A-Z List of Recycling and Trash Topics

Here is a list of various topics related to recycling and trash. Entries with (PDF) after them are publications that will require that you have Acrobat Reader installed on your computer in order to view them. PDFs are available in alternative formats 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.

• Acceptable/Unacceptable Waste
• Administrative Offices
• Announcements
• Apartment and Condominium Recycling
  • Materials Chart, Buildings Built Before July 2007 (PDF), (Spanish version)
  • Materials Chart, Buildings Built After July 2007 (PDF), (Spanish version)
• Batteries
• Bicycles
• Business:
  • Disposal Options
  • Hazardous Waste
  • Publications
  • Recycling Awards
  • Recycling Overview
• Buy Recycled Products
• Calendar of Events
• Chapter 109.1 (Solid Waste Code)
• Complaints about Collection or Disposal Service
• Composting
• Computer Recycling
• Consignment and Thrift Shops
• Contact Us: Administrative Offices, E-mail (see also, Complaints)
• County Customers (residents of Sanitary Districts only) :  
  Recycling and Trash Guidelines (PDF), (Spanish version, Korean version)
• Curbside Collection:
  • General Overview
  • Large and/or Bulky Items or Brush
  • Recyclables and Trash: County Service  |  Private Collection Service
  • Set Out Instructions for Recyclables (PDF), (Spanish version)
• Document Destruction*
• Drop-off Centers for Recycling
• Electronics Recycling (computers, peripherals, cell phones)
• Energy Resource/Recovery Facility
• 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
  • Trash Collection
  • Trash Disposal
• Future of Solid Waste Management
• Hazardous Waste:
  • Business
  • Household
• Hoarding in Your Community
• Hospitals (see Nonresidential Recycling)
• I-66 Transfer Station Complex
• I-95 Landfill Complex
• Inkjet Printer Cartridges
• Institutions (see Nonresidential Recycling)
• Leaves: Vacuum Collection
• Litter
  • Adopt-a-Highway
  • Adopt-a-Stream: County Program  |  State Program
  • Clean Fairfax Council
• Materials:
  • Hazardous Waste, Business
  • Hazardous Waste, Household
  • Recyclables
  • Solid Waste
• Medicines
  • Disposal of Pills and Liquids
  • Disposal of Sharps and Medical Waste
• Mulch, Free of Charge to Fairfax County Residents
• Multifamily Residential Recycling and Trash
  • Materials Chart, Buildings Built Before July 2007 (PDF), (Spanish version)
  • Materials Chart, Buildings Built After July 2007 (PDF), (Spanish version)
• Nonresidential Recycling
• Online Scheduling of Bulk and Large Item Collection
• Permit Applications for Solid Waste Collection and Disposal
• Petition for County Collection Service
• Plastic Bottle and Jug Recycling
• Publications and Forms
• Recyclables, List of Materials
• Recyclables, Illustrated Chart
  • Curbside Recycling (PDF), (Spanish version)
  • Apartment and Condominiums, Buildings Built Before July 2007 (PDF), (Spanish version)
  • Apartment and Condominiums, Buildings Built After July 2007 (PDF), (Spanish version)
• Recycling Drop-off Centers
• Recycling and Trash Homepage
• Recycling Requirements:
  • for Residents
  • for Solid Waste Collectors and Property Managers
  • Worksheet for Nonresidential Properties
• Recyclables, Curbside Set Out Instructions (PDF), (Spanish version)
• Red/Green Sheet, Illustrated Recycling Chart
  • Curbside Recycling (PDF), (Spanish version)
  • Apartment and Condominiums, Buildings Built Before July 2007 (PDF), (Spanish version)
  • Apartment and Condominiums, Buildings Built After July 2007 (PDF), (Spanish version)
• Regulations (Chapter 109.1)
• Residential Curbside Recycling Chart (PDF), (Spanish version)
• School:
  • Announcements and News
  • Resources for Students and Teachers
• Single Stream Collection of Recyclables
• Solid Waste:
  • Curbside Collection:  County Service  |  Private Collection Service
  • List of Waste Materials Accepted and/or Not Accepted at I-66 or I-95
  • Management Plan
• Solid Waste Collection Companies
• Special Collection of Large and/or Bulky Items or Brush
• Thrift Shops and Consignment Shops
• Trash and Recycling Collection Guidelines (PDF), (Spanish version, Korean version).
   Publication is for residents of Sanitary Districts only.
• Trash (see "Solid Waste")
• Vacuum Leaf Collection
• Waste Reduction
• Yard Waste

* Document destruction is offered from time to time at special events. Check the Calendar of Events for the next opportunity.