Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 444A - Programs for Recycling
NRS 444A.120 - Establishment in larger counties; activities to be included in program; program must not conflict with certain standards adopted by State Environmental Commission.

1. The board of county commissioners in a county whose population is 700,000 or more shall, in conjunction with each licensed hauler of garbage and refuse operating in the county, establish a pilot program for collecting and separating recyclable material that has the potential to be used as a source of renewable energy or converted into renewable fuel.
2. The pilot program must include, without limitation:
(a) An exploration of technologies and processes that are able to use recyclable material as a source of renewable energy or convert recyclable material into renewable fuel.
(b) The creation and maintenance of adequate records to allow an assessment of the feasibility of establishing a statewide recycling standard.
3. The pilot program must not conflict with the standards relating to recyclable material adopted by the State Environmental Commission pursuant to NRS 444A.020.
4. As used in this section:
(a) "Licensed hauler of garbage and refuse" means a person who holds the licenses and permits required to operate a business of collecting and disposing of garbage and refuse. The term includes a person who is licensed to operate a business of collecting recyclable material.
(b) "Recyclable material" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 444A.013.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 3007; A 2011, 1259)

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