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Recycling
 Recycling
The Department of Environmental Services, Engineering and Construction Division manages recycling programs. Recycling is convenient, it conserves energy and raw materials, and it saves the City more than $100,000 in disposal costs every year!
New Curbside Recycling Program is Easier than Ever!
The City of Falls Church has increased the types of materials collected for recycling and has implemented "single-stream" recycling collection as of Sept. 2, 2008. Curbside customers may now place ALL recycling items into the same recycling bin - no separation is necessary.
The City contracts with Bates Trucking to collect recycling materials from 18-gallon curbside bins. Bates Trucking collects recycling materials using a rear-loading compactor truck, instead of the two-stream recycling truck previously used in the City. This will result in more efficient collection, fewer trips to the recycling transfer facility, and most importantly, a user-friendly "one-bin" system for our customers.
Once collected, the City sells curbside recyclable materials to WM Recycle America, LLC, which accepts recyclables in a "single-stream." This means items arrive at the facility mixed together and the facility's highly advanced equipment separates the materials into appropriate recycling streams. This is fast becoming the industry standard for recycling. Partnering with WM Recycle America allows the City to offer our curbside customers the most diverse and extensive recycling program in the region.
When do I place my green bin at curb?
Place recycling at the curb by 7 a.m. on your designated  collection day (recycling collection is the same day as trash collection). The holiday collection schedule follows the trash collection schedule (check the online City Calendar for updates).
To request a free green bin or a second bin, e-mail kallan@fallschurchva.gov or call 703-248-5176 (TTY 711). Green bins are provided free to curbside customers but are the property of the City of Falls Church. If you plan to move, please leave a clean bin for the next resident. Residents may use their own bins but they must be clearly marked "RECYCLING! DO NOT REMOVE!"
To report a missed pickup, call 703-248-5176 (TTY 711).
What can I recycle at the curb?
Prepare items according to the directions below and place ALL items into the same bin - no separation is necessary! Click here for a printable recycling brochure.
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Cardboard
• Place at the curb - no need to flatten!*
• Place smaller boxes inside larger boxes or flatten and place in or under the bin
• Remove parts of pizza boxes* that contain food residue and place in the trash. The rest of the box is recyclable! |
NO foam packing materials
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Mixed Paper, Newspaper & Paperboard
• Include newspaper and all inserts, magazines, catalogs, junk mail, computer paper, phone books, paperboard (cereal & cracker boxes), toilet paper rolls, non-metallic wrapping paper and any other printing or writing paper
• Place shredded paper inside a sealed paper bag to avoid litter |
NO paper napkins, plates, or cups (unless clean)
NO candy wrappers
NO tissues
NO metallic paper or photo paper
NO frozen juice paper cans |
Aluminum & Steel Beverage and Food Cans
• Include all beverage cans and food cans
• Rinse, tuck lid inside of can |
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Aerosol Cans*
• Include empty aerosol cans, shaving cream cans, whipped cream cans
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NO hazardous materials |
Glass Bottles & Jars with Lids*
• Include all colored or clear beverage bottles and food jars
• Rinse |
NO drinking glasses, ovenware, dishes
NO window glass, mirrors, light bulbs
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Plastic Bottles & Jugs (#1-7) with Lids*
• Include all colored or clear narrow mouth bottles and jugs,
• Rinse
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NO hazardous materials or motor oil containers
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Plastic Wide-Mouth Containers with Lids*
• Include yogurt, sour cream, and cottage cheese containers, butter/margarine tubs, peanut butter and mayonnaise containers, empty prescription bottles
• Rinse |
NO plastic "clamshell" salad bar containers
NO foam food containers or meat trays |
Rigid Plastics*±
• Include milk crates, buckets, laundry baskets, coat hangers, flower pots, drinking cups, plastic toys, broken recycling bins, plastic totes and other rigid plastics |
NO items over 50 lbs or too large or bulky to be loaded by one person into the recycling truck
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Gable-top milk and juice cartons with Lids*
• Include waxed paper cartons with "gable-tops"
• Rinse |
NO juice boxes (contain a layer of aluminum between paper) |
Bagged Plastic Film*
• Include plastic grocery bags, bread bags, dry cleaner bags, bubble wrap, external packing for paper towel rolls and other flexible packaging
• Shake out food crumbs, remove receipts, and place all plastic film inside one bag to avoid litter |
NO flower wrapping, potato chip bags, or non-flexible packaging
NO meat tray wraps or other stretch film |
Other Metal*
• Clean aluminum foil and trays
• Metal coat hangers*± |
NO other scrap metal |
Books*±
• include damaged or out-dated hardcover, paperback, textbooks and reference books
• remove plastic or metal spiral binding |
NO laminated paper |
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The City has added these materials to curbside collection.
