Trash & Recycling in Virginia (2026)

Anyone paid to collect, transport or dump trash in Chesterfield County must hold a license from the director of general…

County Code § 13-301 requires anyone hauling refuse on Albemarle County streets, roads or highways outside…

Alexandria bans letting solid waste, ashes, recyclables or yard debris accumulate into a nuisance under City Code…

Arlington County's Residential Collection System sets exact hours for curbside pickup: materials go out no earlier than…

Charlottesville's curbside collection rules in City Code § 26-27 spell out what a legal trash container looks like: a…

Chesapeake will collect no more than two 96-gallon carts or four 35-gallon containers per address each week, plus up to…

Fairfax County mandates weekly trash collection for every single-family home and townhouse, with the same minimum…

In unincorporated Fauquier County, only collectors permitted by the Department of Environmental Services may pick up…

In Frederick County outside Winchester, Stephens City and Middletown, the County's curbside program under § 142-28…

Hampton, Virginia requires refuse and recyclables to go out in the city-issued containers, positioned curbside at least…

Hanover County does not run curbside collection: households and commercial refuse removers who haul trash, refuse or…

County trash service collects weekly on your assigned day; CVWMA handles recycling every other week. Look up your…

James City County does not run its own residential trash pickup; refuse is collected by licensed refuse removers who…

Loudoun County's Solid Waste Storage Ordinance requires municipal solid waste to be collected and hauled to an approved…

Lynchburg requires all curbside solid waste to be bagged and kept in a covered, city-approved container, with ashes…

In Montgomery County outside Blacksburg and Christiansburg, the county runs residential trash pickup itself or through…

Newport News residential trash and bulk-waste carts may go to the curb no earlier than 3 p.m. the day before pickup and…

Norfolk collects residential solid waste on a schedule the director of public works sets, and every single residence…

Portsmouth collects household garbage and trash once a week, and Chapter 16 sets exact preparation rules for what…

Prince William County requires refuse and recyclable collection at least once a week for every residential address…

Richmond City Code § 23-44(a) sets the collection window for curbside refuse and recycling bins: out no earlier than…

Only city-authorized crews may touch solid waste once it is set out for collection in Roanoke: scavenging through…

Roanoke County runs free weekly curbside garbage collection for residential customers under County Code Sec. 20-24(a)…

Spotsylvania County places Green Box collection containers at Convenience Centers for residents who display a…

Stafford County limits when refuse haulers can start collecting trash. Commercial customers more than 500 feet from a…

Suffolk Public Works collects household trash weekly and curbside recycling every other week on that same day. There is…

Virginia Beach collects household garbage weekly and recyclables every other week. Carts go curbside no earlier than 5…

In York County, Virginia, curbside solid waste containers must reach the roadside no more than 12 hours before pickup…

County Code § 13-302 requires every owner or occupant of property in Albemarle County outside Charlottesville and…

Alexandria requires waste containers, plastic liners and yard debris to sit within 10 feet of the curb or alley line…

Arlington County requires Trash, Recycling and Organics Carts to go to the curb no earlier than 5:00 p.m. the day…

Where and when a Charlottesville household can set out trash depends on the zone: Downtown-area carts can never sit on…

Chesapeake requires trash carts at the curbline in front of the home, kept at least three feet from mailboxes, vehicles…

Chesterfield County does not run municipal trash pickup; residential garbage is handled by private haulers you contract…

Fairfax County requires residential trash and recycling containers to be stored on the property they serve, not left in…

In Frederick County outside Winchester, Stephens City and Middletown, curbside refuse containers must be watertight…

Hampton, Virginia sets exact placement rules for trash and recycling carts: curbside, at least 10 feet from parked…

On zoned commercial, industrial or residential property within Hanover County's suburban service area, garbage must go…

Henrico refuse customers set out the county supercan or a privately purchased 95-gallon, heavy-duty, wheeled cart with…

Loudoun County requires municipal solid waste to be kept in durable, leak-proof storage containers of 10 to 32 gallons…

Lynchburg limits when trash carts can sit at the curb: no earlier than 6 p.m. the night before collection and pulled…

In Montgomery County outside Blacksburg and Christiansburg, county-collected trash has to be set at the curb or street…

Newport News residents may set trash and recycling carts out starting at 3 p.m. the day before pickup, and must pull…

Norfolk gives residential and business customers a fixed set-out window: cart at the curb no earlier than 5 p.m. the…

