Basic Services Trash + Recycling

By Annie Rosenfeld, Tahoe Donner Director of Risk and Real Property

Rolling recycling carts are coming to Tahoe Donner residents this fall! Order your cart now to ensure you get timely delivery.

• Tahoe Donner residents will have the option to have a rolling recycling cart this year.
• Deliveries occur in October 2020. To participate in the cart program, residents must opt-in at keeptruckeegreen.org.
• If you can’t remember whether you registered, call (530) 583-7800.
• Residents can use blue bags and/or the carts to suit their travel schedules.
• Carts must be at the curb every other Tuesday for pickup and rolled back into their storage location within 24 hours of pick up day.
• Animal resistant carts will be available for an additional fee: 1x $60 fee + $12/month fee.
• In Tahoe Donner, trash and recycling pick-up day is Tuesday.
• Blue recycling bags will be picked up weekly. Rolling recycling carts will be picked up every other week. Place blue bags next to your garbage can to avoid any overage costs. All cardboard must be placed inside of the blue bag or cart.
• Sign up for pick-up day reminders at keeptruckeegreen.org/collection-reminders.
• Check keeptruckeegreen.org for pick-up week calendar.

WHAT TO RECYCLE:

RECYCLING DO’S

• Recycle right — know what goes where.
• Most of us put what we believe should be recycled into the recycling and think we’re doing the right thing. In reality, knowing what belongs in recycling makes the program more successful.

RULES OF THUMB

• If it can mold or get stinky, rinse it before you put it in recycling.
• Beverage containers (soda bottles, beer cans and bottles) do not
  need to be rinsed.
• Only place plastics #1 and #2 in the recycling.
• If it’s plastic and you can squish or crumple it, toss it in the trash. No plastic film products can be recycled curbside.
• If it’s sticky or contaminated with food, toss it in the trash.

PRO TIP:

Be a minimalist. Shrink your “wasteberg” (the estimated 70 pounds of waste created in mining, manufacturing, packaging, etc. for every single pound of items we discard). Ask yourself, is there a better alternative? Can you repurpose it at home, or purchase it second-hand?

You can find a list of items you can put in your blue bags in the Town’s Recycling Guide at keeptruckeegreen.org.

ONLINE SERVICES
A new online customer service platform is available for easier billing and communication at etowerweb.amcsgroup.com/tahoetruckee.

COVENANTS TIPS
All rolling carts (green waste and recycling) are to be stored out of sight, either in a garage or underneath a side or rear deck if the property does not have a garage.

OTHER SERVICES AVAILABLE:

SCHEDULE 6-YARD GREEN WASTE DUMPSTER RENTAL FOR SUMMER 2020

• Available May-September only (these will sell out; book early).
• Rentals run from Wednesday to the following Wednesday.
• Loose material only – NO bags.
• Provide a paid receipt from Tahoe Truckee Sierra Disposal and The Truckee Fire Protection District Defensible Space Rebate Program will reimburse the green waste dumpster rental fee of $75.72.

RESIDENTS ALLOWED FOUR EXTRA WASTE PICKUPS PER YEAR

• Up to 96 gallons per pick up (equivalent to three extra cans or 12-16 bags per year).
• May be used for yard waste.

RESIDENTS ALLOWED TWO BULKY ITEM PICKUPS PER YEAR

• Examples include mattresses, couches and refrigerators.
• Bulky pick-ups cannot be used for yard waste.

All pickups are on Tuesdays and must be scheduled in advance.