If you live in the city of Reno and you want to dispose of your leaves via bags or anything besides your regular trash containers, make sure you are using your excess waste stickers.
“The sticker program is solely for the City of Reno,” said Sarah Polito, spokesperson for Waste Management. “For Washoe County and Sparks, they can continue to place excess waste at the curbs without the stickers.”
This comes from a contract the Reno City Council signed and approved with Waste Management last year. If you do not use the stickers, your excess waste will not be picked up.
“For those who are not (using the stickers), we do leave those (bags),” said Polito. “We ask that you place your sticker on the bag for the following week.”
Because of the leaves, Waste Management has seen a 30% increase in trash volume. Many Reno residents see the need for the stickers, while some disagree.
“Why?” asked Russell Brown. “Give me a reason why you need to put a sticker on a bag of leaves or garbage.”
One reason, according to Waste Management, is that it makes customers more aware of what they are throwing away.
If you lost or threw out your excess waste stickers, you can buy extra ones for $2.31 each.
Polito says there are other options if you run out. For example, residents can dump a truck load worth of garbage off at the Waste Management transfer station in Reno.
