The City of Colonial Heights participates in the following CVWMA programs:

Curbside Recycling

Drop-off Recycling

Appliance and Scrap Metal Recycling and White Goods Freon Recovery

Battery Recycling

Electronics Recycling (special collection events)

Paints, Auto Fluids and Chemicals (Household Hazardous Waste)

Yard and Vegatative Waste

Residential Trash Collection

The City provides the following programs:

Leaf Removal Services.

• Bagged leaves will be collected year round. The limit per collection is not to exceed the capacity of a 1/2 ton pickup truck. The 30 bags, each weighing no more than 50 pounds is included as part of the 1/2 ton pickup truck.

In addition, the City has a leaf collection schedule.

The City offers the the following resources for city residents:

Department of Public Works, (804)520-9372

Adopt-a-Roadway 

Litter Prevention and Recycling Program (VA DEQ)

Stormwater Management

The City provides residents with curbside recycling service every other week on BLUE FRIDAYs through CVWMA. TFC Recycling is the contactor.

Recycle Right with CVWMA!

ACCEPTED ITEMS: Include these items in your recycling container. Aluminum and steel cans (empty, rinse), food and beverage cartons ( empty, rinse, replace plastic cap), glass bottles and jars (empty, rinse, no metal lids, caps, please), paper and cardboard, kitchen, laundry, and bath plastic bottles, jugs, and tubs (Empty, rinse and replace plastic cap to recycle).

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.

Accepted items can be recycled through our residential recycling and our Recycling Center (drop-off recycling program).

Download 2021 CVWMA Recycling Collection Schedule

The City provides each resident with a 95-gallon green recycling cart. To obtain a second cart, please visit www.cvwma.com or call our Customer Service (804)340-0900.  (Additional recycling carts are $65 each). Recycling Perks is a program offered by the City’s recycling service provider (TFC Recycling) that allows residents to earn points for recycling. The points can be redeemed in discounts and coupons at local retailers and restaurants. To register for this program, visit www.recyclingperks.com

Residents not eligible for curbside recycling are provided Drop-off Recycling containers at the Recycling Center, 2701 Conduit Rd., (804) 479-7056. Residents can recycle the same items accepted at the curb.

ACCEPTED ITEMS: Cardboard, mixed paper, aluminum and steel cans, plastic bottles, tubs and containers (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 drop-off 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.

Click here for Accepted Item and Hours of Operation.

Click here for list of Accepted Items and Hours of Operation.