Solid Waste/Recycling
Learn all about James City County Recycling with these TV48 videos:
- County's Green Team wins Award
- How to Go Green!
- Holiday Recycling
- Curbside Recycling
- JCC FYI: Nov/Dec
Learn more about our other programs that improve the community and help the environment:
James City County operates three Convenience Centers for residential recycling and trash disposal. The Convenience Centers and the curbside recycling program accept the following materials:
- Newspapers and their inserts
- Corrugated cardboard and single-layer cardboard
- Brown paper grocery bags,
- Residential mixed paper (magazines, junk mail, phone books, catalogs, school paper, computer paper, copy paper, envelopes)
- Glass bottles and jars
- Steel and bimetal food and beverage cans including metal lids
- Aluminum cans
- Foil and pie pans
- No. 1 and 2 plastic bottles - Must have a narrow neck or pouring spout and cap discarded
- Plastic Shopping Bags and Newspaper Bags*
What can be recycled: please be clean and dry
- plastic grocery bags
- plastic department store bags
- newspaper sleeves
- dry-cleaning bags
- toilet paper/paper towel over wrap
- water bottle case wrap
- stretch film (no household saran wrap)
- plastic trash bags
*Accepted only at convenience centers
For additional information contact the Environmental Coordinator at 259-9850, the Solid Waste/Recycling Information Line: 253-6809, or the Virginia Peninsulas Public Service Authority, 259-9850.
Convenience Center Locations and Operating Hours
Jolly Pond Road - 1204 Jolly Pond Road - 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., seven days a week. Other recyclables taken at Jolly Pond Road are kitchen grease, waste motor oil and antifreeze, tires*, propane tanks*, scrap metal (including appliances), and brush*. (*coupons required). When using this facility, residents are urged to allow ample time to unload vehicles prior to the 5:00 p.m. closing. Directions>>>
Tewning Road - 107 Tewning Road - Monday 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.; Tuesday - Saturday: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Closed - Sunday. Waste motor oil, antifreeze, and kitchen grease accepted. Directions>>>
Toano Convenience Center - 185 Industrial Boulevard (Hankins Industrial Park) - 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., seven days a week. Other recyclables taken at the Toano Convenience Center are tires (coupons required), automobile batteries, motor oil, antifreeze, metal appliances, and kitchen grease. Directions>>>
The Convenience Centers are closed on the following holidays: Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day. On July 4, the Jolly Pond Convenience Center will be open from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m., and all other centers will be closed. On Christmas Eve, all centers will close at noon.
Transfer Station
The James City County Transfer Station, 1204 Jolly Pond Road, is operated by Waste Management. The transfer station is open Monday through Saturday, 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for County residents. For commercial customers the transfer station is open Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Saturday, 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., and is closed on Sunday. For payment information and minimal disposal requirements, contact the Transfer Station at (757) 565-1279. No tires, batteries, liquids, appliances, medical or hazardous waste are accepted. All waste delivered to the Transfer Station is hauled to a state-of-the-art, Subtitle D, State-regulated landfill located in Hampton.
Christmas Tree Recycling Program
Recycle your Christmas tree! Take it to one of the County Convenience Centers during operating hours. Remember to remove the tree stand and decorations, including tinsel. The Convenience Centers are located at 107 Tewning Road, 1204 Jolly Pond Road, and 185 Industrial Boulevard (Hankins Industrial Park). Christmas trees will be accepted free of charge through February 28, 2009. Questions? Please call the Recycling Office at 259-9850.