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Solid Waste and Recycling

Goochland County maintains and operates the convenience centers. The center is available, free of charge, for use by County residents who have vehicle tags or 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.

Central Convenience Center

1908 Hidden Rock Lane

Goochland, VA 23063

Phone: (804) 556-5374

Fax: (804) 556-5176

Western Convenience Center

3455 Hadensville-Fife Road

Goochland, VA 23063

Phone: (804) 457-9109

Hours of Operation: Open Daily, 7:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

The Convenience Centers will be closed on the following holidays:

New Year's Day

Memorial Day

July 4th

Labor Day

Thanksgiving Day

Half Day - Christmas Eve

Christmas Day

Department Mailing Address

1800 Sandy Hook Road

P.O. Box 103

Goochland, VA 23063

Phone

804-556-5850

Contacts

Leigh Dunn, Environmental Planner

Curbside recycling service is available to a limited amount of residents in Goochland County, with the general service area being east of Manakin Road and Hermitage Road. Click here to see if you live within the curbside service area, designated in green. If you live within this service area and would like to sign up, please call CVWMA at (804) 340-0900. If you would like to purchase a plastic recycling bin for $12.83, make checks payable to Goochland County and address them to P.O. Box 103, Goochland, VA 23063. Please note that it can take up to four weeks to receive a bin after payment is processed. If you have any questions concerning bin payment, please contact Leigh Dunn at 556-5850.

Bins are collected every other Thursday. Recyclables do not need to be sorted. Please see www.cvwma.com for additional curbside recycling information.

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 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 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
Other Recyclable Items Recycling is also available for brush (no stumps), 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 below).
	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.
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.