Suffolk provides curbside recycling through TFC Recycling, collected every other week on your regular trash day. Accepted single-stream materials are paper and cardboard, plastic bottles and jugs, glass bottles and jars, and metal cans and cartons — no bagging required.
The City partners with TFC Recycling to run curbside recycling for Suffolk residents, collected every other week on the same day as trash. It is single-stream, so accepted materials — paper and flattened cardboard, plastic bottles and jugs, glass bottles and jars, and metal cans and cartons — go loose in one City cart. Virginia does not mandate that households recycle, so participation is a provided service rather than a legal duty, but only recyclables belong in the cart; contamination like plastic bags, food waste, and "tanglers" fouls the load. Residents can also use the drop-off site in the parking lot in front of 440 Market Street downtown. Request or repair a cart by calling 757-514-7630.
There is no fine for skipping recycling, since Virginia sets no household mandate. Contaminated carts — bagged recyclables, food waste, or non-recyclables — may be left uncollected, and repeated misuse can prompt loss of the recycling cart.
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