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Refuse and Recycling
SPRING CLEAN-UP - April 22 - 26 (on your trash day only)
The Department of Public Works will conduct its annual spring clean-up the week of April 22-26, 2013.
Examples of what the town crews will pick up:
- appliances (remove doors)
- furniture
- plumbing fixtures and auto parts weighting under 50 lbs.
- limited amount of building material including brick and block (approx. one cubic yard, lengths not to exceed four feet).
Unacceptable materials:
- Loose yard waste or brush (please follow yard waste guidelines)
- auto parts in excess of 50 lbs.
- large quantities of building materials including brick and block
- household hazardous waste
- motor oil & solvents
Please click here to view flyer
Please call (703) 435-6853 or email publicworks@herndon-va.gov for more information.
REFUSE
Collection of Refuse and Yard Waste is provided once a week by the Town. Refuse collection is determined by your location north or south of the W&OD bike trail. Recycling is collected on Wednesdays. You may find the "Refuse Collection Zone Map" (located in the right side bar) helpful in determining your collection day. If you are uncertain of your scheduled collection day, please contact the Department of Public Works for assistance.
Yard Debris and Leaf Collection Schedule
Please click here for information on Yard Debris and Leaf Collection
RECYCLING
Computer Manufacturers provide free recycling of their computers. Please click here for more information.
SINGLE STREAM RECYCLING
In an effort to encourage participation in the Town's mandatory recycling program and to assist our residents, the Department of Public Works is now providing "Single Stream" recycling at curbside pick-up. ALL recyclable items may be co-mingled in one or more containers. You may continue to use the town recycling bins, or use your own containers. Containers should be clean and clearly labeled "Recycle". Toters may be used with a maximum size of 65 gallons and a maximum weight of 50 lbs.
Commingled Recyclables
, consisting of recyclable glass, aluminum, cans, plastics and paper generally collected from residential recycling as follows:
Materials Accepted
- Aluminum food and beverage containers
- Glass food and beverage containers-brown, clear or green Ferrous(Iron)cans
- PET plastic containers with the symbol#1-with screw tops only without caps
- HDPE natural plastic containers with the symbol#2-narrowneck containers only (milk and water bottles)
- HDPE pigmented plastic containers with the symbol#2-narrowneck containers only, without caps (
detergent,shampoo bottles,etc.)
- Plastics with symbols #3,#4,#5,#6,#7-narrowand screw top containers
- Medicine bottles
- News print
- Old corrugated cardboard
- Magazines Catalogs Cereal boxes
- Pizza boxes
- Telephone books Printer paper Copier paper
- Mail
- All other office paper without wax liners
- Plastic food containers, (i.e. Strawberry/blueberry containers)
Unacceptable Materials
- Microwave trays
- Mirrors
- Window or auto glass
- Light Bulbs Ceramics Porcelain
- Plastics unnumbered
- Plastic bags
- Coat hangers (wire)
- Glass cookware/bake ware
- Cell phones
- Printer cartridges (toner or ink jet)
- Batteries
- Computer of other electronics
- Household items such as cooking pots, toasters, etc.
- All glass containers must be empty and free of metal caps and rings and contain less than 5% food debris. All tin cans, bi-metal cans, and aluminum cans must be empty and contain less than 5% food debris.
- All aerosol cans must be empty with less than 5% content
- All plastic containers must be empty, caps removed; less than5% food debris. All Fiber must be dry and free of food debris and other contaminating material.
- Tissues, paper towels or other paper that has been in contact with food is not acceptable.
- No plastic bread bags, no dry cleaning bags, no plastic shopping bags.
- No meat trays, egg cartons, carry-out containers, no Styrofoam.
- No toys, regardless if it has a number on the bottom
Recycling is collected every Wednesday. Containers must be placed at the curb by 7:00 a.m
COLLECTION PROCEDURES
Containers must be placed at curb by 7:00 a.m. on your collection day (recyclables on Wednesday), but no sooner than 24 hours prior to scheduled pickup. Containers should be removed from the curbside within 24 hours after collection.
REFUSE - UNACCEPTABLE MATERIALS
Unacceptable materials include ashes, asbestos, acids, chemicals, poisons, paints, other dangerous and hazardous materials, as well as scrap metal, auto parts, furnaces, plumbing fixtures, building materials, industrial materials, building wastes, earth, explosives, gasoline, kerosene, floor sandings, or other combustible material or solid waste either to large or too heavy to be loaded safely in collection vehicles. Infectious materials such as surgical dressings, needles, syringes, human tissue, and dead animals should not be put out for collection.
CONTAINERS
Refuse
Residents need to provide a sufficient number of approved sturdy plastic or metal containers with lids. Approved refuse containers must be a minimum of 20 gallons, a maximum of 50 gallons with a maximum loaded weight of 50 pounds for solid waste.
Recycling
Citizen must purchase their own recycling containers. Containers must be clearly marked "recycle" and may not exceed 65 gallons with a maximum loaded weight of 50 lbs.
DROP OFF
Effective July 5, 2010 the Town of Herndon's recycling center located at 1481 Sterling Road was permanently closed.
Herndon Residents are advised to take full advantage of the existing Wendesday pick up of curbside recycling.
The closest Recycling Centers are located at:
2531 Reston Parkway, Reston, VA
400 W. Laurel Avenue, Sterling, VA
Motor oil and other hazardous waste can be taken to Fairfax County's West Ox Road Transfer Station (please click link for directions and hours).
UPCOMING LOCAL RECYCLING EVENTS
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/calendar/ShowCalendar.aspx
CONTACT
If you have any questions regarding refuse and recycling please call (703) 435-6853, or email publicworks@herndon-va.gov
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