FAQs - Recycling & Trash

RECYCLING

1. Can electronics be recycled in Henrico County?
2. How can I get information about recycling? How can my household participate in the curbside recycling program?
3. How can I recycle my Christmas tree?

TRASH

1. Where do I call about regular trash/garbage pickup?
2. Where do I call when my garbage does not get picked up on trash day?
3. Is household trash required to be kept in trash cans, and where should the cans be kept?
4. What items will refuge collections allow us to leave out for trash pickup before an additional charge is applied?
5. Where can I get sanitary landfill information?
6. Where are the Henrico County landfills or dumps?
7. What can I do when someone is dumping trash in the woods near my home?
8. Whom should I contact to remove a large amount of debris/trash in my yard?
9. Where do I call about a littered roadway in the county?
10. Where do I call about debris in a road?
11. Where do I call about leaf pickup?
12. Where do I call about getting large or bulky waste or trash, including refrigerators, furniture, brush or appliances, picked up from my yard?

LANDFILL

1. What items will the landfill accept?
2. Where and how can I buy landfill tickets?
3. Where can I take old paint, oil, etc.?

RECYCLING

Can electronics be recycled in Henrico County?
Yes! The Division of Solid Waste sponsors electronics recycling events. Visit their website at http://www.co.henrico.va.us/utility/solidwaste/ or call (804) 727-8770 to learn more. You can also visit the Central Virginia Waste Management Authority website.

How can I get information about recycling? How can my household participate in the curbside recycling program?
If your home is located in a neighborhood that already receives recycling services, you may call the Central Virginia Waste Management Authority at (804) 340-0900. Residents in new neighborhoods seeking information on curbside recycling should contact the Henrico County Division of Solid Waste at (804) 727-8770. Apartment complexes are not eligible for the curbside recycling program.

Click here to sign up for an e-mail reminder. Visit also Henrico County's recycling website at http://www.co.henrico.va.us/utility/solidwaste/recycling.html.

How can I recycle my Christmas tree?
The Keep Henrico Beautiful Committee sponsors Christmas tree recycling every year. Trees can be dropped off in the appropriate bins at the Western and Eastern Government Centers. Please check the Keep Henrico Beautiful website during the month of December to find the dates this service is available. http://www.co.henrico.va.us/utility/khbeautiful/

TRASH

Where do I call about regular trash/garbage pickup?
You should call Public Utilities Refuse Collection at (804) 727-8770.

Where do I call when my garbage does not get picked up on trash day?
Call Public Utilities Refuse Collection at (804) 727-8770.

Is household trash required to be kept in trash cans, and where should the cans be kept?
Household garbage must be kept in watertight containers with lids. Trash cans should be stored in the side or rear yard until the day of pickup.

What items will refuge collections allow us to leave out for trash pickup before an additional charge is applied?
You should call Public Utilities Refuse Collection at (804) 727-8770.

Where can I get sanitary landfill information?
To get information about the county dumps, call Public Utilities Refuse Collection at (804) 727-8770.

Where are the Henrico County landfills or dumps?
The western landfill (804-747-1865) is at 10600 Fords Country Lane; the eastern landfill (804-222-7739) is at 2075 Charles City Road. For general information about the county's sanitary landfills, call Public Utilities Refuse Collection at (804) 727-8770.

What can I do when someone is dumping trash in the woods near my home?
You should call Community Maintenance at (804) 501-4757.

Whom should I contact to remove a large amount of debris/trash in my yard?
The Henrico County Department of Solid Waste handles all bulky waste pick-ups. Contact them at (804) 727-8770 or visit them on the web at http://www.co.henrico.va.us/utility/solidwaste/.

Where do I call about a littered roadway in the county?
The Keep Henrico Beautiful office handles and appropriately directs litter concerns in the county. Contact the Keep Henrico Beautiful office at (804) 501-4502.

Where do I call about debris in a road?
In the west end, call (804) 727-8300. In the east end call (804) 652-3975.

Where do I call about leaf pickup?
Public Utilities schedules bagged leaf collections at no charge in residential areas from October 30th until February 23rd. Collection of bagged leaves will follow a prepared schedule. To view their schedule, call (804) 727-8770 or click link below.

• Leaf Collection Schedule
• Leaf Collection Map

Leaf vacuuming service is also available. For this service, your leaves must be raked to the edge of the road where they will be vacuumed within one to ten days after placing the order. Because of the personnel and machinery involved, there is a fee for this service. To sign-up for leaf vacuuming during the leaf vacuum season, please sign-up electronically or call (804) 727-8770. For questions or comments after an order is placed, please call (804) 727-8300 or (804) 727-8770.

Where do I call about getting large or bulky waste or trash, including refrigerators, furniture, brush or appliances, picked up from my yard?
Public Utilities Solid Waste Department handles all bulky waste removals. Contact them at (804) 727-8770 or visit their website at http://www.co.henrico.va.us/utility/solidwaste/bulkywastecollections.html.

LANDFILL

What items will the landfill accept?
The dump accepts solid waste as allowed by the Solid Waste Ordinance and our Solid Waste Permit (Number 545) issued by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. This includes trash collected from homes, waste collected from businesses, waste resulting from construction or demolition and land-clearing debris. Please note: drums and tanks must be emptied, thoroughly washed and opened on both ends before we will accept them.

Where and how can I buy landfill tickets?
Tickets to the public use areas at the county's dumps can be purchased at either the Public Utilities Customer Service Office location (804- 501-4505, Administration Annex Building, Government Center, 4301 East Parham Road) or at the landfill site. A book of 10 tickets costs $27 and a book of 15 tickets costs $40.

Where can I take old paint, oil, etc.?
Residentially produced oil, paint and antifreeze can be thrown out at either landfill (dump). However, a commercial customer needs to use the business's waste management firm to dispose of such material.