Chesterfield
Chesterfield County offers residents a variety of recycling programs for residents as well as residential household waste collection sites. Some of the programs offered are through the CVWMA and others the county has procured with its own contractor. Recycling services are for Chesterfield County residents only. Visit County of Chesterfield Department of General Services, Waste and Resource Recovery Division for all of its fee information.
Chesterfield County residential (curbside) recyclers with CVWMA: If you need assistance, please call CVWMA at (804) 340-0900 for customer service assistance.
CVWMA Educational Videos for Chesterfield recyclers
- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle with Jonathan Austin (2020) (Brought to you by CVWMA & Chesterfield County) This MP4 video is 30 minutes)
- Think Twice! Recycle Right (2019 YouTube)
- Avoid the Oops! (2018 YouTube)
- Watch CVWMA’s Journey to the MRF (2016)
CVWMA Programs
Chesterfield County participates in the following CVWMA programs:
Residential (Curbside) Recycling
Appliances and Scrap Metal Recycling and White Goods Freon Recovery
Residential Waste Collection Sites
County/City Programs
The County of Chesterfield provides these programs to residents. Please note that fees may apply:
Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs Recycling
Construction and Demolition Debris Recycling
Drop-off Recycling ( is not a contract with CVWMA)
Special Event Recycling (not a contract with CVWMA). Contact Chesterfield County General Services – Waste & Resource Recovery Division’s Customer Service Team at (804) 748-1297 for assistance.
Paints, Auto Fluids and Chemicals (Household Hazardous Waste Recycling)
School Recycling (not a contract with CVWMA). Contact Chesterfield County General Services – Waste & Resource Recovery Division’s Customer Service Team at (804) 748-1297 for assistance.
Resources
Resources provided to county residents by the County of Chesterfield:
Chesterfield County Department of General Services, Waste and Resource Recovery Division
Chesterfield County Department of Environmental Engineering, Water Quality
Crater Planning District Commission
James River Soil and Water Conservation District
Curbside Recycling
Chesterfield County’s residential ( Curbside Recycling) program with CVWMA is offered to more than 78,000 eligible homes. The County put in place an annual fee of $41.00 (equals $3.42 per month ) which is applied to each household that enrolls in the program. This fee will be included on the county’s real estate tax bill, with $20.50 charged in December and the other $20.50 charged in June each year.
The Chesterfield County recycling fee will be for all single family through quadplex homes and it to be paid by the homeowner.
For more information on how the County has its curbside program set up with CVWMA , contact Chesterfield County General Services – Waste & Resource Recovery Division’s Customer Service Team at (804) 748-1297 for assistance.
If you would like to participate in the program, purchase a container, or request stickers for containers of your own, please visit www.cvwma.com or contact the CVWMA at 804-340-0900.
ACCEPTED ITEMS: Cardboard, mixed paper, aluminum and steel cans, kitchen, laundry, and bath plastic bottles, jugs, and tubs. (Empty, rinse and reattach plastic cap to recycle), food and beverage cartons (empty, rinse, reattach plastic cap to recycle) and glass bottles and jars (no metal lids, please).
Avoid the Oops! NOT ACCEPTED: Leave these out of your recycling container: Plastic bags, plastic bagged recyclables, any Styrofoam (carryout or packing materials), food contaminated such as pizza boxes, no sheets or balls of aluminum foil, no shredded paper, no tanglers, hoses, cords, no batteeries ( of any kind),big items such as wood, plastic, furniture or metal.
Recycle plastic bags at local grocery/retail stores
Download 2021 CVWMA Recycling Collection Schedule
Drop Off Recycling Collection Sites
The county operates two Convenience Centers that provide a variety of proper recycling disposal options for residents. *Drop-off recycling containers are located at both of these sites and the same recyclables accepted through the Curbside Recycling Program can be recycled through the *Drop-Off Recycling Program. The County Drop-off Recycling Program is not through a contract with CVWMA. Please call County staff (customer service team) directly (804) 748-1297 for questions regarding this program.
Southern Area Convenience Center, 6700 Landfill Drive, Chester
Northern Area Convenience Center, 3200 Warbro Rd., Midlothian
Click here for Fee Information and Hours of Operation or call the County’s customer service at (804) 748-1297 for more information.
Solid Waste Collection Sites
Residential Trash Collection
- Check with local government staff, neighbors, or online- phone book listings of private trash collection service providers.
Residential Trash Collection Sites
- Common Residential Household Waste is accepted at both of the county’s Convenience Centers. Commercial, industrial and office waste are not accepted at the convenience centers. The Waste and Resource Recovery Division encourages citizens to separate materials that can be recycled from waste and placed in appropriate recycling areas or recycle through the County’s Curbside Recycling Program. Call the County’s customer service at (804)748-1297 for more information.
Southern Area Convenience Center, 6700 Landfill Drive, Chester.
Northern Area Convenience Center, 3200 Warbro Rd., Midlothian
Click here for Fee Information and Hours of Operation or call the County’s customer service at (804)748-1297 for more information.