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Used Tires Must be Recycled

The Southern Nevada Health District recently passed a statue stating NO tires can be disposed in a landfill that accepts municipal solid waste and is located in the State of Nevada.  To help control this statue they also stated NO tires can be disposed in a container or bin that is destined for a landfill.  […]

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LEED Recycling

Virgin Valley Disposal, Inc. now offers LEED certification for new construction.  If you have a LEED project coming up, we can offer all the recycling needs for your project.  What is LEED Certification? The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED™) Green Building Rating System represents the U.S. Green Building Council’s effort to provide a […]

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E-Waste Recycling

Each year in Nevada hundreds of thousands of computers, monitors, copiers, fax machines, printers, televisions, and other electronic items become “obsolete” in the eyes of consumers. Rapid advances in technology and an expanding demand for new features accelerate the generation of “old” electronic equipment (“e-waste”). The result is a growing challenge for businesses, residents, and […]

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Route Changes for Thanksgiving Day

Notice of Residential Route Service Schedule Change.  Thanksgiving Day – November 26, 2009 Residential Trash service (90 gallon containers) will remain the same on Monday November 23rd, Tuesday November 24th, and Wednesday November 25th.  But Thursday November 26th (Thanksgiving Day), NO SERVICE, please have your cans out on Friday November 27th by 6:00 am.  We […]

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Christmas Day Route Schedule Changes

For Christmas only we will be changing the residential route schedule for residents serviced with the 90 gallon containers.  This change will start Thursday Christmas day the 25th.  Your pickup day will be delayed one day.  Example if your regular pickup day is Thursday the 25th, your garbage will be collected on Friday the 26th.  […]

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Thanksgiving Day Route Schedule

This Thanksgiving Day we will not be making any route changes for our residential customers.  All scheduled residential services will be the same.  Please place your container out at the curb Wednesday night or before 6:00am on Thursday and we will be by to service your can.  All customers will remain the same no changes!!!

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City Passes Fuel Surcharge

On June 24, 2008 the City of Mesquite passed with unanimous vote to start charging a fuel surcharge of $1.25 to all residents who live in the city.  This is the first raise to residential account since June of 1996.  This adjustment will help with the rising cost of fuel. 

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City Residents Tabled

The City of Mesquite has set a resolution #562 but was tabled for a future meeting.  This resolution would set a fuel surcharge for the city residents for increased fuel cost by Virgin Valley Disposal for solid waste disposal. The last time City of Mesquite’s 90 gallon residential automated systems fees were increased was in […]

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City Raises Outside City Accounts

The City of Mesquite has set a resolution #561 and was approved on June 10, 2008 that would revise the Landfill fee for refuse originating from all outside City accounts.  This Resolution would increase Landfill fees to 1.5 times for refuse originating outside the City from $6.92 per cubic yard to $7.65 per cubic yard. […]

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Fuel Surcharge

Our industry today continues to be burdened with non-controllable changes such as fuel costs.  These costs have affected all suppliers equally and substantially in the last few months.  After much research we determined that we must implement a fuel surcharge to offset these non-controllable changes.We will be maintaining a very low percent compared to the […]

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