Solid Waste/Recycling
Beginning June 1, Convenience Center Coupons will no longer be available for purchase at County Fire Stations.
Convenience Center Coupons may be purchased, beginning June 1 at:
- Satellite Services Office, 3127 Forge Rd. (Mon-Fri, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.)
- Treasurer’s Office, 101-B Mounts Bay Rd. (Mon-Fri, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.)
- Freedom Park Office, 5535 Centerville Rd. (Mon-Fri, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat-Sun, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.)
- James City/Williamsburg Community Center, 5301 Longhill Rd. (Mon-Thurs, 6 a.m.-9 p.m.; Fri, 6 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sat 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun 1-6 p.m.)
- James River Community Center, 8901 Pocahontas Trl. (Mon-Thurs, 4-9 p.m.; Fri, 4-8 p.m.)
For more information, call Solid Waste at 757-565-0971.
James City County operates three Convenience Centers for residential recycling and trash disposal. The Convenience Centers and the curbside recycling program accept the following materials:
- Newspapers and their inserts
- Corrugated cardboard and single-layer cardboard
- Brown paper grocery bags,
- Residential mixed paper (magazines, junk mail, phone books, catalogs, school paper, computer paper, copy paper, envelopes)
- Glass bottles and jars
- Steel and bimetal food and beverage cans including metal lids
- Aluminum cans
- Foil and pie pans
- No. 1 and 2 plastic bottles - Must have a narrow neck or pouring spout and cap discarded
- Plastic Shopping Bags and Newspaper Bags*
What can be recycled: please be clean and dry
- plastic grocery bags
- plastic department store bags
- newspaper sleeves
- dry-cleaning bags
- toilet paper/paper towel over wrap
- water bottle case wrap
- stretch film (no household saran wrap)
- plastic trash bags
*Accepted only at convenience centers
For additional information contact the Solid Waste/Recycling Office at 565-0971 or the Virginia Peninsulas Public Service Authority (VPPSA), 259-9850.
Transfer Station
The James City County Transfer Station, 1204 Jolly Pond Road, is operated by Waste Management. The transfer station is open seven days a week from 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for County residents. For commercial customers the transfer station is open Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and is closed on Saturday and Sunday. For payment information and minimal disposal requirements, contact the Transfer Station at (757) 565-1279. No tires, batteries, liquids, appliances, medical or hazardous waste are accepted. All waste delivered to the Transfer Station is hauled to a Subtitle D, State-regulated landfill located in Charles City.
