Frequently Asked Questions

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We are proud to serve the unincorporated area of Pahrump, Nevada and the eastern portion of Inyo County, California, including Death Valley.

Our customer service office, located at 1410 E. Mesquite Avenue in Pahrump, is open from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Please call us at 775-727-5777 during normal business hours.

We observe New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.

If your regular collection day falls on or after the holiday when these holidays occur on weekdays, collection is delayed one day. For example, Thanksgiving falls on a Thursday. That week, Thursday customers will be collected on Friday, and Friday customers will be collected on Saturday. Normal collection resumes the following week.

To start service, residential and commercial customers should call 775-727-5777 or visit our office at 1410 E. Mesquite Avenue in Pahrump. An advance payment, a photo ID, and a New Customer Information Form are required for all new services.

Download the New Residential Customer Information Form, the New Commercial Customer Information Form, or fill one out in our office. Forms can be scanned and emailed, faxed, mailed, or returned in person. Our office is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. We can be reached by phone at 775-727-5777, and by fax at 775-727-5832.

No. The bin is provided to you as part of the service because our trucks use automated arms to lift and empty the contents.

Call us immediately at 775-727-5777 if your garbage is not picked up by the end of your regularly scheduled day. Please remember that collection times can vary from week to week due to such things as equipment issues, traffic, or new routing. Also, an additional trip charge may apply if carts were not set out in the appropriate place at the appropriate time.

If you have already established service with us, we require a 24-hour notice to put the request in for the following day. If you have not had service with us prior, you will need to visit our office or call 775-727-5777 to establish an account before we can deliver a container.

Bulky items such as furniture, appliances or items that will not fit in your garbage cart can be collected separately from regular garbage service. There is a fee for service. Call us at 775-727-5777 to arrange for collection.

Please call us at 775-727-5777 to arrange for delivery of clean-up bin to your home. Small bins are available for light projects, and larger debris boxes are available for extensive projects such as remodels, construction, or landscape tear-outs.

Rates for roll off boxes include a County Landfill fee.

Yes. Locking bins are available for an additional minimal fee. Please allow up to 2 weeks for the bin to be ready since they are made to order.
Yes. If you are filling a container with material such as roof shingles, concrete, dirt, manure, etc. you may only fill it one half (1/2) full. If it is overloaded and too heavy, you may have to empty some contents. Alternatively, a second bin or box may have to be delivered, and you may have to transfer some contents into this additional bin. This may result in added costs to you.
Residential customers are billed quarterly in advance of service.

Commercial and multifamily customers are billed monthly.
We accept check, cash, money order, credit card, and online payments. Bills are due and payable within 30 days from date of invoice.

You may pay your bill in person, over the phone, by mail, and online.

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  • In person:
    Cash, check, and credit card payments may be made in our office located at 1410 E. Mesquite Avenue in Pahrump, Monday through Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

    After hours, leave your payment in our drop box located on the fence before you enter the first set of gates to our office.

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  • By mail:
    Mail payment to P.O. Box 7428, Pasadena, CA 91109-7428

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Please call our office for the latest information about our rates.

You may mail in your payment, pay online, or, if you visit us before or after our office hours. There is a payment drop box located before you enter the first set of gates to our office. The drop box is flush with the fence.

Yes. Pahrump Valley Disposal customers can pay their bills online here

Yes. You may sign up for automatic payments when you log in to pay your bill. Pay online and sign up.

Please call our office for more information.
No. However, in the event of a price increase during the pre-paid year you will not be charged anything additional since payment for the year has already been made.
Yes. When service is stopped for nonpayment, the total outstanding bill plus late fees must be paid in full. A reinstatement fee could also apply.
Yes. You must be gone for a period of 2 weeks or more in order to put service on hold. Once you have returned you will need to call us to resume service.

Residents and Businesses can drop-off recyclables in two locations:

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  • Shoshone (Behind Cal Trans Maintenance Yard)

    Follow the dirt road located behind the directional sign for Beatty and Death Valley Junction at the Charles Brown Highway intersection with State Hwy 127

    State Hwy 127
    Shoshone, CA 92384

    Open 7 days per week during daylight hours

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  • Tecopa (The empty lot across the road from the Tecopa Hot Springs Campground)

    Tecopa Hot Springs Road
    Tecopa, CA 92389

    Open 7 days per week during daylight hours

Pahrump Valley Disposal accepts the following items at its recycling drop-off locations:

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  • Cardboard
  • Food and beverage glass
  • Metal cans
  • Clear plastic bottles and jugs #1 & #2 only

Yes. Pahrump Valley Disposal is a full service, weigh-master certified, licensed auto wrecker, scrap metal recycler. We purchase, sort, process and market all types of metal. We buy ferrous and non-ferrous metals including vehicles, such as cars, trucks, and heavy equipment, appliances, iron, tin, copper, brass, car batteries and more.

Bring your metal to our yard located at 1410 E. Mesquite Avenue, or call us at 775-727-6131 to schedule a pick up, as we offer removal services on an individual and commercial basis, including bin, box and trailer services.

Our metal yard is open Monday through Friday. Please call for hours. Click here for more information

Yes. We buy vehicles, including cars, trucks, heavy equipment, etc. Drive it to our yard located at 1410 E. Mesquite Avenue, or call us at 775-727-6131 to schedule a pick up.

Residents may put them in a sealed, rigid, hard plastic container and place them next to the garbage cart or bin.

Commercial businesses with medical waste should call our office at 775-727-5777 for information about our medical waste hauling services.

Latex paint cans must be dried out completely and then may be disposed of in trash cart, bin, and/or Roll Off.

You may drop off your electronic waste, such as computers, televisions, cell phones, stereo equipment, etc. at the metal yard next to our office, located at 1410 E. Mesquite Avenue. Our metal yard is open Monday through Friday. Please call for hours.

Hazardous Waste is strictly prohibited in all garbage carts, bins, and Roll Off boxes. This includes all electronic waste (computers, televisions, cell phones, and stereo equipment), paint thinners, pesticides, motor oil and oil filters, herbicides, and similar products.

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Latex paint, however, can be dried out, and once dry, the paint may be disposed of in the trash. Please visit Nevada Recycles for more information about the disposal of hazardous waste.