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For Drop-off Recycling and Convenience Center questions, contact:


Jim Hill

Solid Waste Superintendent

P: 757-565-0971

Email: 

general.services@
jamescitycountyva.gov

 

For Curbside Recycling Customer Service and General Recycling Questions, contact the Virginia Peninsula's Public Service Authority at:


P: 757-259-9850

Email:

curbsiderecycling@
vppsa.org


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askhGreenSolid Waste/Recycling

 

 

BUSINESSES IN JCC – please take this survey about recycling so that we can better assist you

 

Convenience Center Coupon Books Curbside Recycling Collection

Convenience Center Locations/Operating Hours

 2013 Curbside Recycling Holiday Collection Schedule
Transfer Station Christmas Tree Recycling Program
2013 Household Chemical Collection Program

Miscellaneous Recycling Resources

2013 Computer Recycling (Computer & Electronics)

 Curbside Recycling News 2013
Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb (CFL) 2012 Leaf Collection
Household Chemical Collection Event Curbside Recycling

 

Accepted Recycled Materials

 

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
  • ANY non-styrofoam plastics # 1-7*
  • Plastic shopping bags (must 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 757-565-0971 or the Virginia Peninsulas Public Service Authority (VPPSA), 757-259-9850.

 

Convenience Center Locations and Operating Hours

Jolly Pond Road - 1204 Jolly Pond Rd. - 7 a.m. - 5 p.m., seven days a week. Other recyclables taken at Jolly Pond Road are kitchen grease, waste motor oil and antifreeze, tires*, propane tanks*, scrap metal (including appliances), and brush*. (*coupons required). When using this facility, residents are urged to allow ample time to unload vehicles prior to the 5 p.m. closing. Directions>>>

 

Tewning Road - 107 Tewning Rd. - Monday 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.; Tuesday - Saturday: 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Closed - Sunday. Waste motor oil, antifreeze, and kitchen grease accepted. Directions>>>

 

Toano Convenience Center - 185 Industrial Blvd. (Hankins Industrial Park) - 8 a.m. - 4 p.m., seven days a week. Other recyclables taken at the Toano Convenience Center are tires (coupons required), automobile batteries, motor oil, antifreeze, metal appliances, and kitchen grease. Directions>>>

 

The Convenience Centers are closed on the following holidays: Memorial Day, Labor Day, July 4, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day. On Christmas Eve, all centers will close at noon.

 

Transfer Station

The James City County Transfer Station, 1204 Jolly Pond Rd., is operated by Waste Management. The transfer station is open seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for County residents. For commercial customers the transfer station is open Monday through Friday, 7 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.

 

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