
Residential Refuse Collection
City of Colonial Heights

Customer Service
For questions not addressed
by the information below, please call the
Trash Collection Hotline at
(804) 425-0500 for assistance.
Trash Collection Guidelines
Please follow these
guidelines for proper and efficient trash collection.
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Each address is provided one blue CVWMA
cart for use.
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Trash must be at the curb by 7:00 am
on the scheduled collection day.
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Place extra trash in tied trash bags
next to the cart for collection. Only trash in a blue CVWMA
cart and tied trash bags beside a blue CVWMA cart will be collected.
Extra trash in personal trash cans will not be collected.
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Motor oil, anti-freeze, and
hazardous wastes will not be accepted. Click
here for disposal options for these types
of waste.
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Bundled brush will be collected. Brush must be tied in
bundles less than four feet in length and weighing less than 75 pounds.
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Bagged leaves will be collected
year round.
The limit per collection day is 40 bags,
each weighing no more than 50 pounds.
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Limited amounts of bulky trash will
also be collected at the curb.
Collection of large amounts, for which a fee may be charged, must be
arranged through the City. For questions about this service,
contact the Trash Collection Hotline at 425-0500.
Collection Route Map
To view the collection
routes for Colonial Heights, click the map pictured at the right.
The map is a picture file that will open in a larger format to permit
you to locate the collection schedule using large streets as reference
points.
Holiday Collection Schedule
Trash will not be collected on the following
holidays:
- New Year’s Day
- Memorial Day
- Independence Day
- Labor Day
- Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day
When trash collection is scheduled on one of these holidays,
or during the same week after the holiday, service will
occur one day later (i.e. Friday service on Saturday).
Trash collection will not be affected
by other holidays observed by individual local governments.
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