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No Changes for Christmas 2009 or New Years 2010 (November 1, 2009)
There will be NO changes in residential or commercial routes for the upcoming holidays. (Christmas or New Years) Route Changes for Thanksgiving Day (October 29, 2009)
Notice of Residential Route Service Schedule Change. Thanksgiving Day - November 26, 2009
Residential Trash service (90 gallon containers) will remain the same on Monday November 23rd, Tuesday November 24th, and Wednesday November 25th. But Thursday November 26th (Thanksgiving Day), NO SERVICE, please have your cans out on Friday November 27th by 6:00 am. We are sorry for any inconvenience that these changes might bring and thank you for your understanding.
This schedule change does not affect commercial services.
If you have any questions please call our office at 702-346-5396 Another Great Inspection (February 10, 2009) We recently had the state inspectors out to inspect our Landfill and again we got a great report. They inspect everything from Dust control to record keeping, general appearance and so much more. Again we got an A+, keep up the good work landfill workers!!! Christmas Day Route Schedule Changes (November 28, 2008)
For Christmas only we will be changing the residential route schedule for residents serviced with the 90 gallon containers. This change will start Thursday Christmas day the 25th. Your pickup day will be delayed one day. Example if your regular pickup day is Thursday the 25th, your garbage will be collected on Friday the 26th. Please have your container out before 6:00 am. We are sorry for any inconvenience that these changes might bring and thank you for your understanding. Remember this is only for the Christmas week; we will not be changing any services for New Years day or week.
If you have any questions please call our office at 702-346-5396 Thanksgiving Day Route Schedule (November 3, 2008)
This Thanksgiving Day we will not be making any route changes for our residential customers. All scheduled residential services will be the same. Please place your container out at the curb Wednesday night or before 6:00am on Thursday and we will be by to service your can. All customers will remain the same no changes!!! City Passes Fuel Surcharge (June24, 2008)
On June 24, 2008 the City of Mesquite passed with unanimous vote to start charging a fuel surcharge of $1.25 to all residents who live in the city. This is the first raise to residential account since June of 1996. This adjustment will help with the rising cost of fuel.
City Raises Outside City Accounts (June 10, 2008)
The City of Mesquite has set a resolution #561 and was approved on June 10, 2008 that would revise the Landfill fee for refuse originating from all outside City accounts.
This Resolution would increase Landfill fees to 1.5 times for refuse originating outside the City from $6.92 per cubic yard to $7.65 per cubic yard. The last time Landfill fees were adjusted for outside City accounts was in July of 2002. Resolution #308 increased the inside City fees from $4.61 per cubic yard to $5.10 per cubic yard, however, fees were not increased at that time for outside City accounts. Outside City accounts were last raised on December 22, 1995. Ordinance 167 required all outside City accounts to pay 1.5 times the rate for inside City accounts.
This Resolution will increase those outside accounts by $0.73 per cubic yard and also correct an error in the third addendum to the Solid Waste Collection Agreement which indicated the contractor (Virgin Valley Disposal) will pay 2.77 per cubic yard for outside City accounts, included in this payment is the franchise fee for outside city refuse. On the last page, the addendum indicates there will be no franchise fee for refuse generated outside the City. Virgin Valley Disposal currently pays the City of Mesquite $2.31 per cubic yard for refuse originating outside the City. With the approval of Resolution #561 that will increase outside of City refuse $0.73 per cubic yard for a total of $3.04 per cubic yard. This increase will simply be passed on to those customers who have services outside of the City of Mesquite. You will see the increase effective August 1st. 2008. City Residents Tabled (June 10, 2008) The City of Mesquite has set a resolution #562 but was tabled for a future meeting. This resolution would set a fuel surcharge for the city residents for increased fuel cost by Virgin Valley Disposal for solid waste disposal. The last time City of Mesquite's 90 gallon residential automated systems fees were increased was in June of 1996. Currently, monthly fees are $10.00 a month for solid waste disposal and $1.25 a month for automated can rental. Rather than increase fees at this time, this Resolution will add a fuel surcharge to all 90 gallon automated customers inside the City that the City of Mesquite Sanitation Department bills for quarterly. This increase would be based on the West Coast fuel index at the time of the billing and would be directly related to the cost of fuel at that time. All of this fuel surcharge will go to Virgin Valley disposal to off-set the increase in fuel cost for the future and would also allow the reduction in charges should fuel cost go down in the future. All out of City accounts and commercial account fees are set by Virgin Valley Disposal in accordance to City Code Chapter 4 and the City's solid waste agreements with Virgin Valley Disposal which has provisions in them to increase those fees. All of those accounts