- FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. – Residents can now drop off unwanted hardcover, paperback, and textbooks in the green donation bins at the I-66 Transfer Station in Fairfax. In partnership with New Legacy Books, the county’s Solid Waste Management Program is launching a program to keep used books out of the landfill. Only books with an ISBN barcode are accepted for collection.
- Due to its popularity, Fairfax County is expanding its textile recycling pilot. Additional Helpsy collection containers are now available at the I-95 Landfill Complex.
- Used Halloween pumpkins can get a second, Earth-friendly life as compost in Fairfax County’s annual Pumpkin Palooza collection drive, now underway until the end of November.
