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A-Z List of Recycling and Trash Topics

Several of the entries below are publications in PDF format. They are available in an alternative format upon request. Please contact the Solid Waste Management Program at 703-324-5230, TTY 711, to submit your request and allow seven business days for preparation of the material.

See also: Index of Residential Materials 

• Administrative Office
• Announcements
• Apartment and Condominium Recycling Requirements
• Appliances
• Auctions of Surplus County Property
• Batteries
• Bicycles
• Books
• Building Supplies
• Business (Nonresidential Properties):
  • Disposal Options
  • Hazardous Waste
  • Publications
  • Recycling and Trash Overview
  • Recycling and Trash Service FAQs
  • Recycling Requirements
  • Recycling Video
• Buy Recycled Products
• Cardboard (see Mixed Paper)
• CESQG Program
• Calendar of Events
• Chapter 109.1 of the Code of the County of Fairfax, VA
• Christmas Trees
• Clean Streets Initiative   
• Clothing and Household Items
• Collectors (Solid Waste Collection Companies)
• Complaints about Collection or Disposal Service
• Composting
• Computer Recycling
• Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator Program
• Consignment and Thrift Shops
• Contact Us: Administrative Office, email (see also, Complaints)
• County Customers (residents of Solid Waste Collection Areas only):  
  Recycling and Trash Guidelines
• Curbside Collection:
  • General Overview
  • Illustrated Recycling Chart (English, Spanish). See also Residential Recycling Requirements
  • Large and/or Bulky Items or Brush
  • Recycling and Trash: Private Collection Service  |   County Service 
• Document Destruction (Shredding)
• Drop-off Centers for Recycling
• Dump (I-95 Landfill Complex)
• Electronics Recycling (computers, peripherals, cell phones)   
• Energy Resource/Recovery Facility
• Event Calendar
• Facilities, Disposal and Recycling
• Fees, Trash Disposal
  • Commercial
  • Residential
• Fluorescent Light Bulbs
• Forms and Applications for Solid Waste Collection and Disposal
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs):
  • Recycling - General
  • Recycling Containers
  • Trash & Recycling Service for Businesses
  • Trash Collection - General
  • Trash Collection - Large (Bulky) Items and Brush
  • Trash Disposal
• Furniture
  • Collection of Large Items
  • Thrift Stores and Consignment Shops
• Future of Solid Waste Management   
• Green Sheet, Illustrated Recycling Chart (English, Spanish). See also Residential Recycling Requirements
• Hauling Companies: Private Collectors  |  County Service  
• Hazardous Waste:
  • Business
  • Household
  • Emergency Response Unit (Fire and Rescue Department)
• Hoarding in Your Community
• Hospitals (see Nonresidential Recycling)
• Hours of Operation, Trash and Recycling Facilities
• Household Hazardous Waste
• I-66 Transfer Station Complex
• I-95 Landfill Complex
• Illustrated Recycling Chart (English, Spanish). See also Residential Recycling Requirements
• Institutions (see Nonresidential Recycling)
• Leaves: Vacuum Collection
• Litter
• Materials:
  • Hazardous Waste, Business
  • Hazardous Waste, Household
  • Hazardous Waste, Emergency Response Unit (Fire and Rescue Department)
  • Recyclables
    • List of Residential Items for Recycling and Disposal
    • What Happens After Collection?
  • Trash - List of Residential Items for Recycling and Disposal
• Materials Recovery Facility Tour   
• Medicines
  • Disposal of Pills and Liquids
  • Disposal of Sharps and Medical Waste
• Mulch, Free of Charge to Fairfax County Residents
• Multifamily Recycling Requirements
• Needles and Syringes
• Nonresidential Recycling (see Business)
• PRM: Principal Recyclable Material
• Paint
• Permit Applications for Solid Waste Collection and Disposal
• Petition to Obtain County Collection Service
• Pink Carts and Helping Hearts
• Plastic Bottle and Jug Recycling
• Printer Cartridges
• Private Hauling Companies
• Publications   
• Recyclables, List of Materials (includes Items for Disposal)
• Recyclables, Tour a Materials Recovery Facility
• Recycling
  • Collection Companies:   Private Collectors  |  County Service  
  • Containers:  ClearStreams®  |  Pink Carts  |  Frequently Asked Questions
  • Drop-off Centers
  • Requirements:
    • for Residents
    • for Solid Waste Collectors and Property Managers
  • Statistics, Recycling Rate as a Percentage of Waste Stream
• Recycling and Trash Homepage
• Regulations (Chapter 109.1)
• Schedule a Special Collection of Large and/or Bulky Items or Brush
• School:
  • Resources and News for Students and Teachers
  • Recycling at School
  • FCPS Recycling Program
• Single Stream Collection of Recyclables   
• Shredding (see Document Destruction)
• Solid Waste:
  • Code of the County of Fairfax:  Chapter 109.1
  • Collection Companies, Private
  • Curbside Collection:   Private Collection Service   |   County Service
  • Management Plan
  • Materials for Recycling or Disposal
  • Pop-up Trash Video
  • Public Forum Meeting Notes
• Special Collection of Large and/or Bulky Items or Brush
• Surplus County Property, Auctions of
• Televisions and Other Electronics
• Thrift Shops and Consignment Shops
• Trash (see "Solid Waste")
• Trash & Recycling Collection Guidelines.  Publication is for residents of Solid Waste Collection Areas only.
• Vacuum Leaf Collection
• Videos about Trash and Recycling
  • Commercial Recycling
  • Electric Sunday
  • Pop-up Trash
• Waste Reduction
• Yard Waste