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. 

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 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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