Recycling and Refuse Collection
CITY CURBSIDE RECYCLING/REFUSE COLLECTION
The Public Works Department offers recycling/refuse collection service to City residents and businesses. The service includes two household refuse pickups per week, a weekly recycling pickup, and a free recycling bin. Items followed by a * in the list below under Belman Road Recycling Center will be accepted at the curb for recycling. Approximately 3,000 customers are currently served. To obtain recycling/refuse collection service and related information, please contact the Utility Billing Office.
Refuse Collection Practices and Policies Study (June 2007)
SPECIAL CLEANUP EVENTS
Spring and fall Community Pride Weeks are great opportunities to clean up City yards and neighborhoods. During these weeks, the Public Works Department collects certain types of materials (e.g., appliances, brush, building materials, furniture, mattresses, scrap materials, tires) from special dumpsters located throughout the City.
Earth Day is April 22, but you can celebrate everyday by recycling! Log on to www.r-board.org to find a recycling center near you.
Household Hazardous Waste Collection Days are held each spring and fall at the Belman Road Recycling Center (1200 Belman Road) and the Regional Landfill and Recycling Center (489 Eskimo Hill Road). The Public Works Department also holds summer and winter Curbside Bulk Collections for items such as appliances, Christmas trees, and furniture.
Household Hazardous Waste Collection Days May 30-31, 2008
There is no trash collection on the following holidays: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day. Alternate collection schedules will be posted each holiday on this website, in The Free Lance-Star, on Cox Channel 24, or you may call 372-1023 for your alternate collection day.
BELMAN ROAD RECYCLING CENTER
Available only to City of Fredericksburg and Stafford County residents, the Recycling Center [hours; map] is located on Belman Road (behind the City Shop). Commercial vehicles are not allowed. The Recycling Center is operated by the Rappahannock Regional Solid Waste Management Board. For additional information, please call 540-658-4590 Monday-Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Directions
Follow the Blue & Gray Parkway to Belman Road (located between Lafayette Boulevard and Dixon Street); turn onto Belman Road; and proceed straight ahead, approximately a quarter-mile, until you see the Belman Road Recycling Center entrance on the right side.
Monday – Friday: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Sunday: 8:00 am – 3:00 pm
Closed on these holidays: New Year's Day, Easter Sunday, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
Items Accepted
Recyclable items accepted curbside in the City are marked with a *.
Recyclable items accepted at the Belman Road Recycling Center:
(for a print-friendly list, click here)
- Aluminum (e.g., cans, foil, pie plates)*
- Electronics
- Glass (brown, clear, and green) (*No plates, windows, mirrors, drinking glasses, light bulbs and NO broken glass at the curb)
- Motor oil
Paper: "anything that tears" (e.g., dry newspaper*, paper bags, office/copy/printer paper, wrapping paper, memo pads and envelopes, junk mail*, magazines* and catalogs, ad circulars and TV guides, phone books* and notebooks, cardboard, cereal boxes*, toilet paper/paper towel cores or tubes, beverage cartons. No shredded paper at the curb. Residents must ensure paper products do not blow out of curbside bins).
Plastic: #1 - #7, look for the number on the bottom of the container (e.g., milk jugs, soda bottles, yogurt/cottage cheese/margarine/dip containers, but NOT packing peanuts or plastic bags)*
- Scrap metal*
- Steel/tin cans (e.g., soup cans, pet food cans NOT aerosol cans)*
Other items accepted for recycling at the Belman Road Recycling Center:
- Antifreeze
Batteries: auto and household dry cell - Cell phones
- Ink cartridges
- Propane tanks
Working electronics and small appliances - Motor oil
- Scrap metal
Brush and yard waste, including leaves and Christmas trees Textiles: “gently used” clothing, sheets and blankets (no mattresses), towels, table linens, and curtains - Tires
- Mercury
- Flourescent Bulbs
REGIONAL LANDFILL AND RECYCLING CENTER
The Regional Landfill and Recycling Center [directions; hours; landfill layout; map] is located at 489 Eskimo Hill Road in Stafford County. As a cooperative venture between the City of Fredericksburg and Stafford County; the Center is operated and carefully monitored by the Rappahannock Regional Solid Waste Management Board (R-Board) for the benefit and use of Fredericksburg and Stafford residents.
The Regional Landfill and Recycling Center accepts various recyclable refuse materials. For additional information on recyclable materials, please contact the Recycling Center, (540) 658-4590. For information on business recycling, privately-run recycling facilities, public education programs, recycling activities, recycling and litter-control projects, recycling markets, recycling programs, and waste reduction, please contact the Recycling Coordinator, (540) 658-8680. For information on environmental education programs or to schedule a landfill tour, please call (540) 658-4579.
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