Tour our Vegas Recycling Center & Learning Facility
The Southern Nevada Recycling Center located at 360 West Cheyenne North Las Vegas, NV 89030 is the largest and smartest residential recycling center in North America. The 110,000 square foot facility is home to highly advanced, state-of-the-art recycling technologies. Featuring an interactive Learning Center offering visitors a rare, first-hand view of the recycling process.
Click below to book a tour or email RecycleVegas@republicservices.comOur Vegas Recycling Center and Learning Facility is open to the public and provides free tours, for all age groups.
Building information
The architecture of the building was engineered using recycled and repurposed materials, and features various elements of sustainability throughout the facility.
Remanufactured building
More than 75% of the building is made from recycled and remanufactured steel. The natural landscape was preserved and repurposed to make aggregate for the flood channels surrounding the building. Water efficient automatic low-flow fixtures were installed to conserve water, reducing consumption by more than 20%. High solar reflectance index roof materials were installed to minimize heat retention in the building.
Capabilities
The Southern Nevada Recycling Center serves almost 620,000 households throughout the area, including the cities of North Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Henderson, and Clark County. The Center can process 70 tons of mixed recyclables an hour and 270,000 tons a year.
Generates solar
The Center features a large photovoltaic rooftop solar energy system comprised of 1,776 panels to harness the renewable resource. The system generates 933,162 kilowatts of energy per year, which constitutes more than 15 percent of the building’s power consumption. Over the next 30 years the building’s solar energy system will offset greenhouse gas emissions equal to 38 million miles driven by local motorists.
Plan your recycling tour visit
Private meetings, field trips and facility tours
- Available by appointment between 8:30am to 4:00pm Monday through Friday.
- Last appointment available at 3:00pm.
- Minimum group size of 5 is required for an appointment.
- Learning Center maximum capacity is 45 people.
- Minors must be accompanied by an adult.
Watch the recycling process in action
Groups may include:
- Adults
- Clubs
- HOA groups
- Schools
- Scouting troops
- Senior center residents
- And many more!
Welcome to Vegas
The Learning Center features a variety of customer recycling stories. These customers are moving the needle in recycling across Southern Nevada including Zappos, MGM International, McCarran International Airport, CDW, Clark County School District, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority, Las Vegas Convention Center, City of North Las Vegas, and the City of Henderson.
Recycling wall
Visitors can learn about what can be recycled and how materials are repurposed and remanufactured to make new products.
Truck experience
Visitors can enjoy a hand’s on experience inside the cab of an actual recycling truck.
Are you a current Republic Services customer in Southern Nevada?
Do you have questions about your pickup or holiday schedule, bulk pickup, dumpster rentals, or how to pay your bill?
Visit the local Southern Nevada service page for more information.
The rewards of recycling
747
This Center processes enough aluminum every seven weeks to build a Boeing 747
2M
Pounds of materials processed through the facility per day
3
Minutes it takes the facility to process the contents of a fully loaded truck
1.5k
Number of employees working for Republic Services of Southern Nevada
Republic Services'Las Vegas operations featured on PBS
PBS featured Republic’s Las Vegas operations – Apex Landfill and the recycling center – in “Overview,” a series focused on the science behind our everyday world. The video highlights how modern landfills and recycling centers like ours work together to provide sustainable solutions for the communities we serve. As a leader in the environmental services industry, we’re leveraging technology to increase recycling at the Southern Nevada Recycling Center, which takes in 1.8 million pounds of recyclables per day.
At Republic Services, we’re investing in innovative technology to advance the circularity of plastics. Learn more about the Republic Services Polymer Center. First Polymer Center opening in Las Vegas in 2023.
Know your plastics
Virtual tours start now
If you're unable to visit us in person, we invite you to take a virtual field trip of how a recycling center and a modern landfill works. These videos are designed to provide specific lessons in 3rd-5th grade, 6th-8th grade, and 9th-12th grade, but can also be used for all ages. Welcome!
Recycling center video tour
3rd - 5th grade video is featured below
Modern landfill video tour
3rd - 5th grade video is featured below
Additional resources for educators and at-home learning
Lessons & activities for educators, by educators
- Carefully aligned to grade-level curriculum standards
- Provided to you 100% free of charge
- Written and vetted by real teachers
- Lessons designed to fit within a typical class period
- Lessons can be used individually or as a unit
- Easy for teachers to implement, engaging for students
Engaging at-home activities about recycling
- Engaging activities for learning at home
- Developed by teachers, vetted by parents
- Empowers entire family to make a difference by recycling
- Flexible and easy – complete any time, in any order
- Easily access on any device
- Printer optional
Say no to recycling contamination
On average, recycling contamination levels are at 30% which means the separation of clean recyclables from contaminated material is more important than ever.
Technology at the new facility is state of the art, but even the most advanced scanning and sorting equipment can’t weed out all contamination.
The recycling facility uses highly advanced sorting technologies to process 350 tons of recyclable material per day, separating material in milliseconds.
Did you know - contamination fact
Once cardboard or paper comes into contact with food or liquid, it can no longer be recycled.
Did you know - contamination fact
What you may not know is that putting your old battery-powered electronics and toys in your waste or recycling bin is not only an environmental no-no, it can be downright dangerous.
Did you know - contamination fact
Just one bottle of ketchup with residue could contaminate an entire truckload! Keep recyclables free of liquid or food waste by ensuring that they’re empty, clean, and dry.
Recycling tips
We make it easy to recycle a wide variety of materials common in every home. Click on the recyclable for more information.
Don't be a "wish-cycler"
You can make a difference! Learn recycling basics and expert tips on your tour.
Empty. Clean. Dry.™
Clean recyclables don’t contaminate other types of materials, so the recycle stream stays out of the landfill.
When in doubt, throw it out.
If it has food waste, it belongs in the trash. Just one dirty bottle can contaminate the contents of a whole recycling truck.
Know what to throw.
Paper & cardboard, metal cans, plastic bottles, and jugs (with lids).
Don't bag it.
Don’t bag your recyclables – place them in your recycling container loosely. Grocery bags and other flexible plastics will get caught in the machinery.
What to do before you put your recyclables in the bin
Watch this short video to learn how to prepare your recyclable items to go into the recycling container. It’s as simple as 1-2-3!
Never place these items in your recycling container. They cannot be recycled with your household waste. Look over this list to make sure you’re putting only reusable materials in your container. These items cannot go into recycling.
- Appliances
- Batteries
- Bubble wrap
- Christmas lights
- Clothes
- Coat hangers
- Diapers
- Electrical cords
- Food waste
- Food wrap
- Garden hoses
- Household cleaners
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- Paint
- Pizza boxes
- Plastic bags
- Polystyrene
- Rubber balls
- Sports equipment
- Syringes/razor blades
- Tires
- Toys/stuffed animals
- Waxed cartons
- Wood/yard waste
Certain items can’t be recycled through our regular curbside service. But we have simple solutions for recycling these specialty items.
Visit our state-of-the-art facility
Location
Southern Nevada Recycling Center
360 West Cheyenne
North Las Vegas, NV 89030
Hours
By appointment only
Monday – Friday, 8:30 am – 4:00 pm
The last admission is at 3:00 pm
Admission
Free
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