Nevada

  • Ritz Camera Offers Free Battery Recycling

    August 4th, 2008


    Ritz Camera has added rechargeable battery collection boxes to more than 140 western U.S. stores as part of a new partnership with Call2Recycle to encourage customers to recycle batteries.

    Participating stores are located in Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada and Oregon, and customers can recycle obsolete rechargeable batteries in these stores at no charge.

    Call2Recycle is a campaign by the Rechargeable continue …


  • World Series of Poker Debuts Sustainable Table

    May 28th, 2008


    First prize at this year’s World Series of Poker will come with a new sustainable poker table.


  • Reno Complex Celebrates Recycle-Palooza on March 29-30

    March 20th, 2008


    Northern Nevada residents can bring their obsolete electronics for free recycling to the Somersett Welcome Center on either March 29 or 30.


  • Great Truckee Meadows Cleanup Seeks Volunteers

    March 4th, 2008


    The third annual Great Truckee Meadows Community Cleanup will take place on May 10, and Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful is seeking volunteers at events throughout the area.


  • Test Shows More Recycle When Items Not Separated

    February 14th, 2008


    A Reno pilot program in 2007 of single-stream recycling more than tripled the amount recycled, and the county is considering a permanent switch as a result.


  • Las Vegas Motor Speedway to Begin Recycling

    February 11th, 2008


    Las Vegas Motor Speedway will feature aluminum can recycling bins throughout its grounds during 2008 NASCAR Weekend.


  • Plan to Recycle CFLs in Reno Being Developed

    February 8th, 2008


    Reno, Nevada is developing a plan to provide recycling bins for residents to drop off used compact fluorescent lightbulbs.


  • Can Consumer Electronics Ever be “Green”?

    January 9th, 2008


    On Monday of this week I made a sacrifice for you. I ate nothing but Doritos and salsa, peanuts, gelato, a turkey salad sandwich on cranberry bread, two apples, and a frappacino while I walked about five miles on a concrete floor. Why? Because I spent the day at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, a larger-than-life trade continue …


  • G4 TV and Earth 911 Promote E-waste Recycling at CES

    January 8th, 2008


    The GCycle campaign, a partnership between Earth 911 and G4TV, will be an exhibitor at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.


  • Wastecon to Feature Panel on Impact of Digital TV Switch on E-Waste

    October 9th, 2007


    Wastecon 2007 will feature a panel discussion on October 16 about the impact on the waste stream from the FCC-mandated digital TV signal change on February 17, 2009.