have already seen an adjustment on their billing in accordance to the surcharge sheet attached. In the City of Mesquite Solid Waste Collection Agreement dated April 26, 1995, Section #13, Changes in Fees. The City will, from time to time, consider a price adjustment to reflect changes in the cost of the contractors operations. The contractor must fully justify increases in the actual cost of doing business by substantiating his request with data, such as the wholesale price index, consumer price index, price index for fuel, materials, labor and other factors which contribute to the cost of conducting business. In addition, the contractor may petition the City at any time for price adjustments. The City shall make the final determination of the amount of any contract price adjustment and will not unreasonably withhold approval of a contract price adjustment request. As was stated above, the residential solid waste fees have not increased since June, 1996. Virgin Valley Disposal has done everything within their capabilities to keep solid waste cost down as low as possible. Fuel Surcharge (April 24, 2008)
Our industry today continues to be burdened with non-controllable changes such as fuel costs. These costs have affected all suppliers equally and substantially in the last few months. After much research we determined that we must implement a fuel surcharge to offset these non-controllable changes.
We will be maintaining a very low percent compared to the industry, this low rate will change as the fuel costs change. The fuel rates will be supplied by the E.I.A. (Energy Information Administration). Please find below our schedule of percent and increments that will be implemented.
This Fuel Surcharge chart will be ongoing in the event diesel fuel prices continue to increase. If diesel prices drop below $2.50 per gallon there would be a $0.00% fuel surcharge. This cost will be determined on the day of billing. The E.I.A. is published each Monday, when we process the bills we will look at the most recent Monday published under the "West Coast" column and that will be our rate for the billing cycle.
We value your business and we hope you see this as simply a pass-through of uncontrollable costs that are part of the economic trends affecting all industries and consumers. We have struggled over this for many months and feel this is the best way and the fairest way to you the customer. This fuel surcharge will take affect May 1, 2008.
Christmas Day Route Schedule Changes (November 26, 2007)
For Christmas only we will be changing the residential route schedule for residents serviced with the 90 gallon containers starting Tuesday the 25th through Thursday the 27th. Your pickup day will be moved forward one day. Example if your regular pickup day is Tuesday the 25th, your garbage will be collected on Wednesday the 26th, if your regular pickup day is Wednesday the 26th, then garbage will be collected Thursday the 27th, if your regular pickup day is Thursday the 27th, then garbage will be collected Friday the 28th. We are sorry for any inconvenience that these changes might bring and thank you for your understanding. Remember this is only for the Christmas week, we will not be changing any services for New Years day or week.
If you have any questions please call our office at 702-346-5396
Thanksgiving Day Route Schedule (November 5, 2007)
This Thanksgiving Day we will not be making any route changes for our residential customers. All scheduled residential services will be the same. Please place your container out at the curb Wednesday night or before 6:00am on Thursday and we will be by to service your can. All customers will remain the same no changes!!!
Residential Rate Changes Bunkerville (October 30, 2007)
After carefully evaluating our cost of doing business we have decided to raise some of our services to our customers. One service that is affected is our weekly residential 90 gallon service.
Bunkerville Area = New rate schedule affective January 1, 2008
Rate Changes All (October 30, 2007)
After carefully evaluating our cost of doing business we have decided to raise some of our services to our customers. We have struggled with this but feel it to be necessary to keep up with the ever changing cost of doing business. Please look our new price structure over carefully, for some of our services have not changed.
Mesquite Area = New rate schedule affective January 1, 2008 Printable Format of new rates
Bunkerville Area = New rate schedule affective January 1, 2008 Printable Format of new rates
Arizona Area = New rate schedule affective January 1, 2008 Printable Format of new rates
Residential service in Arizona (August 20, 2007)
Virgin Valley Disposal, Inc. will have available limited 90 gallon trash service in portions of the Arizona areas. If you live on an oiled based road, at Virgin Valley Disposal discretion you are able to obtain a 90 gallon trash container for routed trash service. (Weekly pickup) If you live on any other road, you are able to obtain a frontload container for service. Site will be looked at before delivery, to insure it can be serviced safely. We will be starting this service on Wednesday September 5th 2007. You will need to come to our office and sign up for this service. Your service day will be every Wednesday, your can must be taken to the paved main street to get service. The can must be out before 6:00 am, our suggestion to you is to place it out the night before. Please follow this link for pricing or call the office at 702-346-5396.
