California has a deposit law to get people to recycle that works something like this: Consumers pay a deposit of 5 or 10 cents when they buy a beverage.

The Southern Nevada Christmas Tree Recycling Committee is asking locals to give as much care to dismantling their firs, spruces and white pines as they did to putting them up.

Now that the presents have been unwrapped, a Christmas tree recycling drive is beginning in Las Vegas. The University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the Springs Preserve are heading a program that'll accept trees through Jan. 15 at more than 30 drop-off locations in and around Las Vegas.

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the Springs Preserve are heading a program that'll accept trees through Jan. 15 at more than 30 drop-off locations in and around Las Vegas.

The City of Henderson encourages residents to give their holiday trees a new lease on life through recycling. From December 26, 2015, through January 14, 2016, residents can drop off their live holiday trees during regular park hours at eight Henderson locations.

North Las Vegas now houses the largest residential recycling center in North America. Republic Services built the $35 million dollar facility and now they have to fill it.

As resorts fight for customers on the Strip in the flashiest ways imaginable, a different sort of competition quietly unfolds on loading docks at the back of the house.

Tara Pike single-handedly created UNLV’s recycling program, and she truly practices what she preaches