2023 - If you are dependent on your landline phone service from AT&T, please contact the Nevada County Board of Supervisors per instructions below.

Background
Over the next six to seven years, AT&T will be discontinuing their traditional wireline phone service. This service is provided via an outdated copper-based network. AT&T says that moving away from the landline phone network will allow them to invest more resources in high-speed broadband infrastructure.

AT&T has asked the County of Nevada to help them identify and connect with any of their traditional landline phone customers who have no other voice service alternatives (including mobile/cell phone service). They understand the public safety hazard of having no phone service and want to maintain service for households in that situation.

How to get on the list
If your household depends on your AT&T landline service, please send an email to:
bdofsupervisors@nevadacountyca.gov and include:

• your street address
• your…

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Broadband in Nevada County offers information about internet service in Nevada County, including low income, accessibility, and senior programs, and local broadband providers and coverage maps.

Web pages

• Home - https://www.mynevadacounty.com/1379/Nevada-County-Broadband
• Free WiFi Locations - https://www.mynevadacounty.com/1500/Free-WiFi-Locations
• Low Income, Accessibility, and Senior Programs - https://www.mynevadacounty.com/1474/Low-Income-Accessibility-Senior-Programs
• Low Income Programs - https://www.mynevadacounty.com/1504/Low-Income-Program

The Senior Firewood Program provides qualified seniors a limited amount of pine/fir to supplement their other home heating sources when wood is available. Also accepts donations of wood as able.

Anyone wanting to apply to receive wood or donate wood should call to learn the current status of the program.

Wood supplies generally run out each season, and there are not always enough volunteers to accept wood donations.

Call 530-615-4541 to learn when applications open and whether donations are currently being accepted.

At times when the Senior Firewood Program is out of wood, Project Go may be able to help both Nevada & Placer County residents if they are income eligible for LIHEAP (they do not need to be seniors, just income qualified). Call 916-782-3443.

Seniors may qualify for the Senior Firewood Program if they meet the following criteria:

• A Nevada County resident living in the Greater Grass Valley area
• Individuals/couples must be at least 60 years of age, frail, with a very…

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From time to time Waste Management collaborates with Nevada County, Bureau of Land Management, and the US Forest Service to host tire amnesty events for proper tire disposal.

Tire Amnesty events for 2024:

• Sat, Oct 19 at Bear River HS. 8am – 2pm.
• Thu, Oct 31 at the North San Juan Transfer Station on Flume St. 8am – 2pm.
• Wed, Oct 30 at the Penn Valley Rodeo Grounds. 8am – 2pm.
• Mon, Oct 28 & Tue, Oct 29 at the McCourtney Road Transfer Station. 8am-2pm.

Car tires without rims. No large truck tires or tractor tires. 9 tires per load only. No tire shops or other businesses.

Web pages

• Home - https://www.wm.com/location/california/nevada_county/index.jsp

SB1383 will commence on January 1st, 2025

Nevada County jurisdictions are working out details to implement SB1383 and inform the public. Info will be added when available and confirmed. https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/3466/Organics-Recycling

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Waste Management provides a full range of residential and commercial solid waste collection services, including curbside pick-up, curbside recycling, environmental services, dumpsters and waste and recycling receptacles. Medication disposal available at 13083 Grass Valley Ave. location.

Home-Generated Sharps - https://www.wm.com/location/california/nevada_county/recycling/hhw.jsp

• Sharps include needles, syringes, pen needles & lancets.
• It is illegal to put these items in the trash or recycling. By law they must be transported in approved biohazard sharps containers, which are sold at pharmacies.
• Accepted (only in approved biohazard containers) at the McCourtney Road Transfer Station Household Hazardous Was…

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Nevada Irrigation District supplies both treated drinking and irrigation water to homes, farms and businesses in Nevada, Placer, Sierra, and Yuba counties.

Web pages

• Home - https://www.nidwater.com/
• Water shortage emergency declaration, March 2024 - https://www.nidwater.com/files/95a3f60a9/GM+Newsletter+March+2024.pdf

Waste Management of Nevada County has a Residential Drop Off for Comingle Household Recycling:

12548 Loma Rica Dr. Grass Valley CA 95945

This drop off location is for residents who currently do not have curbside service. They accept regular comingle recyclable material.

• Bottles, cans, cardboard, paper, etc.
• No single use plastics, no E-Waste or batteries, no Hazardous Waste, no tires or household trash.
• This is for residents only, no businesses.

Web pages

• Home for WM in Nevada County - https://www.wm.com/location/california/nevada_county/index.jsp

• WM Facebook page posts service updates - https://www.facebook.com/NevadaCountyWM/

• Locations - https://www.wm.com/location/california/nevada_county/locations/index.jsp

• Recycling Facilities in Nevada County - https://nevcounty.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=f10e226a5cb3481686796b5a05367e0e

Waste Management provides a variety of waste services including refuse, comprehensive recycling, hazardous waste removal, and reuse rooms.  

McCourtney Road Transfer Station provides buyback of CRV recyclables Wed-Sun, 8am-3:30pm. 

Web pages

• Home (for WM in Nevada County) -https://www.wm.com/location/california/nevada_county/index.jsp

• Nevada County WM Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/NevadaCountyWM/

• Locations -https://www.wm.com/location/california/nevada_county/locations/index.jsp

• Recycling Facilities in Nevada County -https://nevcounty.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=f10e226a5cb3481686796b5a05367e0e

Waste Managment of Nevada County offers Christmas tree disposals. More details will be available on their Facebook site approximately 1 week before Christmas.

2024 Christmas Tree Disposal - stay tuned for info...

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Previous year info below:

2023 Christmas Tree Disposal
Holiday trees can be disposed of in two easy ways:

1. Cut and place in Green Waste Cart: Holiday trees can be cut into small sections and placed in your green waste cart. Please make sure the lid on the cart can close.
2. Take Trees to Designated WM Recycling sites: Waste management will be providing Free Holiday/Christmas Tree Recycling for Nevada County residents. You can take whole trees (free of all tinsel, snow flocking, decorations, and metal stands) to specified locations.

Information will be available on

Free Drop Off Locations
All Nevada County, Grass Valley and Nevada City residents can bring Christmas Trees to the following locations on the dates indicated for free disposal.

Dec 26, 2023 – Feb 4, 2024
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Recology Auburn Placer provides residential and commercial yard waste, recycling, and garbage collection to the communities of Auburn, Colfax, Rocklin, the Town of Loomis, and Unincorporated Placer County. The City of Roseville has its own waste services division. The City of Lincoln is served by Waste Management, Inc.

Sharps

All sharps waste must be transported to a collection center in an approved sharps container. Home-generated sharps waste includes hypodermic needles, syringes, and lancets that are used for medical purposes. Sharps in approved biohazard containers can be brought to the Recology Auburn Placer Transfer Station for safe disposal.

Visit the Placer-Nevada Rx Drug Safety Coalition for additional free year-round medical drop-off sites.

Sharps Mail-Back Service
Visit CalRecycle for a list of companies that are authorized to provide sharps waste mail-back services in California.

Web pages

• Main website - https://www.recology.com/recology-auburn-placer/
• Locations & Contact inf…

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