*** Certain restriction apply!!! *** New Rates as of April 1st. 2007 (March 1, 2007)
Like most business and service organizations, it periodically becomes necessary to change fees in order to maintain the level of service that our customers expect. With this said we will be implementing an increase in our service for front-load construction and demolition tipping fees. This increase will be 16.9% or approximately $1.00 per cubic yard. This will be for Mesquite and Bunkerville only. Please see our letter below for more details.
Mesquite Area = New rate schedule affective April 1, 2007
Bunkerville Area = New rate schedule affective April 1, 2007 Residential route changes for Christmas day and week (December 15, 2006)
For those who did not see the adds in the local papers we apologize for the confusion. We should have place this on our web site early for all of our valued customers. For Christmas only we will be changing the residential route schedule for all residents serviced with the 90 gallon containers. Your pickup day will be moved forward one day. Example if your regular pickup day is Monday, then garbage will be collected on Tuesday, if your regular pickup day is Tuesday, then garbage will be collected Wednesday, and so forth. We are sorry for any inconvenience that these changes might bring and thank you for your understanding. Remember this is only for the Christmas week, we will not be changing any services for New Years day or week. New Recycle Container at Wal-Mart (November 3, 2006)
We are excited to bring to you another recycle container to better serve this valley. This new container is located at Wal-Mart in the North East portion of the parking lot. All residents please feel free to use it this container as you wish. Please remember to keep the commodities clean from contamination, such things as bubble rap, peanut box stuffers and other items are contamination please remove them before placing them in the container. Your help is needed to ensure this program continues to work for all. New Gatekeeper (June 12, 2006)
We also want to welcome on Kimberly MacEachern, she will be overseen the landfill gate house and keeping things up to par at the gate house.
We want to welcome two new employees we hired Georgia Lilly and Jason Richter both will be a value to our team and we look forward to many years working with them. Virgin Valley Disposal Will Start Enforcing Procedures for Delinquent Account (March 21, 2006) Due to the high costs of collections and the unstable economy, Virgin Valley Disposal is making some changes in the delinquent account procedures. Affective April 1, 2006 the following will be implemented: All invoices/statements will be mailed out on the 1st day of each month, or the next business day if the 1st falls on a weekend or holiday. All invoices/statements will be due and payable by the 15th day of each month. All invoices/statements not paid by the 15th, will be subject to a late fee of 18% annum, with a minimum charge of $5.00 and will receive a ONE AND ONLY FINAL NOTICE. The Final Notice will show the total due, which will include all late fees and a service stop date. Your invoice/statement must be paid by the service stop date or your service will be discontinued. If service is discontinued, a $26.00 restart fee will be charged. When the past due amount, along with the late fees and restart fee is paid in full, the account will be considered current and service will be reinstated. All accounts will be charged a late fee if not paid in full by the 15th of each month. All accounts that are not paid in full, including late fees, by the service stop date, will be discontinued. All accounts that have been discontinued will be required to pay the restart fee and all charges in full to receive further service. This applies to all accounts; no exceptions. Rate increase for Construction / Demolition and Roll-off hauling fees (March 1, 2006)
Due to the increasing cost of fuels, metals, insurance and other expenses that directly affect the waste industry, we will be implementing a 12% increase beginning March 1st, 2006 on all frontload construction and demolition dump fees and also roll-off hauling fees.
The primary reason for increasing our construction and demolition type services is largely due to the wear and tear these types of services causes to our equipment. This type of material is also non-compactable, causing more trips to the landfill. Our roll-off haul rates, front-load construction and demolition dump fees have remained very low. Even with the price increase our rates are considerably lower when compared to our neighboring areas.
We thank you for your understanding and look forward to serving you for many years to come. Again, these changes will take affect March 1st, 2006.
