What can be recycled elsewhere in the community?

Written By Susan Ammons

Batteries

  • Auto and marine batteries ("Lead acid") can be returned to the store when you purchase a new battery and are accepted at most auto part stores in Gloucester. You can also bring them to any Home Depot or Lowe’s to put in their Call2Recycle box.

  • Rechargeable tool batteries can be recycled at the Gloucester Home Depot and Lowes. 

  • Regular household alkaline batteries can be put in the trash. 

  • Lithium, rechargeable and button batteries can be taken to Household Harmful Waste  collections in October and April. 

CDs / DVDs

CDs and DVDs can be recycled by taking them to Best Buy.

Cellphones

Gloucester County Main Library

Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs

Gloucester Home Depot and Lowe’s stores accept non-working, unbroken CFL bulbs for responsible disposal. Ask a store associate for assistance. 

Please note that older fluorescent tube light bulbs are considered household hazardous waste and can be dropped off twice per year at the Household Harmful Waste Collection dates or the they can be recycled by going to LampTracker website and requesting a box to return the bulbs in. There is a shipping fee.

Electronics

Best Buy retail stores accept most electronics (to include tube televisions) for recycling for a fee, nothing over 50 inches.

Franktronics accepts computers for recycling, computer peripherals and other electronic devices. 3618 George Washington Memorial Highway. Call 804-642-5233 for more information.

Verizon Wireless

Computer Recycling of Virginia, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization located in Tappahannock. Their mission is to place educationally-useful equipment into Virginia’s schools and non-profit organizations free of charge, while promoting electronics recycling throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia. They accept computer related equipment and many other electronic devices. Contact Computer Recycling of Virginia at 804-445-9672.

Before recycling your old computer, read about safeguarding your personal information.

Flags

Gloucester County Main Library

Larger Scrap Metal (Including Junk Automobiles)

Several companies offer scrap metal recycling and/or accept junk cars or trucks. 

  • Dickey’s Auto Recyclers (Phone: 804-693-5860) accepts junk automobiles. 

  • Middlesex Metals, Inc. (Urbanna, VA) (Phone: 804-758-2916) and Sims Metal Management (Yorktown, VA) (Phone: 757-599-4940) both accept junk cars and trucks (residents must bring the vehicle to them along with the title and any additional Department of Motor Vehicle paperwork). They also accept ferrous and non-ferrous metals including copper, brass, aluminum and other metals. 

Metal Clothes Hangers

Metal clothes hangers can be recycled by taking them back to the two Village Cleaners locations:

  • 6870 George Washington Memorial Highway
    Gloucester, VA 23061

  • 6626 Gloucester Street
    Gloucester, VA 23061

NO hangers in the convenience center recycle bins, please!

Oil

Motor oil (but NOT gasoline) can be brought to your local AutoZone for recycling. https://firstquarterfinance.com/gasoline-disposal-autozone/ You can also call your local automobile mechanic to see if they will accept it. 

Paint

Green Paint Can Spilled

Depending on the type of paint and quantity, if 5 gallons or less, water based paint, and the paint has been solidified and dried with kitty litter, dirt or sand it may be taken to a convenience center. If any other type of paint or quantity, it must be disposed of at the next HHW collection. Clean Harbors in West Point accepts paint, however there is a fee.

Plastic Grocery Bags/Plastic Wrap

Many local stores in Gloucester (including Food Lion, Kroger, Walmart, and Lowe’s) have containers to collect and recycle plastic grocery bags. There are also collection boxes at both library locations; those bags will be recycled into benches by the Trex company; thanks to the Lions Club  coordinating this effort.

You can also find your closest plastic film recycling drop-off location by entering your zip code at this website: https://www.plasticfilmrecycling.org/recycling-bags-and-wraps/find-drop-off-location/  

Donating Vehicles & Boats

Several charities offer automobile, boat, RV, and truck recycling (depending on the condition) to re-purpose or repair and donate to those in need. A few examples include Boat Angel, Goodwill, and Salvation Army. Contact each for more information.


The Junkluggers of Williamsburg

The Junkluggers of Williamsburg is an eco-friendly furniture and junk removal company with the mission to keep all reusable items out of landfills. We achieve this through donating, recycling, and rehoming all the reusable items that are removed, and we provide an itemized tax-deductible receipt in return for anything that we can donate on behalf of our customers. 

They have a fully trained, licensed, and insured staff. 

Pricing is based on how much space items take up in our truck. The price that we provide on-site is the maximum price that the customer should expect to pay unless items are added that were not included in the original estimate. If the items take up less space in the truck than estimated, then the customer will only pay for the space used.

Can assist in the removal of most items and can come out for something as small as a single item up to a full estate cleanout or hoarding situation. Junkluggers can also help in both residential and commercial situations.


Susan Ammons
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