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Goochland County Solid Waste and Recycling
Department Address: 1800 Sandy Hook Road P.O.Box 103
Goochland, Virginia 23063
Phone: (804) 556-5860 Fax: (804) 556-5654
Contacts: (Click on contact's name for email.)
David Lloyd, Convenience Centers   (804) 556-5859
Leigh Dunn, Curbside Recycling and GARC Coordinator   (804) 556-5850
Goochland County Convenience Centers
Goochland County maintains and operates the convenience centers. The centers are available, free of charge, for use by County residents who have proof of residency for disposal of household trash and recyclable items. There is a fee to dispose of certain items, such as brush, automobile tires, air conditioners, refrigerators and other appliances containing Freon.
  • Hours of Operation:  7:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
  • Central Convenience Center: Closed every Thursday.
  • Western Convenience Center: Closed every Tuesday and Wednesday.

 
   

Goochland County Convenience Centers Holiday Closings 2012

2012 Convenience Centers Holiday Closings

  • New Year's - Sunday, January 1
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - Monday, January 16
  • Presidents' Day - Monday, February 20
  • Memorial Day - Monday, May 28
  • Independence Day - Wednesday, July 4
  • Labor Day - Monday, September 3
  • Columbus Day - Monday October 8
  • Veterans Day - Monday, November 12 
  • Thanksgiving - Thursday, November 22
  • Christmas - Monday, December 24 closing at noon - Tuesday, December 25 closed
   

Curbside Recycling
Curbside Recycling
Since discontinuing the County-subsidized curbside recycling service, Goochland County now working with homeowner's associations to contract services within their respective subdivisions. This option could be provided at an annual cost of $25 per year, per household. Beginning July, 27 subdivisions will be participating in this program, totaling almost 1,150 households. If your subdivision is interested in the curbside recycling service, the next enrollment period begins in February 2012 for service beginning July 1, 2012. Please see the Frequently Asked Questions or call Leigh Dunn at 556-5850 for more details.
   

Central Convenience Center
1908 Hidden Rock Lane
Goochland, VA 23063
Phone: (804) 556-5374
Fax: (804) 556-5176
Map and Directions
Closed Every Thursday
   

Western Convenience Center
3455 Hadensville-Fife Road
Goochland, VA 23063
Phone:(804) 457-9109
Map and Directions
Closed Every Tuesday and Wednesday
   

Additional Waste and Recycling Information
   

Drop-Off Recycling
The recycling containers include informational decals that make recycling easier for area citizens. Decals show which materials are accepted in the recycling program and instruct citizens on placement of the materials into the appropriate openings in the bins.Large Recycling Bins at the Convenience Center

Large Bins for Mixed Containers and Mixed Paper
The large green collection bins are for mixed paper and mixed food/beverage containers and have a divider in the center to keep the items separate.  Residents collecting paper items at home for drop-off recycling can combine mixed paper items such as junk mail, cardboard, computer and office paper, phone books, and cereal/dry food boxes.

Aluminum and steel cans, plastic bottles, and glass bottles and jars should be contained separately from the mixed paper items.  All recyclable containers should be rinsed, but labels do not need to be removed.  Please do not place plastic bags (garbage or grocery) filled with recyclables into the drop-off containers.  Click here for more information on what can be recycled.

Small recycling bins at the Convenience CenterSmall Bins for Newspaper and Glossy Paper
These paper items can be deposited loosely or bagged within paper grocery bags.
    Accepted items include:
  • Newspaper (including Glossy Inserts/Slick Advertisements)
  • Magazines
  • Catalogs

 

Recycling brush at the Convenience CenterOther Recyclable Items
Recycling is also available for brush (no stumps or grass clippings), tires, oil and filters, paint, batteries, propane tanks, and appliances containing Freon.  There may be a disposal fee associated with some of these items (see fee schedule).

 

Electronic items recycling at the Convenience CenterElectronic Recyclable Items
Electronic items are being accepted during normal hours of operation at the Central Convenience Center only.  Acceptable items include computers, computer monitors, printers, televisions.

 

Freon Recovery ProgramFreon Recovery Program
The Freon recovery program enables participating jurisdictions to comply with state and federal regulations which ban the atmospheric release of Chloroflourocarbons (CFCs) and Hydrochloroflourocarbons (HCFCs). Many used and discarded appliances such as refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners and dehumidifiers contain these ozone-depleting gases.  By recycling these items, the Freon gasees are extracted and the empty appliances will also be recycled through metal scrap dealers or through the CVWMA's Appliance & Scrap metal recycling program.

 

Recycling Household wastesHousehold Wastes
Goochland County also accepts motor oil, oil filters, anti-freeze, paint and other materials. Acceptable paint materials include: latex and oil-based paints, varnish/shellac, stain and tints, paint and lacquer thinners, polyurethane, primer, turpentine, oil additives, leaded/unleaded gasoline, and gasoline additives.  The County also accepts used propane tanks, and rechargeable and lead acid batteries.

 

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