Municipal Waste in Southern Nevada: Understanding the Obsession with Garbage

Authors

Zachary Billot, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Document Type

Research Paper

Publication Date

2023

Abstract

This policy brief will analyze the current state of municipal waste, both residential and commercial, in Clark County Nevada. Southern Nevada’s reliance on inexpensive disposal of waste results in lack of support for sustainable investment in waste diversion programs. Clark County lags significantly behind the US in terms of recycling processing due to problems related to collection of materials and limited programs that divert food waste in a city reliant on casinos that dispose tons of food per day. A multifactor approach which includes education, investment in waste diversion, policy change for waste collection and cost, and management of waste hauling monopolization is necessary.

Keywords

Environmental Policy, Public Policy, Sustainability, Municipal Waste, Recycling

Disciplines

Environmental Policy | Public Policy

File Format

pdf

File Size

270 KB

Language

English

Rights

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Repository Citation

Billot, Z. (2023). Municipal Waste in Southern Nevada: Understanding the Obsession with Garbage.
Available at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/award/58