Portsmouth residents on automated collection must use the city-furnished container, put it out no earlier than 5 p.m…

Prince William County requires refuse and recycling containers to be watertight, ten-to-45-gallon, close-lidded bins…

Richmond issues 90-gallon or 95-gallon City containers for curbside collection under Richmond City Code § 23-72, capped…

Roanoke caps automated collection containers by gallon size and weight and requires carts to sit as close as possible…

County Code Sec. 20-24(a)(1)-(2) requires curbside garbage containers set within five feet of the curb by 7 a.m. on…

Every home and workplace in Stafford County must keep enough refuse containers on hand to hold trash between…

Place your City cart at the curb no earlier than 5:00 p.m. the day before collection and no later than 7:00 a.m. on…

Virginia Beach requires curbside trash and recycling carts out no earlier than 5 p.m. the night before collection, off…

York County, Virginia limits residential curbside containers to four per household and sets strict roadside timing…

Alexandria picks up large or bulk items like mattresses, appliances and metal objects only by appointment under City…

Arlington County will collect large household items like furniture, mattresses and box springs at the regular…

The City of Charlottesville's Public Works department collects bulky items too large for a 32-gallon can under a…

Chesapeake collects bulk trash curbside on your regular garbage day, capped at 4 feet wide by 4 feet high by 10 feet…

Drop off bulky items at Chesterfield's two convenience centers, open seven days a week, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fees apply: $9…

Fairfax County caps curbside bulk items at four feet in length and 50 pounds per bundle or container. Dead animals…

Frederick County's curbside program will not take bulky items. Under § 142-28K(1) of the County Code, furniture…

Hampton, Virginia picks up bulk items like furniture and appliances on the regular collection schedule, but caps free…

Lynchburg collects bulk furniture and white goods like stoves and refrigerators from the curb once per month per…

In Montgomery County outside Blacksburg and Christiansburg, residents can request county pickup of furniture, large…

Newport News collects up to six cubic yards of curbside bulk waste per week free of charge, with a per-cubic-yard fee…

Norfolk residents get twelve free bulk waste pickups a year, capped at three cubic yards each, but only after calling…

Portsmouth collects bulk refuse from residential dwellings only by appointment, booked in advance by telephone or…

Bulky trash that's too big for a curbside can, old furniture, appliances, oversized branches, must go to the county…

Richmond schedules free bulk item collection under Richmond City Code § 23-44(b), but requesting same-day bulk pickup…

Roanoke collects bulk items and brush from residences under City Code section 14.1-23, but caps every load: brush piles…

Roanoke County collects bulk items and brush free every other week for residential customers under County Code Sec…

Spotsylvania County bans large and bulky items like furniture, appliances, tires and building materials from its Green…

Suffolk gives each household 12 free "special collections" of bulky items per fiscal year: furniture, appliances…

Virginia Beach collects oversized trash and bulky items like refrigerators and washing machines once a week at the…

York County, Virginia collects bulky items and special yard waste under Code § 19-67. Solid waste customers get three…

Henrico County contracts a third party to collect residential bulky waste, appliances, TVs, furniture, brush, and…

Virginia requires each solid waste planning unit to maintain a minimum 25 percent recycling rate. A reduced 15 percent…

Waste collectors serving Albemarle County outside Charlottesville and Scottsville must collect source-separated…

Sec. 5-1-93 of the City Code requires every curbside-eligible single-family home to separate mixed paper and commingled…

Every Commercial Establishment and Multi-Family Property in Arlington County must run its own weekly Recyclables…

Chesterfield makes it a crime to take recyclables out of an approved county recycling container once they've been set…

Fairfax County requires single-family homes and townhouses to source-separate glass, metal cans, plastic bottles…

Hampton, Virginia requires every household on city collection to separate designated recyclables, paper, plastics, and…

Henrico's curbside recycling runs through the Central Virginia Waste Management Authority (CVWMA), not the county code…

To use James City County's curbside recycling program, County Code § 10-31(b) requires subscribing residents to use a…

Loudoun County requires every household and business in the unincorporated county to source-separate at least…

Any recyclable material accepted under a Lynchburg recycling program, city-run or private, must be separated from…

In Montgomery County outside Blacksburg and Christiansburg, the county administrator can require households and…

Newport News supplies one authorized recycling container to every eligible household and requires residential…

In Portsmouth, Virginia, households on automated refuse and recycling collection must set garbage and trash out in the…

