Chesterfield

Programs and Resources in Chesterfield

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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.

Download 2021 CVWMA Recycling Collection Schedule

Download 2021 CVWMA Recycling Collection Schedule
CVWMA Educational Videos for Chesterfield recyclers

Local Impacts to changing Global Recycling Markets. We must clean up our act! Recycle Right! says Kim Hynes, Executive Director, CVWMA. Here’s why.

Chesterfield County recyclers with County Waste:  County Waste has a gray container with a green lid.  If you and or your neighborhood HOA procured  contract with County Waste directly,  please understand this recycling cart and service provider are not part of CVWMA’s residential (curbside) recycling program with Chesterfield County. If you (or your  neighborhood HOA) use County Waste for recycling, you will need to contact County Waste directly (804)848-9288 for any service issues.

 

County/City Programs

The County of Chesterfield provides these programs to residents. Please note that Fees may apply:

Battery Recycling

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 Jeff T. Howard, Division Manager, Chesterfield County, General Services – Waste & Resource Recovery Division (804) 717-6531)

Paints, Auto Fluids and Chemicals (Household Hazardous Waste) Recycling

Propane Tank Recycling

School Recycling (not a contract with CVWMA, contact Jeff T. Howard, Division Manager, Chesterfield County, General Services – Waste & Resource Recovery Division (804) 717-6531)

Waste Tire Recovery

Yard and Vegatative Waste

 

Curbside Recycling

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Chesterfield County’s residential ( Curbside Recycling) program with CVWMA  is offered to more than 98,000 eligible homes.

Recycle Right with CVWMA!

ACCEPTED ITEMS: Cardboard, mixed paper, aluminum and steel cans, kitchen, laundry, and bath plastic bottles, jugs, and tubs. (Empty, rinse and replace plastic cap to recycle), food and beverage cartons (empty, rinse, replace 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, big items such as wood, plastic, furniture or metal.

Recycle plastic bags at local grocery/retail stores.

The County put in place an annual fee of $40.00 (equals $3.33 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 $20.00 charged in December and the other $20.00 charged in June each year.

The 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 , please contact  Jeff T. Howard, Division Manager m Chesterfield County, General Services – Waste & Resource Recovery Division (804) 717-6531)

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.

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.