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Items in good condition may be donated. See below for "Other Recycling Options" or look in the yellow pages under "second-hand" or "thrift" store.
Alternatives to Curbside Recycling:
The City of Falls Church does not endorse the businesses listed below.
Drop off regular recyclable items at the Falls Church Recycling Center. NEW! The Recycling Center is now accepting wide-mouth plastic containers such as yogurt, sour cream, and cottage cheese containers, and butter/margarine tubs.
Bring non-standard recyclables to the semi-annual Recycling Extravaganza in April and September. Check the City Calendar for exact dates. Acceptable Electronics include calculators, cell phones, computers, computer components, copiers, fax machines, pagers, radios, scanners, stereos, telephones and answering machines, TVs and VCRs, typewriters, and walkmans. Bring bikes, sewing machines, clothing and textiles, canes, crutches, walkers, strollers, paired socks running shoes, eye glasses, hearing aids, printer cartridges, cell phones for recycling, donation or reuse.
Other Recycling Options:
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Aluminum, copper, brass - G&L Metals (2945 Eskridge Road, Merrifield) or Fairfax County Facility (4618 West Ox Road)
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Antifreeze - City Sunoco (934 West Broad Street), Jiffy Lube (1014 West Broad Street) or other service stations, Fairfax County Hazardous Waste Facility or semi-annual City of Falls Church Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event.
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Batteries - Button, car, lithium, mercury, and rechargeable batteries are considered hazardous waste. Regular alkaline A, AA, AAA, C and D batteries are non-hazardous and may be disposed of in the trash.
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If it is rechargeable, it is recyclable! Take Ni-Cd, Ni-MH, Li-ion, or Pb (small sealed) rechargeable batteries to the Police Department (300 Park Ave) and place in the RBRC box under the dispatcher window.
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Take car batteries to local service stations, Fairfax County I-66 Transfer Station, or the semi-annual City of Falls Church Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event.
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Take button batteries to Fairfax County Hazardous Waste Facility or semi-annual City of Falls Church Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event.
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Coat hangers - Take metal coat hangers back to the drycleaner and donate plastic coat hangers to thrift stores.
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Compact fluorescent (CFLs) and tube fluorescent light bulbs - Contain mercury and are hazardous waste. Take to Home Depot, Fairfax County Hazardous Waste Facility or semi-annual City of Falls Church Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event. For more information visit knowtoxics.org.
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Foam packing pieces - Mail Box Extra (201 West Broad Street) or other mailing shops.
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Furniture - Donate to the Falls Church Community Services Council (call 703-248-5005 (TTY 711) for more information), Homestretch, or thrift stores.
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Inkjet printer cartridges - Community Center or City Schools.
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Motor Oil - City Sunoco (934 West Broad Street), Jiffy Lube (1014 West Broad Street) or other service stations, Fairfax County Hazardous Waste Facility or semi-annual City of Falls Church Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event.
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Plastic bags - Giant Food Store (1230 West Broad Street) or other supermarkets.
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Scrap Metal - Fairfax County I-66 Transfer Station or G&L Metals (2945 Eskridge Road, Merrifield).
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Recycling
300 Park Avenue
Suite 300 West
Falls Church, VA 22046
TEL: 703-248-5176
TTY: 711
FAX: 703-248-5214
recycling2@
fallschurchva.gov
Hours
Monday-Friday
8 a.m.-5 p.m.
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