County Code Sec. 22-170 requires every residential household in the unincorporated county to separate newspapers…

Richmond charges every eligible residential water customer $2.99 a month for curbside recycling under Richmond City…

Roanoke issues two kinds of recycling containers, a bin capped at 22 gallons and a larger automated container capped at…

Suffolk provides curbside recycling through TFC Recycling, collected every other week on your regular trash day…

Virginia Beach picks up recyclables every other week on the same day as trash, using bins provided for automated…

Charlottesville runs a voluntary curbside recycling program under City Code § 26-46: any curbside customer can collect…

York County, Virginia runs curbside recycling for households and qualified small businesses under Code § 19-70…

Chesapeake's municipal collection program does not pick up recyclables set out separately at the curb: Sec. 62-59(f)…

Unincorporated Fauquier County has no residential recycling mandate; instead the director of environmental services…

Chesapeake has no trash collection on Thursday, November 26, 2026 (Thanksgiving): that day's pickup moves to Friday…

Fairfax County government crews collect trash, recycling, yard waste and special pickups on every holiday except…

Hampton lists Thanksgiving Day (Thursday, Nov. 26), Christmas Day (Friday, Dec. 25) and New Year's Day (Friday, Jan. 1…

Henrico County skips curbside refuse collection on Thanksgiving (November 26, 2026), Christmas (December 25, 2026) and…

Lynchburg does not skip a week of trash collection for holidays: New Year's Day, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving and…

Prince William County's regular yard waste pickup pauses for winter, but Christmas trees get their own holiday window…

Virginia Beach Public Works publishes a 2026 holiday table for curbside collection. Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26, shows…

County Code § 13-300 makes it unlawful in Albemarle County outside Charlottesville and Scottsville to dump refuse or…

Dumping any waste on property, in city waters, or into a sanitary sewer or stormwater system without a permit is…

Charlottesville outlaws dumping trash, litter or even a dead pet on public property or on someone else's land without…

Chesapeake bans dumping garbage or trash anywhere except a lawful solid waste facility, bars hauling waste generated…

Illegal dumping of trash, debris, tires, or yard waste on public or private property in Fairfax City is prohibited and…

Dumping trash, garbage, refuse, litter, or a companion animal for disposal onto public property, a right-of-way, or…

Unincorporated Fauquier County bans open dumps outright under Code § 10-14, and using a county solid waste permit to…

Hampton bills illegal dumpers a $250 penalty plus the full cost of city cleanup if material isn't removed within 24…

Henrico County Code § 17-25 makes it unlawful to dispose of refuse or litter anywhere in the county except a county…

Loudoun County bans open dumping outright: no person may dispose of solid waste in an open dump, and no owner may…

In Montgomery County outside Blacksburg and Christiansburg, County Code § 9.1-66 makes it unlawful to dispose of or…

Dumping waste on public property or on private land without the owner's written consent is a criminal misdemeanor in…

Norfolk Code § 14.5-4 makes it unlawful to dump solid waste on any property, in any waters, or into the stormwater…

Dumping trash, refuse or debris on public property or on private property without the owner's written consent is a…

Dumping trash, demolition debris, hazardous waste or other unsightly material on public property, City waters…

Dumping solid waste anywhere in Roanoke outside a designated disposal site is a Class 1 misdemeanor, and dumping or…

In Roanoke County, Virginia (outside the independent cities of Roanoke and Salem), dumping rubbish, trash, garbage or…

Stafford County makes it unlawful to drop or dispose of litter anywhere on public or private property in the county…

Illegal dumping within Vienna violates Town Code and Virginia Code Section 33.2-802. Penalties include civil fines and…

In York County, Virginia, dumping solid waste or a dead companion animal on a public highway, its right-of-way, or…

Dumping solid waste on someone else's property, in public places, or on any street or highway in Lynchburg is unlawful…

Under the Spotsylvania County Litter Control Ordinance, Code § 19-127 makes it unlawful to drop, deposit or discard…

Dumping refuse, hazardous waste, or construction debris on streets, alleys, or private property in Virginia Beach is a…

Arlington County bans dumping or discarding litter on any public or private property, from streets and sidewalks to…

Dumping trash, garbage, or debris on public property, a highway right-of-way, or private property without the owner's…

Frederick County bans dumping litter anywhere in the county outside authorized receptacles. Section 142-101 of the…

