Recycling

The City provides curbside recycling collection for residents and businesses along the uptown/downtown corridor with additional source-separated recycling drop-off available for residents at the Rivanna Solid Waste Authority’s McIntire Recycling Center. 

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Curbside recycling collection is available for free to customers who also use the City's Trash Service.  As part of the service, the City will provide a rolling cart for your recyclables.

Curbside Recycling Service Key Points

  • Recycling is collected every other week, on the same day as your regular trash day.
  • Three sizes of recycling carts are available. The default size is 95 gallon. 
  • Recycling carts can be requested, exchanged, and returned through the online Recycling Cart Request Form.

Recycling Guides & Maps

  1. Recycling Cart Sizes (PDF)
  2. Recycling Zone Large Street-by-Street Map (PDF)
  3. Solid Waste Guidelines (PDF)
  4. 2023 Recycling Schedule
2023 Recycling Schedule
2023 Recycling Tips
  1. How often will my cart be serviced?
  2. Where should I place the new cart on my pick up day?
  3. Can I request a smaller cart?
  4. Can I get more than one cart if I would like to recycle a higher volume?
  5. How much will it cost me?
  6. I live in a house shared by multiple tenants, will we each get a cart?
  7. I live in an apartment complex with a dumpster. Will I get a cart?
  8. My road is currently not maintained by the City of Charlottesville. Can this be changed?
  9. What do you do with the recycled items?
  10. What is the meaning of single-stream? I thought it meant you could combine trash and recycling.
  11. Why don’t you accept plastic bags?
  12. What about plastic lids and caps?
  13. What can I do with the items you don’t accept?
  14. Do you have a composting program?
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