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SPSA's recycling programs offer residents many ways to get involved and help make a difference in southeastern Virginia's environment. If you are looking to recycle your electronic goods such as computers, please click here.
SPSA operates the following
programs to accept a variety of recyclables:
Curbside Pick-up
SPSA offers curbside recycle service to approximately 135,000 homes in
southeastern Virginia. Our programs are designed to allow for maximum
flexibility for SPSA’s member communities with the provision of both 18-gallon
bin recycling as well as 95-gallon, single stream automated recycling at the
curb.
Please click on the location where you live to get your community’s choice for
recycling, the recyclables accepted in the program option chosen, and the
curbside collection schedule and more:
For more information about this program, call (757) 548-2256.
Chesapeake
Chesapeake has switched to a new provider for their recycling.
Click here for the city's web page detailing their new program.
Franklin
Franklin offers automated recycling using a 95-gallon cart.
 Acceptable
recyclables in the automated program are:
- Glass (clear, green or brown glass bottles and jars) Please NO window glass, drinking glasses, etc.
- Metals (aluminum, foil and pie pans, steel/tin cans)
- Papers (clean newspapers and advertising inserts, unwanted mail, magazines and catalogs, and cardboard boxes - please flatten boxes and put inside recycling container.) Please NO packing materials such as
Styrofoam blocks or peanuts.
- Plastic (Plastic bottles Only) Any other type of plastic is NOT acceptable;
this includes plastic bags, Styrofoam blocks and packing materials. Please
put these products in your garbage container, NOT your recycling container.
- Telephone books
Unacceptable Items:
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Plastic - Microwavable
Meal Containers, Yogurt Containers, Containers which contain Hazardous
Chemicals or Oil Products (such as Motor Oil). These items should NOT be
placed in your recycling container.
Preparation Tips
- Rinse out bottles and cans.
- Carts must be curbside by 7:00 a.m.
- Leave three (3) feet between the cart and other items at the curb.
- Crush metal cans and plastic jugs. This helps fit more material into
your cart.
- Place only those items listed below in your cart.
- Bring your cart off the street as soon as possible after your
recyclables are
collected. This helps prevent inadvertent damage.
- Collection Schedule
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January 3 - 9
January 17- 23
January 31 -
February 6
February 14 -
20
February 28 -
March 6
March 14-20
March 28 - 31
Norfolk
Norfolk has elected to transition to automated recycling using a 95-gallon cart.
Acceptable recyclables in the 95-gallon automated program are:
- Glass (clear, green or brown glass bottles and jars) Please NO window glass, drinking glasses, etc.
- Metals (aluminum, foil and pie pans, steel/tin cans)
- Papers (clean newspapers and advertising inserts, unwanted mail, magazines and catalogs, and cardboard boxes - please flatten boxes and put inside recycling container.) Please NO packing materials such as
Styrofoam blocks or peanuts.
- Plastic (Plastic bottles Only) Any other type of plastic is NOT acceptable;
this includes plastic bags, Styrofoam blocks and packing materials. Please
put these products in your garbage container, NOT your recycling container.
- Telephone books
Unacceptable Items:
-
Plastic - Microwavable
Meal Containers, Yogurt Containers, Containers which contain Hazardous
Chemicals or Oil Products (such as Motor Oil). These items should NOT be
placed in your recycling container.
Preparation Tips for 95-gallon automated program:
- Rinse out bottles and cans.
- Carts must be curbside by 7:00 a.m.
- Leave three (3) feet between the cart and other items at the curb.
- Crush metal cans and plastic jugs. This helps fit more material into your cart.
- Bring your cart off the street as soon as possible after your recyclables are
collected. This helps prevent inadvertent damage.
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December 27 -
January 2 - Week One
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January 3 - 9
Week Two
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January 10-16
Week One
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January 17- 23
Week Two
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January 24 -
30 - Week One
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January 31 -
February 6 - Week Two
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February 7 -
13 - Week One
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February 14 -
20 - Week Two
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February 21 -
27 - Week One
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February 28 -
March 6 - Week Two
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March 7 - 13 -
Week One
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March 14-20 -
Week Two
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March 21 - 27
- Week One
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If you are not sure which week
or phase your neighborhood is in, please call 441-1347 or go the City of Norfolk's website by clicking here.
Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight County maintains drop-off only recycling sites for their
residents and the Town of Smithfield currently utilizes the 18-gallon
bin service. Typical recyclables accepted at the drop-off sites or in
the curbside recycling program (for the Town
of Smithfield only) include:
- Newspaper
- Aluminum cans, pie plates and foil
- Clear, brown and green glass
- #1 and #2 plastic bottles only
- Steel food cans
- Telephone Books
Collection Schedule:
*The recycling dates in parts of Smithfield will be changed to every other Thursday (it will coordinate with their refuse collection) starting March 15. The Grimesland area will be affected, this includes: South Church Street from the Cypress Creek Bridge to the Route 10 by-pass, all streets west of South Church Street including Wilson Road, Talbot Drive and other adjoining streets, Benn's Church Boulevard, east and west of Benn's Church Boulevard which includes Waterford Oaks.
Portsmouth
The City of Portsmouth offers drop-off only recycling for its residents.
Typical items accepted in the drop off recycling program include:
- Newspaper
- Aluminum cans, pie plates and foil
- Clear, brown and green glass
- #1 and #2 plastic bottles only
- Steel food cans
Southampton
Southampton County provides 18-gallon bin recycling for its residents of Courtland, Newsoms, and Boykins.
Acceptable Recyclables are:
- Newspaper
- Aluminum cans, pie plates and foil
- Clear, brown and green glass
- #1 and #2 plastic bottles only
- Steel food cans
Preparation Tips:
- Please remove caps and lids
- Crush plastic bottles and aluminum cans
- Tie newspapers or place in brown paper bags, and then put the papers on top of or beside your bin.
Collection Schedule:
Suffolk
The City of Suffolk offers drop-off only recycling for its residents.
Typical items accepted in the drop off recycling program include:
- Newspaper
- Aluminum cans, pie plates and foil
- Clear, brown and green glass
- #1 and #2 plastic bottles only
- Steel food cans
Virginia Beach
The city of Virginia Beach offers and manages its own automated recycling program. Please click here for more information on Virginia Beach recycling. For more information, please contact the City of Virginia Beach, Waste Management Division at 385-4650.
Drop-off Sites
There are 39 drop-off recycling centers located throughout the communities SPSA serves. Residents may bring recyclables such as aluminum and steel cans, newspaper, plastic, glass and cardboard.
Most centers are open 24 hours a day and are available to area residents free of charge.
Learn more...
Used Motor Oil
SPSA provides a free service to southeastern Virginia residents to recycle used motor oil. SPSA accepts used motor oil from residents only, no businesses. Residents are asked to bring no more than
five gallons of used oil per visit. Many service stations also accept used oil.
Learn more...
Household & Car Batteries
Household battery drop boxes are located at SPSA's Household Hazardous Waste facilities. At SPSA's Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Facilities accepts batteries such as AA, C, 6 volt and button batteries for recycling, free of charge from area residents. Car batteries are also accepted at SPSA's HHW facilities. Residents must deliver them to the HHW facilities for recycling.
Learn more...
Household Appliances
Household appliances, including refrigerators and air conditioners are referred to as white goods and may be recycled into scrap metal once the freon has been removed. Residents who wish to dispose
of appliances should contact their communities' public works department or call SPSA at (757) 548-2256 for proper disposal instructions.
Learn more... For more information, call the 24-hour information line at (757) 424-4297.
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