Dumping trash, garbage, refuse or other unsightly matter on a public highway, right-of-way, adjacent property, or on…

James City County bans dumping garbage, trash, litter or other waste into any well, spring, reservoir, watercourse or…

Dumping trash, garbage, refuse, or litter on public rights-of-way or on private property without the owner's written…

Rockingham County makes it unlawful to throw, place, deposit or allow refuse to accumulate on highways, streams, parks…

James City County bans burning yard waste countywide except on land zoned A-1, General Agriculture, and even there it's…

Alexandria defines yard debris as shrubbery and tree prunings, grass clippings, leaves and similar material under City…

Arlington County collects yard trimmings weekly as part of its mandatory Residential Collection System. Grass…

Charlottesville collects yard waste like brush and trimmings in stickered containers, but loose leaves follow a…

Chesapeake collects yard trimmings and grass separately from bulk trash under Sec. 62-60, but only when bagged or…

Chesterfield County Code §§ 11-41 and 11-42 control when residents may burn leaves at home: only in set spring and fall…

Fairfax County requires weekly curbside yard waste and brush pickup from March 1 through December 24, capped at ten…

Unincorporated Fauquier County has no curbside yard waste pickup; instead, residents may dispose of leaves, tree…

In Frederick County outside Winchester, Stephens City and Middletown, 'yard waste' means grass clippings, leaves, wood…

Hampton, Virginia requires leaves, grass clippings, and small yard waste to go out in clear plastic bags, with loose…

Lynchburg caps ordinary yard waste bundles at four feet long, fifteen inches across and fifty pounds when collected…

Newport News caps bagged leaves, small branches, and sticks at three bags inside a resident's trash container, and…

Norfolk requires yard waste bagged in clear plastic or bundled to size limits before city crews will pick it up…

Portsmouth requires yard waste in automated-collection areas to go out in clear plastic bags of no more than 40 gallons…

Prince William County requires yard waste, grass, leaves and brush, to go out in a rigid ten-to-45-gallon container or…

Richmond collects tree trimmings under four inches thick, shrubbery trimmings, and brush on a Department of Public…

Roanoke sorts yard debris into four separate placement categories under City Code section 14.1-17: brush goes in an…

Roanoke County lets residential customers bag small amounts of yard waste in their county cart on the regular pickup…

Spotsylvania County has no curbside yard waste pickup, and its Green Box drop-off sites refuse brush outright, so…

Virginia Beach caps yard debris piles at 4x4x4 feet, limbs at 4 feet long, one pile per week, curbside for city pickup.

York County collects yard waste through Sec. 19-67(b) special collection: limbs and tree trunks may not exceed 8 inches…

Alexandria requires anyone who collects, transports or disposes of solid waste, including operators placing…

Hampton, Virginia does not run dumpster service for homes or businesses by default: it only happens under an explicit…

Montgomery County places bulk containers and roll-off 'green boxes' around the county for residents to dump household…

Norfolk requires a permit from the director of public health before any commercial bulk container or roll-off dumpster…

Commercial dumpsters in Albemarle County outside Charlottesville and Scottsville must sit on a concrete pad under Code…

Commercial and multi-family properties in Arlington County must place exterior trash containers, including dumpsters…

Fairfax County requires commercial dumpsters, compactors, and roll-off containers to be watertight, reflectorized, and…

In Hanover County's HV Historic Village District, which covers commercial development in the Beaverdam, Hanover…

James City County requires any dumpster at a gas station, truck stop or fuel-dispensing business to sit on a concrete…

Loudoun County's Zoning Ordinance requires dumpsters, dumpster pads, and other refuse-collection areas to be screened…

Lynchburg's B-1 Limited Business District rules require any dumpster on a lot abutting a residential zoning district to…

Newport News requires every business or property that generates non-residential waste to provide its own dumpster or…

Portsmouth requires dumpsters serving mobile home parks, multifamily, commercial and industrial developments to sit at…

Prince William County requires every nonresidential dumpster, refuse and recycling container to sit on private property…

Any Richmond business using a bulk (dumpster-style) container for its refuse must hire a private contractor to service…

Roanoke requires a dumpster/container permit before any bulk container goes on public property or the right-of-way…

Roanoke County requires every dumpster and other refuse-service container in every zoning district to be screened from…

In Rockingham County outside Harrisonburg and the towns, County Code § 14-3.1 makes it unlawful to leave waste in or…

Stafford County requires every residence or business other than a single-family dwelling to use mechanical, durable…

