Last Updated: 2010-01-12

Picture of Children Recycling

The city of Richmond offers convenient curbside recycling. Your collection day is the same as your refuse collection day, except it takes place every other week.

Call the Public Works Customer Care Center at 311 to find out your schedule.

Rules

No need to separate items. The following items can be mixed all together in your recycling bin.

  • newspapers
  • mixed paper
  • aluminum cans
  • steel cans
  • aluminum foil
  • glass bottles
  • jars
  • narrow neck plastic bottles #1 & #2, (such as milk, soap, shampoo & detergent bottles).

Throw your lids in the trash.

We serve residential customers in single-family homes, duplexes, and fourplexes. Sorry, we do not service apartment complexes or businesses.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I have to use a green bin or can I use any kind?

Use any kind of bin you want - just put it out!

Why didn't they take my boxes?

You need to break down your cardboard boxes so we can put them in the truck.

It's raining. I don't want everything to get wet. Should I wait another two weeks?

No. We will pick them up, rain or shine.

Why don't you take plastic bags?

There currently is no market for such items. However, many grocery stores do have bins to recycle them.

I live in an apartment complex. What can I do?

Use the drop-off recycling sites below. They take everything just as curbside.

Where are the Drop-Off Recycling Locations?

  • Stratford Hills Shopping Center, near Hathaway Road and Forest Hill Avenue Map It

  • East Richmond Road Landfill
    3800 E. Richmond Rd. Map It

  • Richmond Southside Transfer Station
    3506 Hopkins Rd. Map It

  • Science Museum of Virginia
    special events parking lot at Leigh Street and DMV Drive Map It

Contact Information:

Clean City Commission
City of Richmond
3506 N. Hopkins Rd.
Richmond, VA
23224 USA
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Phone: (804)646-8325
Fax: (804)646-8068

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