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Recycling
 Recycling
Recycling is collected from curbside residential customers weekly on Wednesdays, year round (except on observed City holidays).
Recycling is convenient, it conserves energy and raw materials, and it saves the City more than $100,000 in disposal costs every year!
Set-out Requirements
Currently, residential customers use 18 gallon green recycling bins provided by the City, however, each curbside customer will receive a refuse and recycling cart in the fall of 2010. For more information please click here.
Residents may place recycling materials into personal containers as long as they are clearly marked "recycling" and are placed away from trash containers on collection day.
Place containers at the curb by 7 a.m. on Wednesday (or after 5 p.m. Tuesday evening). Containers must be returned to the side or rear of the residence by Wednesday evening.
New Curbside Recycling Program is Easier than Ever!
The City of Falls Church implemented a "single-stream" recycling collection program in September 2008. Curbside customers may place ALL recycling items into the same recycling bin - no separation is necessary.
The City's collection contractor, American Disposal Services, collects recyclables using a rear-loading compactor truck (similar to a trash truck but with a recycling symbol on the side of the truck). This method of "single-stream" collection is more efficient and requires fewer trips to the recycling transfer facility. Most importantly, "single-stream" collection provides a user-friendly "one-bin" system for the customer.
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.
Green bins are provided free to curbside customers but are the property of the City of Falls Church. If you need a new or replacement 18 gallon green recycling bin, please e-mail recycling2@fallschurchva.gov or call 703-248-5160 (TTY 711). If you plan to move, please leave clean bins for the next resident.
Important Numbers
Solid Waste Code Enforcement: 703-248-5281 (TTY 711)
Missed Collections and Other Questions: 703-248-5160 (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 |
* NEW!
The City has added these materials to curbside collection.
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Items in good condition may be donated. See "Alternatives to Curbside Recycling" or look in the yellow pages under "second-hand" or "thrift" store.
Self-Haul Options
The City of Falls Church operates a drop-off Recycling Center, open 7 days a week, 7 a.m. to dusk located at 217 Gordon Road.
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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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