Virginia Beach commercial establishments must supply their own refuse containers, and resort-zone businesses must use a…

York County, Virginia requires dumpsters or another approved refuse and recycling collection method for mobile home…

County Code § 13-202 requires every waste collector serving residential units in Albemarle County outside…

Alexandria collects solid waste, ashes and yard debris weekly and recyclables every two weeks under City Code Section…

Every one-family and two-family dwelling in Arlington County must participate in the County's Residential Collection…

The City of Charlottesville provides citywide curbside collection of trash and recyclables to every qualifying…

Chesapeake's normal collection never starts before 7:00 a.m., carts can go out no earlier than 24 hours ahead of that…

Chesterfield County doesn't run curbside trash pickup itself: homeowners contract with a licensed private hauler under…

Fairfax County requires permitted collectors to pick up trash from single-family homes and townhouses at least once a…

In Frederick County outside Winchester, Stephens City and Middletown, Section 142-28(A) lets the County provide…

Hampton, Virginia's Department of Public Works collects household refuse once a week and recycling every other week…

In unincorporated Loudoun County, municipal solid waste must be collected and hauled to an approved disposal site at…

Lynchburg provides curbside trash collection once a week for residential customers, with twice-weekly pickup for…

In Montgomery County outside Blacksburg and Christiansburg, door-to-door residential trash collection happens at least…

Newport News collects residential trash once a week on a route the director sets, with recycling, bulk waste and yard…

Norfolk sets residential garbage service by container ratio, not just a calendar. City Code Sec. 41-18 requires at…

Portsmouth collects household garbage and trash from residences one time each week. In areas with automated refuse and…

Prince William County restricts residential trash and recycling pickup to the hours of 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., and refuse…

Richmond City Code § 23-43 puts the Department of Public Works in charge of regular curbside collection for every…

Outside the central business district, Roanoke requires automated trash and recycling containers to be accessible by…

Roanoke County provides free weekly curbside garbage collection to residential customers under Roanoke County Code §…

Spotsylvania County lets the board of supervisors decide whether Solid Waste is collected by county personnel or by…

Stafford County requires refuse removers to collect residential trash at least once a week and to pick up from hotels…

Virginia Beach collects household garbage weekly and recyclables every other week on the same collection day, unless…

York County, Virginia provides solid waste and recycling service to single-family detached homes that opt in, under…

James City County has no mandatory trash pickup for county residents; there is only an optional curbside recycling…

Chesapeake makes it a crime to take recyclables someone else has set out for collection. Sec. 62-63.1 bars removing…

In Albemarle County outside Charlottesville and Scottsville, County Code § 13-304 makes it unlawful for anyone other…

Alexandria runs a mandatory recycling program under City Code Sec. 5-1-90, covering every single-family home, apartment…

Arlington County requires recyclables set out for collection to be kept separate from trash and yard trimmings, and it…

Once a Charlottesville resident sets recyclable materials out at the curb, title to them passes to the city, and City…

In unincorporated Fauquier County, the director of environmental services runs the county's recycling program and has…

Frederick County treats curbside recycling as voluntary. Under § 142-28M of the County Code, residents who choose to…

Hanover County bars anyone from disposing of solid waste, including recyclables, generated outside the county at its…

James City County's recycling rules limit what actually gets picked up: County Code § 10-31(d)-(e) says material left…

Lynchburg bans dumping unauthorized waste into public trash or recycling bins and bars anyone from removing recyclables…

Under the collection article of Montgomery County's trash code, the county administrator can order residents to…

Norfolk runs recyclables on the same timing framework as trash collection, with one twist for the downtown business…

Any person or business in Portsmouth that recycles solid waste, whether by selling it, donating it, or reprocessing it…

County Code Sec. 22-20(b) sets the physical rules for how recyclables must be contained: durable, watertight bins…

Roanoke defines what counts as recyclable by city-manager regulation, requires recyclables to go only in a city-issued…

Roanoke County requires every nonresidential solid waste generator and every company that manages or recycles waste in…

In Rockingham County outside Harrisonburg and the towns, County Code § 14-20 requires every commercial or industrial…

Virginia Beach picks up recyclables every other week on the same day as trash, and only accepts specific paper, glass…

In York County, Virginia, curbside recyclables are collected every other week while trash goes weekly, under County…

Stafford County requires garbage and trash to go only to R-Board-designated disposal sites, but source-separated…