Reno - Recycling, Dumps, and Greywater Disposal
Depositing waste is one of the things that we all need to be responsible about.
Moreover, it is illegal (aka litter) to leave or lose your waste — recycling, garbage, greywater — at ANY location other than at a location entirely intended to take your waste. Such as at the locations below. Not at your camp. Not in your neighbor’s camp. Not on the side of the road. Not at rest areas. Not in some dumpster behind some business.
Leave No Trace means exactly that, folks, and it helps keep Nevada beautiful.
To do otherwise not only invites prosecution by law enforcement. It means time, energy, and money for others to clean up after you. It also makes Burning Man and participants look really bad.
It’s fine not to take it all the way home with you; the locations below will be happy to take it off your hands.
And why not recycle?
Here are the locations of recycling facilities, garbage dumps, and greywater disposal stations in the region where you can properly disperse the extra baggage.
And of special note, for your convenience, some local businesses in the region have partnered together in particular support of recycling during Burning Man…
2011 Reno-Sparks-Wadsworth Recycling Project
In its fifth year, four of the Save Marts and Whole Foods in the Reno-Sparks area, and Trash Pros in Wadsworth, are providing free, no-strings-attached drive-thru recycling centers in their parking lots in support of burners recycling after Burning Man.
A free multi-community project to promote recycling, this initiative is designed exclusively for your convenience. Please have your recyclables sorted and clean as possible before depositing.
Bicycles, plastics (SPI 1,2,3,4 & 5), plastic bags, glass, all metals (aluminum, tin, lead, steel, etc), paper, cardboard, household (disposal and rechargeable) batteries, and non-perishable food and water are all welcome.
Moreover, garbage dumping will be available to recyclers at the rate of $3 per 35-gallon standard trash bag. All proceeds raised from this recycling initiative will be donated to support local Black Rock Solar installations. All food and water will be donated to local Food Banks. Bicycles will be donated to the Kiwanis and American Legion bike projects.
Most of the participating stores and all of the recycling centers will be open 24 hours from August 26 through September 7.
Here is a list of these six participating recycling centers:
Save Mart Supermarket
525 Keystone Avenue – 775-786-2150 – (Keystone Ave)
Save Mart Supermarket
565 East Prater Way – 775-359-9060 – (East McCarran & Prater Way)
Save Mart Supermarket
195 West Plumb Lane – 775-786-0138 – (Plumb Lane)
Save Mart Supermarket
9750 Pyramid Lake Hwy – 775-425-2700 – (Pyramid Highway)
Whole Foods Market
6139 S Virginia St – 775-852-8023 – (South Virginia and Kietzke Lane)
Trash Pros
1299 Washeim Street, State Route 447, Wadsworth – 775-575-0707 – (Wadsworth)
Other Recycling Centers
Most of the other recycling centers are in the industrial area east of downtown Reno or southern Sparks, to be found more closely in the Grand Sierra Resort and Downtown or East McCarran & Prater Way shopping hubs.
PLEASE NOTE that most of these recycling centers are closed weekends and Labor Day.
And for further information on recycling and recycling locations worldwide, check out http://earth911.org/.
RSW Recycling
1455 E. Greg St. – 775-329-8822 – (East McCarran & Prater Way)
Open Mon-Fri 8am-4:30pm. Takes plastics, glass, aluminum, tin and steel cans, paper, and cardboard. No dumping – NO FURNITURE!
RSW Recycling
1100 East Commercial Row – 775-329-8822 – (Grand Sierra Resort) and (Downtown)
Open Mon-Fri 8am-4:30pm, and all weekend. Takes plastics, glass, aluminum, tin and steel cans, paper, and cardboard. No dumping – NO FURNITURE!
Reno Salvage Company
301 Montello Street – 775-323-7109 – (Grand Sierra Resort) and (Downtown)
Open Mon-Fri 8am-5pm. Takes scrap metal.
Clean Harbors Environmental Services
1200 Marietta Way, Sparks – 775-331-9400 – (Grand Sierra Resort)
Open Mon-Fri 8am-5pm. A place providing recycling, reuse and reclamation options for hazardous and non-hazardous materials including solvents, chemicals and oil, light bulbs, transformers and other electrical equipment.
Schnitzer Steel
490 Valley Rd, Reno – 775-331-2267 – (Grand Sierra Resort) and (Downtown)
Open Mon-Fri 7:30am-4:30pm, Sat 8am-3pm. A place which accepts all metals for recycling
Earth First Recycling
9600 North Virginia Street, Reno – 775-626-2286 – map
Open Mon-Fri 8am-5pm. A place which accepts plastic containers, cardboard, and pallets.
Garbage Disposal
Trash Pros
1299 Washeim Street, State Route 447, Wadsworth – 775-575-0707 – (Wadsworth)
The closest trash as well as recycling facility to Black Rock City, just north of Wadsworth. See above in recycling section for full details.
Reno Transfer Station
1390 East Commercial Row – 775-329-8822 – (Grand Sierra Resort) and (Downtown)
Open Mon-Fri 8am-5pm. Closed Labor Day.
Fernley Landfill
1100 US Hwy 95A – 775-575-4964 – (Fernley)
Open Mon-Fri 8am-4:30pm daily. Closed Labor Day.
Lockwood Landfill
2401 Canyon Way – 775-342-0401 – map
Open 7:00am-4:30pm daily. Closed Labor Day.
Greywater Disposal
Finally, here are a few places, most open 24/7, in the area to properly dispose of that Greywater and RV-Waste, and save you gas for the trip home!
Love's
825 Commerce Center Drive – 775-575-2200 – (Fernley)
Golden Gate Petroleum
1055 South Rock Blvd, Sparks (775) 358-7400 – (Grand Sierra Resort)
TA Travel Center
I-80 Exit #19 East McCarran Blvd, Sparks, NV – 775-359-0550 – (East McCarran & Prater Way)
Boomtown KOA-RV Park
I-80 at Exit 4, Garson Road, Verdi – 775-345-2444- (Verdi)
Open Mon-Sat 6am-7pm, 6am-6pm Sun.
Terrible’s Gold Ranch RV Park
1-80 Exit 2 at Gold Ranch, Verdi – 775-345-8880 – (Verdi)
Open 9am-6:30pm daily.
Grand Sierra Resort RV Park
2500 East 2nd Street – 775-789-2129 – (Grand Sierra Resort)
Open 8am-8pm daily.
Need more info? Try: Reno-Sparks Convention & Visitors Authority, Reno News and Review, Reno Gazette-Journal, Reno Magazine, Reno Tahoe Tonight, National Traffic and Road Closure Information, PlayReno, NevadaNet, goTahoe.com, Tahoe.com, Fernleynews.com. 
