Waste Not Biomass Recycling

Free biomass recycling is offered to Incline Village residents seasonally. Our biomass programs include Pine Needle and Christmas Tree recycling. The collected material is used for basin-wide erosion control projects, and greatly reduces the amount of materials transported to the landfill.  Additionally, the North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District offers free, on-site chipping from May through October. 

Now - More Pine Needle Recycling Curbside Weeks!

During the during the last week of each month , place up to 6 bags of clean pine needles curbside on your normal trash collection day. A special collection will occur and the bags will be transported to the Diamond Peak drop-off location for recycling.

Pine Needle Recycling Weeks for 2008:
May 26 – 30 / June 30 - July 4 /July 28 - Aug. 1 / Aug. 25 – 29

Bags placed out other weeks will be collected, but landfilled.

Residents can place bagged pine needles at the curb, with the special label on top. Designated bags will be collected separately for recycling. Trash limit is 1 can and up to 6 bags, weekly. Please, no sticks, cones, stumps or trash in with the pine needles.

Need labels? They are available at IVGID Administration and Public Works Buildings, or by calling Waste Not at (775) 832-1284. Click here for the flyer and labels.

7 day a week -  Pine Needle Recycling Drop-Off Program                                                                                                       
You can also recycle pine needles, for free 7 days a week, between May 1and August 31, 2008. Clean, loose pine needles can be recycled, by drop off, at the Diamond Peak parking lot at  1210 Ski Way Blvd. Hours of operation: Monday − Friday: 8 am − 4 pm; Saturday and Sunday: 10 am – 3 pm.  Please remove pine needles from bags. No trash, pinecones, branches or stumps accepted! 

For more information, contact the WASTE NOT Hotline at (775) 832-1284
or click here.

Protect your property and Lake Tahoe:
• Rake off roofs, driveways and turf areas
• Leave 1-2 inches of decaying needles over bare soil
The decaying pine needle “duff” layer is important to leave intact for the health of the soil

About Pine Needle Recycling: 
WASTE NOT offers free pine needle recycling to residents and businesses of Incline Village and Crystal Bay, Nevada. The program is sponsored by Incline Village GID--Public Works & Utilities, Diamond Peak Ski Resort and Waste Management.

The purpose of the program includes: to facilitate the defensible space effort; provide a viable, economical, and ecologically beneficial erosion control material to internal and external customers; and reduce landfill volume to improve the Incline Village recycling rate. Over the past five years, we reused over 4175 tons of pine needles. The needles are used in erosion control programs including projects in Squaw Valley, Cave Rock, Incline Village, Tahoma, and Mt. Rose areas.

Why are needles better than straw?
• The needles are native to the Tahoe Basin ecosystem.
• Needles do not carry non-native seeds from noxious weeds that often kill Tahoe's indigenous plants.
• The needles weigh more than straw and also intertwine resulting in greater stability, greater erosion control, and greater moisture retention in the soil.
• Pine needles do not readily float out of the beds as does the straw.
• The pine needles allow for easy penetration of water, air, and fertilizer whereas the straw clippings may remain excessively wet causing mold to grow and possibly damaging growing plants underneath.
• There is a supply of needles coming from the community, and instead of wasting this valuable product we are re-using it in local erosion control projects!

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Christmas Tree Recycling

Christmas tree recycling is offered every year between December 24, 2007 and February 4, 2008. Drop off your tree seven days a week at the Preston Field parking lot in Incline Village.

Our Christmas Tree Recycling service helps save our natural resources, landfill space, and protects the clarity of Lake Tahoe. All trees dropped off at Preston Field will be chipped and used as mulch for local erosion control projects. 

All trees left curbside will be taken to the landfill.  Last year we recycled 1800 trees, please help us set a new record this year!  Recycle! 

Please remove all ornaments, tinsel, nails, wire, and other items which may cause harm to the tree chipper or operator.  WASTE NOT will not accept stumps, wreaths, yard waste, cut up trees, branches, bushes, etc.

WASTE NOT staff encourages all residents to take advantage of this program and to utilize our other recycling services.  For more information, please contact Rebecca Sawyer at 775 832 1284.

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Free On-Site Chipping from NLTFPD

Free, on-site, chipping of forest debris (branches) as available from May through October. To request this service please call the North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District’s  Defensible Space/Chipping Request phone line at 831-0351, ext. 8118. Please leave your name, address and phone number and specify "chipping service".

Please note the following guidelines when requesting this service: Pile must be curbside and easily accessible; limbs no larger than six inches in diameter; content of pile must not contain stumps, roots, garbage, nails or lumber; and pile cannot exceed 10' x 10' x 10'. Please note the crew does not haul away chips, but broadcasts them back in to property. Chips can be dispersed around property for landscaping purposes; keeping drip line or five feet clear around perimeter of house.

For more information visit their website at: http://www.nltfpd.net/chippingservices.aspx 

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