Waste Management
Recycling Information
Remember to close the recycling loop by purchasing recycled products packaged in recycled material!
Click here for the mixed paper recycling list.
Items that can be recycled
 Include  Do Not Include
 Preparation
 Aluminum
 - aluminum food and beverage cans
 - aluminum foil wrap and foil pans

 


  - household aluminum
  - remove lids
- rinse
- flatten, if practical
- no other steel items
 Steel and bi-metal cans
 - steel and bi-metal food and beverage cans
- steel lids from glass jars, bottle caps, cardboard spiral, can tops and bottoms
- empty paint cans and lids
- empty aerosol cans 		 - aluminum materials
- un-emptied paint or aerosol cans
- no other steel items 		 - rinse food and beverage cans
- ensure paint cans are empty and dry
- remove paint can lids
- empty aerosol cans through normal use
- remove plastic lids from aerosol cans
- do not remove spray nozzles from aerosol cans
Glass
 - food and beverage containers such as jars, bottles and jugs
- brown, clear, green and/or light blue 		 - glassware, crystal, ceramics
- plate glass, mirrors
- any glass other than food or beverage containers 		 - remove lids (labels are okay)
- do not break or shatter
Plastics

 - Type 1 (PETE): clear or colored soft drink containers, bottles and jars
- Type 2 (HDPE): milk and water jugs, detergent, bleach and household cleaner bottles

 - opaque PETE or PETE microwave cooking dishes
- motor oil or antifreeze containers of any kind
- plastic not identified as Type 1 or Type 2 		 - rinse
- remove lids (labels are okay)
- flatten if practical
 Newspaper
Mixed paper

- office paper

-magazines, catalogs, junk mail

-paper board (i.e. cereal boxes)

-phonebooks

- NO plastic bags

- NO plates or cups

- NO hardback books

- NO materials with food residue

- remove non-paper items,  keep paper dry
- remove plastic liners or inserts
 Cardboard containers
     - include brown paper bags
 Used motor oil and antifreeze
     - deliver oil and antifreeze in closed containers
     


Items that can not be recycled
Your cooperation is needed to keep our community clean! A waste compactor (or greenbox dumpsters) are on site for the sanitary collection of household garbage. Place all garbage in the containers to reduce littering. Please pick up any trash you drop.

  • Includes: household waste from residents of Montgomery County, Blacksburg, and Christiansburg.
  • Do not include: yard waste, commercial or construction waste, dead animals, smoldering ashes, or automotive parts.

    A container for large item refuse such as furniture is available for your convenience. All yard or commercial waste must be taken to the Montgomery County Regional Solid Waste Authority (Mid-County Landfill). Landfill operational hours are Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Saturday 8:00 a.m. to noon.

    There is a reduced tipping fee for brush and untreated wood material, so deliver these separately and save money! Brush and untreated wood are recycled and ground into mulch which is made available to the public.

    The consolidated collection sites will accept large household items. Please remove doors from refrigerators and freezers or tape doors shut. Remove non-metal parts.

    No metal fuel tanks or cylinders. No sealed cylinders.

    Items that may be considered contaminated (vehicle fuel tanks, oil drums, etc.) will not be accepted.
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