Truckee Meadows Fire Announces Green Waste Collection Days

Courtesy: Truckee Meadows Fire & Rescue

Now is the time to create Defensible Space! Truckee Meadows Fire & Rescue has announced Green Waste Collection Days through October and November.

TMFPD’s Autumn Green Waste Collection Days will take place beginning at 9am until 5pm, weather permitting, on the following dates and locations:

October 3 & 4: Nevada Division of Forestry Fire Station, 885 Eastlake Blvd, Washoe Valley

October 10 & 11: South Valley’s Regional Park, 15650 Wedge Parkway, Reno

October 17 & 18: RTC Lot, corner of Geiger Grade and Toll Road, Reno

November 6 & 7: Verdi/Mogul, site to be determined

November 8 & 9: Scolari’s, 5430 Sun Valley Blvd, Sun Valley

November 13 & 14: Lemmon Valley Station, 130 Nectar Street, Reno

November 15 & 16: Silver Lake Station, 11525 Red Rock Road, Reno

November 20 & 21: Ironwood Equestrian Center, 5600 Whiskey Springs Road, Palomino Valley

November 22 & 23: Lazy 5 Regional Park, 7100 Pyramid Way, Sparks

Examples of accepted items include junipers, pines, rabbitbrush, sagebrush, and other woody vegetation.

ONLY natural vegetation, please. Items we will NOT accept include household garbage and trash, lumber, hazardous materials, grass clippings and stumps with root balls. Tree stumps in excess of 8 inches in diameter will not be accepted. Additionally, we cannot accept items in bags. Bags must be emptied on site and removed.

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