Roanoke County, VA Trash & Recycling: Recycling Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Who must file
- Nonresidential generators and waste-management companies
- Due date
- December 31 each year
- Filed with
- General Services, Solid Waste Division
- Civil penalty
- Up to $100 for noncompliance
- Excludes
- Town of Vinton generators
- Effective
- July 1, 1991
Summary
Roanoke County requires every nonresidential solid waste generator and every company that manages or recycles waste in the county to file an annual recycling report with the Solid Waste Division by December 31, under County Code Sec. 20-40. Missing the report can bring a civil penalty.
(2)Report requirement. All nonresidential solid waste generators and companies that manage solid waste or recycle materials generated within Roanoke County shall submit an annual report to Roanoke County. The county will provide official reporting forms which can be obtained from the solid waste office or the office of the Commissioner of the Revenue. The report must be submitted to the Department of General Services—Solid Waste Division by December 31 of the current reporting year. ... (7)Civil penalties. Any party not reporting the required information or otherwise not complying with the provisions of this article shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00). This civil penalty shall be payable to the General Fund of Roanoke County. In addition, any party not in compliance with the provisions of this article may be denied access to or use of the solid waste disposal facility serving Roanoke County.
Full Breakdown
Chapter 20's Article III, adopted in 1991, is the county's actual recycling ordinance, but it is a reporting requirement aimed at businesses and waste handlers rather than a residential curbside recycling program: Roanoke County has no separate residential curbside recycling pickup written into its code. Sec. 20-40(2) requires all nonresidential solid waste generators and companies that manage solid waste or recycle materials generated within Roanoke County to submit an annual report to the county, using official forms available from the solid waste office or the Commissioner of the Revenue, due to the Department of General Services' Solid Waste Division by December 31 each year.
Sec. 20-40(3) spells out what the report must contain: the reporting party's name and address, the total quantity of solid waste generated, managed and recycled during the period, and the quantity that was the subject of source reduction or reuse. Sec. 20-40(4) allows the figures to be based on carefully estimated data, with the basis for the estimate disclosed, when actual weight or volume cannot be determined, and Sec. 20-40(5) protects genuinely proprietary information as long as the filer states what was withheld and why.
Sec. 20-40(6) limits the report to waste generated within the county excluding the Town of Vinton, consistent with Vinton running its own solid-waste system. Recyclables the definitions section lists include newspaper, cardboard, office paper, aluminum, copper, steel, tin, auto batteries and motor oil.
Violations & Fines
Sec. 20-40(7) makes failure to report, or any other noncompliance with Article III, subject to a civil penalty of up to one hundred dollars, payable to the county's general fund, and a noncompliant party can also be denied access to or use of the county's solid waste disposal facility until the report is filed.
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