CLEAN
COMMUNITY
Clean Gloucester Day 2024 Stats
Fall 2024 Clean Gloucester Day Stats
LBS OF LITTER
2,545
BAGS
100
Locations
64
HOURS
222
TOTALS FOR THE YEAR
484 Bags 12,195.5 lbs 802 Volunteer Hours
Green Tips
Convenience Centers
Locations
Belroi Convenience Center
5122 Hickory Fork Road
Gloucester, VA 23061
Court House Convenience Center
6550 Beehive Drive
Gloucester, VA 23061
Dutton Convenience Center
10430 Burke's Pond Road
North, VA 23128
Hayes Convenience Center
7599 Guinea Road
Hayes, VA 23072
Middle Peninsula Landfill and Recycling Center
3714 Waste Management Way
Saluda, VA 23149
Hours of Operation
The Waste Management Convenience Centers in Gloucester County operate on the following schedule:
Monday through Friday: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturday: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Sundays: Closed
Holiday Closings: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas
Other changes to the schedule will be posted at the Centers and in local newspapers.
Waste Management’s phone number: 804-792-6009 Operations Specialist, Sheila Fisher.
Curbside Trash Collection
While Gloucester County does not provide curbside trash removal, there are several local companies in the area that do. This list may not be complete and is provided for informational purposes only. Other companies may serve your area. Being listed here should not be considered an endorsement of a particular company or companies. THESE COMPANIES DO NOT COLLECT RECYCLING. Recycling can be brought to one of the 5 Convenience Centers in Gloucester County.
Allied Waste Services of Hampton Roads, Yorktown, VA
Phone: 800-296-7070 or 757-898-5488Ambrose Disposal Services, Mathews, VA
Phone: 804-725-7053Gloucester Refuse, Hayes VA
Phone:804-642-5005
Cardinal Waste Services, Saluda, VA
Phone: 804-758-5480County Waste, West Point, VA
Phone: 804-843-9288TFC Recycling, Newport News, VA (recycling only)
Phone: 757-247-5766
Waste Disposal
Gloucester County residents may dispose of appropriate household trash and waste at the County’s convenience centers. Gloucester County businesses may dispose of appropriate trash and waste at the County’s convenience centers as long as the trash and waste were generated within the County. Learn what you can do with old paint (PDF).
Household appliances/TVs and furniture may also be disposed of at a convenience center.
Household Harmful Waste
Household harmful waste items should be disposed of during one of the County’s two free Household Harmful Waste disposal events. The Household Harmful Waste collection is usually held on the third Saturday in April and October, the collection is usually held on the third Saturday at the Hayes Convenience Center. Spring 2025 Collection Day is Saturday, April 19th, 2025, 9 am – 3 pm.
Other times of the year, harmful waste can be disposed of, for a fee, by Veolia North America. Contact them at 804-233-6980, Customer Service Department. They can pick up the materials from you and will provide you with documentation that your material was properly transported and disposed of.
Residents from counties other than Gloucester County, businesses from outside Gloucester County who are working in Gloucester County (including subcontractors from outside Gloucester County even if they are working for contractors located within Gloucester County), and Gloucester County businesses disposing of waste and trash generated outside Gloucester County must take the waste and trash to the main landfill at the Middle Peninsula Landfill and Recycling Center. Certain types of demolition debris and materials are not accepted at Convenience Centers and should be taken to Middle Peninsula Landfill and Recycling Center for disposal. Contact Waste Management at 804-792-6009 for specific guidance. A disposal fee will apply.
Regular Household Alkaline Batteries
These batteries are now made so that they can be safely put in the regular trash. It is recommended that you tape the ends to avoid a spark.
Auto, Marine ("lead acid" batteries) & Rechargeable Tool Batteries
These can be returned to the store when you purchase a new battery and are accepted at most auto part stores in Gloucester. They can also be brought to any Home Depot or Lowe’s to be put in their Call2Recycle box.
Lithium, Rechargeable & Button Batteries
These can be taken to the Household Harmful Waste Collection Day event in October or April.
Large Items
Large items such as trees, boats, building debris that fit in a regular sized large pick up truck must be taken to the main landfill at the Middle Peninsula Landfill and Recycling Center.
Propane Tanks
Grill propane tanks can be taken to any Blue Rhino location in Gloucester (Walmart, Food Lion, Lowe’s, Rite Aid, and Walgreens).
Tires
Each Gloucester resident is allowed 4 tires per day, 12 per year. These items may be disposed of at a Gloucester convenience centers.
Yard Waste
Yard waste such as pine needles, debris from small pruning jobs, brush, limbs, demolished outbuildings or sheds that do not exceed 7.5 by 10 feet, etc. may be disposed of at a convenience center as long as the amount does not exceed four cubic yards (approximately a pickup truck load).
