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Solid Waste Events

Photo of county staff handing out oil filter change kits and vouchers for oil filtersOil Filter Exchange Events

Mark your calendars: 
March 28, 2026
May 16, 2026
Bring in a used oil filter and get a 
$15 voucher toward a new filter. 
(Limit 2 per customer)
Get a free oil change kit, too. (While supplies last.)
10am-2pm at O'Reilly Auto Parts,
742 Freeman Lane, Grass Valley
Not for commercial use. Nevada County residents only.

Photo of shoveling compost into burlap sack during April's compost giveaway eventCompost Giveaway &
E-Waste Drop-Off Event

Mark your calendars: 
March 21, 2026
Free compost for Nevada County residents. Not for commercial use.  Bring your own container and shovel. No truck or trailer loads. 
Drop-off e-waste, such as, old phones, televisions, computers, printers and similar electronics free. 
9am-2pm at 950 Maidu Ave., Nevada City


Student design contest
Thank you to Nevada City School of the Arts and Margaret G Scotten School students who submitted these great designs on the benefits of sorting food waste. The winner received their design made into stickers and a $10 gift card donated by Pine Street Burgers. Pine Street Burgers is doing a great job of sorting waste and recycling.
Contest winners:Colorful image of student's design on green waste. This is the contest winner.

Scotten student winner's art of a caricature of a methane ghost


Student submittals from Nevada City School of the Arts:
image of student's design on recycling Student's artwork of strawberry flowers and a chick with \"It is beautiful.\"
Student's drawing of Mr. Pickle Man stating I'm ugly and I'm proud
image of students art on eating ugly vegetables. Image of student's artwork on composting green wasteStudent's art on eating ugly food and composting
Student's artwork on reduce, reuse, recycleStudent's artwork of broccoli and pear with eat ugly food. It's the same as normal food

Student's artwork of rose with Beauty and the Beast. Keep the plants beautiful by reusing, recycl
Student artwork on eat your veggies, not just your meatStudent's artwork of an ugly piece of fruit stating save ugly foodStudent's artwork of ugly carrots with All foods taste good even the weird looking ones
Student's artwork of strange carrot with make sure you care (carrot) about ugly food
Student's artwork of bear and chick. Stop wasting plants.




Student submittals from Margaret G Scotten School:
Drawing the right and wrong way to compostDrawing of composting and \"Don't waste the taste\" encouraging consumption of food before itDrawing with duck and cape \"Mr Eco Duck\"Drawing of caricature of methane and \"don't litter, no methane\"Drawing of circle with line through it showing \"food in trash creates harmful gas\"Drawing of methane ghost caricature with \"compost so you don't create the methane ghost\"
Drawing with \"no methane ghost\" and circle with line through methane ghost.Drawing with \"food in trash creates harmful gas\"Drawing of methane caricature with circle and line thru. \"sort like crazy\" \"don't hang wDrawing  of Eco Hero. \"saves the day\" \"always compost\"Drawing of methane caricature and \"sort like crazy\"Drawing of methane caricature and \"don't put food in the trash\"
Drawing of person compostingPerson with thumbs up and \"don't hang with methane\"Drawing of person with three-cornered hat putting apple in the compost binDrawing of person and compost binDrawing of person with colorful hair and compost binDrawing of compost bin
Drawing of person with apple and compost binDrawing of stick figure and compost bindrawing of compost bindrawing DrawingDrawing with smiley face
DrawingDrawingYellow drawingDrawing of person with compost binDrawing with yellow smiley face on top of compost binDrawing of trash truck and a clean neighborhood with people and houses, trees and  a park
Drawing showing the wrong and right way to compostDrawing of a green bin and WM truck with green check mark and wrong is apple in blue binDrawing showing what goes in the trash, compost and recycles bins. Drawing of person next to trash binDrawing of personDrawing of person putting banana peel and apple core in compost bin
Drawing of Bob#1 next to trash can and handing apple core to Bob#2 to be compostedDrawing of people composting correctly.Drawing of trash truck in neighborhood with people and treesDrawing of green trash truck


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