New Office Administrator (February15, 2006)
After many applications and many interviews we hired Sandra (Sandy) Wood. She brings many years of experience with her and we look forward to getting to know and work with her. We want to welcome her and hope she feels at home in our small family here at Virgin Valley Disposal.
Help Wanted (January 24, 2006) (Position Filled)
Office Administrator Virgin Valley Disposal, Inc. is recruiting a full time professional able to prioritize effectively and work independently in a multi task environment. Applicant must have a knowledge of QuickBooks, and be willing to learn dispatching and other office skills.
Please fill out the application and return to Virgin Valley Disposal, Inc. or call 702-346-5396 for information.
Christmas Tree's (December 1, 2005)
This year the boy scout program will not be picking up Christmas trees. In years past we would pay the boy scout troops to pickup Christmas trees through out the community. With the growth and changes it has become to large of a task. All residents who live in the community and have a 90 gallon container can take your tree to the City of Mesquite landfill at "no charge" those who live in apartment complexes, check with your management group and see if they will be supplying a bin for Christmas tree removal.
New Manager (November 3, 2005)
With the fast growing pace of the City we have hired a new manager. We would like to welcome Craig Lundin onboard and express our welcome and know he will do an awesome job for Virgin Valley Disposal and the community. Craig brings years of refuse experience having been with Allied Waste better known as Red Rock Waste in St. George. We are excited to have him and look forward to his new ideas and knowledge.
Help Wanted (August 1, 2005) (Position Filled)
Virgin Valley Disposal is currently looking for a Landfill Gatekeeper.
Inquire at Virgin Valley Disposal, Inc. 501 Riverside Road Mesquite, NV. 89027 702-346-5396
For a copy of an application please follow this link. (Employment Application)
Flood of 2005 (January 17, 2005)
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families and friends who have suffered from the flood of 2005. We have seen the great support this valley is able to produce and hope that families and friends will bounce back from this terrible event.
Christmas Tree Removal Program -- Boy Scouts of America (December 20, 2004)
On December 27, 2004 (Monday) and January 3, 2005 (Monday) The Local Boy Scouts of America will be serving our community by removing your Christmas trees. Please set your tree only on the sidewalk by noon on either date and they will remove them. You do not need to call Virgin Valley Disposal.
If you miss these service dates, residents can haul your tree to the City of Mesquite landfill, along with your container serial number and you will not be charged.
Contacts for this service will be in the City of Mesquite Dan Jones Troop 60 (346-3131) in Bunkerville the contact will be Jared Hollingshead Troop 341 (346-9059)
Thanks and have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!
No Route Changes for New Years Day (January 1, 2005)
We will not be making any changes to the routes for New Years Day. All trucks will be running as scheduled, so please plan on your bins been picked up as scheduled. (Some services holiday rates will apply)
No Route Changes for Christmas Day (December 25, 2004)
We will not be making any changes to the routes for Christmas Day. All trucks will be running as scheduled, so please plan on your bins been picked up as scheduled. (Some services holiday rates will apply)
No Route Changes for Thanksgiving Day (November 25, 2004)
We will not be making any changes to the routes for the Thanksgiving Day. All trucks will be running as scheduled, so please place your cans out as you would on any other day. Thanks and have a happy Thanksgiving!!!
New Part Time Consultant (June 28, 2004) We would like to welcome Charlie Kuhn to Virgin Valley Disposal, Inc. Charlie is hired on as a part time consultant for a few months and will possibly work in to a full time position here at Virgin Valley Disposal, Inc. He is a valuable asset to our company he brings years of landfill and refuse knowledge and recourses.
Residential 90 gallons need to be out by 6:00 am. (March 5, 2004)
Residents with 90 gallon containers, your containers needs to be out on the street by 6:00 am. Our suggestion to you is to place your can out on the street to be serviced the night prior to your service day. This will ensure you container gets serviced as scheduled.
Still having problems with the Drop-off recycling containers. (March 5, 2004)
We are still having problems with the Drop-off recycling containers been contaminated with material other than the type of material been recycled! We are asking all customers who choose to use these facilities to take the time to sort through your recyclables and throw away all material that is not part of what is been recycled. It is going to take everyone's participation to make this program work, we know if we all put just a little effort in to making sure that what materials are been thrown in to the containers is the correct type this program can do wonders. We have place a number of sings around and on the containers to assist you in these efforts, but they keep getting ignored. Please remember these are not TRASH containers, don't use them as trash containers. If trash continues to be found around and in these containers they simply will have to be removed and then nobody will benefit from them. Thanks again for your time and efforts in to making this program work!