Recycling
Gloucester convenience centers accept SOME items for recycling. Other items can be recycled by bringing them elsewhere in the community. Please consult this list when you want to recycle items in Gloucester County. GLASS CANNOT CURRENTLY BE RECYCLED IN GLOUCESTER COUNTY. Please do not contaminate the recycling bins with glass. Contaminated recycling costs money.
What can be recycled at Gloucester Convenience Centers?
Paper & Cardboard
Cardboard box packaging (i.e., cereal boxes)
Corrugated cardboard (flattened)
Junk mail
Newspaper and magazines
Office paper and envelopes
Paper bags
Phone books
GREASY PIZZA BOXES ARE A BIG NO-NO! Paper and cardboard for recycling must be clean.
Plastic
Currently we can ONLY recycle plastic containers that meet both:
Must have #1 or # 2 in the recycle symbol, AND
Must be a bottle or jug with a neck smaller than the body. (for example: milk jugs, water bottles)
Plastic lids and caps CAN be recycled. The "neck smaller than body" requirement is because it indicates a specific grade of plastic that is used in blow molds.
Metal Cans
Aluminum cans
Empty aerosol cans that have no slosh or hiss
Metal food cans (e.g. tuna cans)
ALL ITEMS MUST BE CLEAN AND DRY before putting in recycling container.
Rinsed aluminum drink cans may also be deposited at one of the Giving Garden Foundation’s five Can Cottage locations:
Abingdon Ruritan Club on Guinea Road
Main Street Shopping Center
Gloucester Moose Family Center on Moose Drive
Franktronics at 3618 George Washington Memorial Hwy.
Mathews High School on Buckley Hall Road in Mathews
What YOU Can Do
Organize a Cleanup
Want to conduct a cleanup in Gloucester? Thank you! We can lend you supplies including bags, safety vests, grabbers, caution yard signs, and buckets. Cleanup Kits are available for one week. (Renewals may be granted on a case by case basis.)
Please fill out this easy online form to request supplies: Group Cleanup Registration
You will receive an email when supplies are ready for pickup.
In-office pickup is from the lobby of the Stewart Building, 6382 Main Street, (across from Botetourt Elementary School) during regular County office hours 8am - 4:30pm. You may return used equipment and laundry to the same location within one week. All items MUST be returned EXCEPT garbage bags. For after hours pickup, we will leave your supplies near/or in the tiny shed for you to pick up behind the Stewart Building.
Alternately, you can contact the Clean Community Coordinator or call 804-693-5370 and we will be glad to fill the online form out for you.
We ask that, after every cleanup, you complete and turn in a reporting form (you will find one with your supplies) so that the Clean Community Coordinator, a grant-supported position, can continue to provide this service to the Gloucester community.
Volunteer
JOIN THE CLEAN TEAM!
This enthusiastic group of solo and family volunteers regularly picks up roadside litter. Members can pick up extra cleanup supplies anytime, contact-free, from our building's backyard shed. To join, you can register using the button below or you can call or email the Clean Community Coordinator 804-693-5370.
For court-mandated community service, ask your probation officer to call Parks, Recreation & Tourism at 804-693-2107 for verification. We do not provide community service work to minors. After speaking to your P.O., we will get in touch with you to discuss scheduling. Be aware that nearly all of our community service work takes place outdoors so you must dress accordingly and provide your own drinks, snacks, work gloves, and sunscreen. The work could be weeding, picking up litter, emptying trash cans, and using tools such as string trimmers, bow saws, shovels, rakes, and pressure washers.
Volunteer on the Clean and Green Committee
This board serves in an advisory capacity to the Board of Supervisors and Clean Community staff on matters related to litter prevention, solid waste management, recycling, and beautification. Meetings are comprised of the Clean Community Coordinator, a Board of Supervisors representative, and voting members approved by the Gloucester Board of Supervisors. Meetings are once every other month for approximately one hour. For information on recent and past activities of the Clean Community Committee, please refer to the meeting minutes archive at the County’s Meetings and Minutes Portal.
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Bee City USA
Gloucester is officially an affiliate of Bee City USA!!
Gloucester County Clean Community sponsors the Bee City USA – Gloucester County program. The mission of Bee City USA is to galvanize communities to sustain pollinators, responsible for the reproduction of almost 90% of the world’s flowering plant species, by providing them with healthy habitat, rich in a variety of native plants, and free to nearly free of pesticides.
Why Gloucester makes a great affiliate for Bee City USA
Maintaining habitat and forage for bees and other pollinators is essential to the sustainability and resilience of our local environment.
Resources for bees include many flowering plants, thus enhancing the natural beauty of Gloucester.
Maintaining habitats conducive to bees and other pollinators will support local farm and garden efforts by increasing pollination of fruits and vegetables, as well as flowers.
