Reno - Recycling and Dumps
Depositing trash is one of the things that we all need to be responsible about. Here are the locations of recycling facilities and dumps where you can get rid of the bags tied to your bumper or crammed into empty water barrels.
Please, please, please help all of us by getting rid of your refuse in an appropriate location and fashion! It's fine not to take it all the way home with you; these businesses will be happy to take it off your hands. What's important is that we not fill the dumpsters at rest areas and hotels with our waste. And why not recycle? Leave No Trace means exactly that, folks, and it helps keep Nevada beautiful. Thanks for participating!
And of special note, for your convenience, some supermarkets in town will take your recyclables.
First, most of the Save Mart supermarkets (formerly Albertsons) in the Reno-Sparks area will for the second year be operating a drive-thru recycling center in their parking lots for this year's event. A free, multi-community project to promote recycling, this hopefully multi-year initiative is designed for your convenience, with no strings attached — just please have your recyclables clean as possible.. Bicycles, plastics (HDPE 1,2,3,4&5), plastic bags, glass, all metals (aluminum, tin, lead, steel, etc), paper, cardboard, and rechargeable batteries 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 environmental initiatives and charitable causes. Most of the stores and all of the recycling centers will be open 24 hours from August 21 through September 3 - Keystone will be open until Sept. 6. No worries, they are set up for maximum capacity!
Second, Whole Foods Market (formerly Wild Oats) at their new location now has the kind of space to also offer recycling services to burners. They will take aluminum, tin, steel, glass, plastics (HDPE 1,2,4 & 5), alkaline and rechargeable batteries, cardboard, paper, and bicycles. Your egg-shells, coffee grinds, and green-matter compost are also acceptable, just as long as it has not been in your mouth, or has otherwise been contaminated with pathogens or chemicals. AND…and they will take your garbage off of your hands for free too!!! These services are free and open 24 hours from August 21 through September 3 -- all you have to do is drive in, please have your recyclables as clean as possible and sorted before depositing, and everything going into the appropriate containers.
Here is a list of all participating supermarket-recycling centers:
G Save Mart - 775-746-8882
10500 N McCarran Blvd - (West McCarran and Mae Anne Ave.)
G Save Mart - 775-786-2150
525 Keystone Ave- (Keystone Ave)
G Save Mart - 775-359-9060
565 E Prater Way - (East McCarran & Prater Way)
G Save Mart - 775-786-0138 - 775-786-2970
195 W Plumb Ln - (Plumb Lane)
G Save Mart - 775-425-2700
9750 Pyramid Lake Hwy - (Pyramid Highway)
G Whole Foods Market (formerly known as Wild Oats)
775-852-8023
6139 S Virginia St - (South Virginia and Kietzke Lane)
Most of the other dumps and recycling centers are in the industrial area east of downtown Reno, to be found more closely in the East McCarran & Prater Way and Grand Sierra Resort shopping hubs. PLEASE NOTE THAT MOST OF THESE RECYCLING CENTERS AND DUMPS ARE CLOSED WEEKENDS AS WELL AS FOR LABOR DAY! IT IS ADVISED TO CALL AHEAD.
And for further information on recycling and recycling locations worldwide, check out http://earth911.org/.
G RSW Recycling
1455 E. Greg St. - 775-329-8822 - (East McCarran & Prater Way)
Open Mon-Fri 8:00 - 4:30
Takes plastics, glass, aluminum, tin and steel cans, paper, and
cardboard. No dumping - NO FURNITURE!
G RSW Recycling
1100 East Commercial Row - 775-329-8822 - (Grand Sierra Resort)
Now Open Everyday
Takes plastics, glass, aluminum, tin and steel cans, paper, and
cardboard. No dumping - NO FURNITURE!
G Reno Salvage Company
301 Montello - 775-323-7109 - (Grand Sierra Resort)
Takes scrap metal.
G Clean Harbors Environmental Services
1200 Marietta Way, Sparks - 775-331-9400 - (Grand Sierra Resort)
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.
G Solid Waste Reduction Services
490 Valley Rd, Reno - 775-331-2267 - (Grand Sierra Resort)
Open 7:30 - 4:30, 8 - 3 on Sat
A place which accepts all metals for recycling
G Earth First Recycling
9600 N Virginia St, Reno - 775-626-2286 - (map)
A place which accepts plastic containers, aluminum, cardboard, and
pallets.
G Reno Disposal Service
1390 East Commercial Row - 775-788-7857 - (Grand Sierra Resort)
G Waste Management
1100 US Hwy 95A - 775-575-7150 - (Fernley)
Need more info? Try: Reno-Sparks Convention & Visitors Authority, Reno News and Review, Reno Gazette-Journal, Reno Magazine, Reno Passport, National Traffic and Road Closure Information, PlayReno, NevadaNet, goTahoe.com, Tahoe.com, Fernleynews.com. 