New Computer Program (January 1, 2004)
We want to inform all of our customers we have a new program to help run the office we are hoping with this software we can better server you the customer and supply you with the best service possible. To see some of the new features about this program please click this link and see many of it's new features. (New Program)
Changes in Routes (January 1, 2004)
With the City growing at these fast rates, we at Virgin Valley Disposal are doing our best to keep up with the growth. Do to these growing changes, we are having to change routes constantly. What does this mean to you our customer? Well, if you place your can out on the street after 6:00 am, you are taking a chance that your can will be missed. When routes change trucks arrive at different time to service your can. We strongly suggest you place your can out by 6:00 am yes, this is early for some people so we suggest you place it out on the street the night prior to your pickup date. This way your can will not be missed. (If your can is missed because it was not out by 6:00 am, we will not return to service it, unless you are willing to pay a unscheduled fee. This fee is $30.00 per incident. You can refer to our SERVICE & PRICING page for a complete pricing index.)
Route Changes for Arizona Customers (January 1, 2004) Attention to all Arizona Customers, starting January 1, 2004 Virgin Valley Disposal, will change your pickup days from Tuesday and Saturday to Tuesday and Friday. These changes will affect Beaver dam, Littlefield and Desert Springs, those customers who live in these areas have been getting services on Tuesdays and Saturdays, that will change starting January 1, 2004 to Tuesday and Friday. The above mentioned changes will also affect Scenic customers, those customers have been getting only one day service which has been Friday, that will not change. We will be adding another day which is Tuesday to better serve those customers. New Software Program (October 31, 2003) Virgin Valley Disposal is proud to introduce our new software computer program. With this program comes many new features, please click here to find out more about this new system. New Secretary: (October 1, 2003) Virgin Valley Disposal hired Lisa Schaffer to handle some of the daily activity that take place in the office. We are excited to have Lisa with us and know she will do a great job for us. Curbside Recycling (April 1, 2003)
New Office Manager: (June 24, 2002) Virgin Valley Disposal hired Kathryn Leavitt to handle the management tasks that take place in the office. We are excited to have Kathryn with us and know she will do a great job for us. New "Drop off" recycle bins in the community: (July 12, 2001)
Virgin Valley Disposal is proud to announce "Drop off" recycling! We have placed two of our recycle containers at two separate locations to better Remember to make the program work we must keep the commodities clean. When you arrive to use the containers you will notice four different size and shaped holes, this will assist in keeping the commodities clean and help prevent contaminates.
Recycling commodities
City Council grants contract extension: (June 19, 2001)
We would like to thank the City Council for putting the trust of the City's solid waste removal in our hands. In one of the recent City Council meetings they granted us a 20-year contract. Moratorium lifted for Arizona accounts: (May 23, 2000) As of (May 23, 2000), we would like to inform all residents of Arizona that the City of Mesquite and Mohave County have started to work together to improve the service in your area. Prior to the City Council meeting, officials from Mohave County and the City met to go over some solution to raise the moratorium on our neighbors in Arizona. Thankfully, they were able to come to some terms and the City felt comfortable enough to raise the moratorium for now. We are proud to say that we now can offer our services to our friends in Arizona. So if you have called wanting service and we were unable to supply it, please call back. We will do our best to serve you. (702-346-5396).
Landfill gets face-lift: (May 1, 2000) We are excited to announce that the City of Mesquite's landfill has a new look. We have done some rearranging of the scale house and have made it more accessible to the public and the gate keeper. We have given it a new paint job to improve it's looks. The landfill has also received some new trees and shrubs to help make it more appealing. We are proud to say it is no longer a "dump" ... it's a sanitary landfill" Send mail to Webmaster with questions or comments about this web site. |
serve the community. One is placed in the Smiths parking lot, the other at El-Rancho market parking lot. We offer four commodities, Aluminum cans, Plastic jugs, Newspaper and Corrugated cardboard. We invite all who wish to recycle, to use either of these containers freely.
Aluminum Cans