Petersburg
The City of Petersburg offers city residents and businesses recycling options.
In partnership with Meridian Waste Services and CVWMA , the City of Petersburg offers residential (curbside) recycling and residential trash collection services to city residents and businesses.
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CVWMA Educational Videos for City of Petersburg recyclers:
- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle with Jonathan Austin (2020) (Brought to you by CVWMA & City of Petersburg) Note this MP4 video is 30 minutes
- Think Twice! Recycle Right (2019 YouTube)
- Oops! Will you be next? (2018 YouTube)
- Watch CVWMA’s Journey to the MRF
CVWMA Programs
The City of Petersburg participates in the following CVWMA programs:
Residential Trash Collection Services
County/City Programs
The City provides the following programs to city residents:
Citywide Cleanup Days
Leaf Collection Services
School Recycling (this service is provided through Meridian Waste, contact them directly)
Resources
The City provides the following resources for city residents:
Meridian Waste Services provides residential trash collection and curbside recycling collection for city residents, businesses and Old Towne area.
Department of Public Works, (804)733-2415
Keep Petersburg Beautiful Committee
Adopt-a- Spot or Street Program
Appomattox Soil and Water Conservation District
Special Event Recycling (contact Meridian Waste Services directly)
Curbside Recycling
When is my recycling collection day?
Is service available at my address? You can do an address search here. Curbside Recycling is every other week on Tuesdays. (Please note that the Old Towne area has weekly curbside recycling collection on Tuesdays.) Check your recycling collection schedule to see which color week your is your recycling collection week. The city provides each eligible household with one 96-gallon green recycling cart.
Click here for what to recycle and what to leave out of recycling containers
ACCEPTED ITEMS: Cardboard, mixed paper, aluminum and steel cans, kitchen, laundry, and bath plastic bottles, tubs and containers (Empty, rinse and replace 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, big items such as wood, plastic, furniture or metal.
Recycle plastic bags at local grocery/retail stores. Click here to find a store near you to recycle them at. Many stores work with Trex in Winchester, VA.
Recycle foam packing peanuts – click link.
Recycling Collection ScheduleDrop Off Recycling Collection Sites
Drop-off Location Closed
Effective June 14, 2022, the recycling drop-off at South Crater Square Shopping Center is closed.
Solid Waste Collection Sites
Check with Tri-City Regional Landfill, 390 Industrial (located off Puddleduck Rd.) for what can be recycled and the fees for disposal.