At a loading dock in the bowels of Caesars Palace, workers sift through bags of trash as they look for recyclable items. Crews work around the clock fishing out plastic bottles, cans and other recyclables from the mountains of trash — nearly 20 tons on a busy weekend.
“I don’t think many people think there would be a 24/7 operation on the docks here where people are just sorting materials,” said Eric Dominguez, senior vice president for engineering and asset management at Caesars.
The job is centered on limiting what eventually goes to landfills.
According to Caesars Entertainment’s 2020-21 sustainability report, the company’s properties in Las Vegas and elsewhere divert about 45% of all waste from landfills.
