provided on Saturday, and so forth.
Paper, Metal, Plastic & Glass
Each household is provided with 2 14 gallon recycle bins recyclable materials. There is no need to sort cans, bottles or paper; they all go in the same cart.
Acceptable Materials for Recycling:
Paper Products:
- Newspaper
- Mixed color paper
- White paper
- Cardboard
- Junk mail
- Magazines
- Telephone books
- Paper bags
- Cereal & food boxes
- Egg cartons
- Shoe boxes
Metal Containers:
- Aluminum cans
- Steel cans
- Tin cans
- Food cans
- Empty aerosol cans
- Pie tins
Plastic Containers:
- Bottles & containers (Labeled #1-7)
- Plastic milk containers
- Plastic bags
- Detergent containers
- Plastic film
Glass Containers:
- Clear, brown & green food & beverage containers (with lids removed)
Non-Acceptable Materials for Recycling
- Hazardous waste
- Yard waste
- Electronic waste
- Animal waste
- Window glass
- Diapers
- Mirrors
- Ceramics
- Clothing
- Napkins
- Carpet
- Food waste
- Pizza boxes
- Tissue paper
- Light bulbs
- Wood
- Liquids
Green Waste Recycling
Place loose green waste materials in the grey green waste cart. Set cart out for collection on your regularly scheduled day. DO NOT BAG YOUR GREEN WASTE. Please make sure the lid is closed and the opening faces the street.
Acceptable Materials for Green Waste Cart:
- Grass
- Weeds
- Green plants
- Tree limbs
- Wood chips
- Dead plants
- Brush
- Garden trimmings
- Leaves
Non-Acceptable Materials for Green Waste Cart:
- Branches more than 5 feet in length, more than 6 inches in diameter or weighing more than 50 lbs.
- Tree stumps
- Bamboo
- Soil
- Dirt
- Rocks
- Concrete
- Asphalt
- Plastic bags
- Animal waste
- Palm tree branches
- Yucca plants
- Ice plants
- Painted wood
- Treated wood
Composting
Compost your food scraps and yard trimmings to make your garden grow! For more information, click here.
Holiday Tree Recycling
For customers that have a yard waste account, WM will collect trees curbside free of charge. If they do not have a yard waste account, WM will collect trees but for an extra charge to their garbage account or they can take their trees to locations listed below:
- The Yard Waste area of the transfer station will accept trees free of charge from 12/26/11 - 1/31/12.
- There is a bin at the Rood Center from 12/26/11 - 1/31/12 that accepts trees free of charge
- There are three locations that will accept trees free of charge on Jan 7th.
- Lake Wildwood - Waste water treatment plant
- Lake of the Pines - Waste water treatment plant
- Alta Sierra - Fire Department on Tammy Way
- The City of Grass Valley has pickup free of charge on 1/7/12 only
For more information on Christmas tree recycling, please read our 2011 Christmas Tree Recycling Brochure.
*** NOTE: Trees must be stripped of ornaments, garlands, tinsel, flocking, stands and placed on the curb and near your carts, on your regular collection day.
Temporary Bins & Roll-Off Containers
Contact Customer Service for more information about these additional services.
