Question: Where can I take my recycling materials?
Answer: The County has four recycling centers throughout the county.
1. Laurel Valley Recycling Center - At the Culpeper County Transfer Station.
Hours of Operation:
| Monday - Saturday |
7 am - 7 pm |
| Sunday |
1 PM - 5 PM |
Closed on the following holidays:
New Year's Day
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day
2. Dominion Square Shopping Center* - James Madison Highway (Near Farmer Jack's)
Open during shopping center hours
3. Culpeper County Middle School* - Achievement Drive, behind the Middle School
Open during daylight hours only
4. Lignum* - Route 3, 2.4 miles east of Batna Road (Route 647) - ½ mile west of Shell's Gas & Stuff
Hours of Operation:
| Saturday |
8 am - 6 PM |
| Monday |
8 am - 6 PM |
| Wednesday |
1 PM - 6 PM |
* At each of these sites, there are two (2) roll-off containers. One (1) container is segregated for the three (3) colors of glass, while the other has compartments for newspapers and for cans.
Question: Which items are accepted at each location, and how should I prepare my recycling materials?
Answer:
Aluminum: (Aluminum is not magnetic, i.e. cans, foil, etc.)
Accepted at all four (4) locations
Please contact Wise Services & Recycling @ (540) 825-0996 for more information on aluminum purchasing.
Automotive Items:
The Laurel Valley Solid Waste Transfer Station will accept antifreeze, motor oil and tires.
Retailers of batteries are required to accept your old battery IF you are purchasing a new battery from them. Contact your local auto parts store for more information.
Batteries:
Alkaline Batteries can be disposed of in your normal household trash.
Rechargeable Batteries are recyclable through the RBRC (Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation). They recycle the following battery chemistries: Nickel Cadmium (Ni-Cd), Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni-MH), Lithium Ion (Li-ion) and Small Sealed Lead* (Pb). They have drop-off locations in many cities across the Country.
You can get more information from the FAQ section of their website:
http://www.rbrc.org/consumer/faq.html
Or you can find a drop off location at:
http://www.rbrc.org/consumer/uslocate.html
You can also contact them by calling (678) 419-9990; or you can email the company at: recycling@rbrc.com.
Clothing:
Culpeper Baptist Church Clothes Closet
318 S. West Street
(540) 825-8192
(1st & 3rd Wednesday's, 10 am - 12 noon. Also every Wednesday evening, 6:30-7:30)
Full Circle Thrift
227 Waters Place
(540) 727-8717
Clothes and household items.
Tuesday - Saturday, 10am - 6pm
KC's Thrift Shop
122 W. Culpeper Street
(540) 825-9838
(Mon. - Tues. 10am - 5pm, Thurs. - Sat. 10am -5pm, Sun. 12pm - 4pm)
Culpeper Regional Hospital Auxillary Thrift Shop
513 Meadowbrook Drive
(540) 825-7523
Goodwill:
504 Culpeper Town Square
(540) 829-8068
(Mon. - Sat. 9am - 7pm, Sunday 12pm - 5pm)
Corrugated Paper: Cardboard
Accepted at:
Laurel Valley Recycling Center
Only accept thick double or single lined with corrugation. Can not accept thin cardboard, such as poster board, cereal boxes, etc. The items must be dry, and breakdown into pieces that will fit into the slots of the containers. We do NOT accept colored cardboard or cardboard that has been coated with wax or clay.
Glass:
Accepted at:
Laurel Valley Recycling Center
Dominion Square Shopping Center
Culpeper County Middle School
Lignum
Remove the caps or lids (anything metal). Paper labels do not need to be removed, but we do ask that you empty and rinse the bottles. Please separate the bottles by color: green, brown and clear. We do NOT accept the following: ceramics, clay pots, blue glass, crystal, light bulbs, mirrors, window glass, heat resistant ovenware (Pyrex, etc.), or BROKEN glass.
Household Appliances:
Accepted at:
Laurel Valley Solid Waste Transfer Station
**$5 fee per item, for appliances which contain freon.
Leaves and Brush
These materials can be composted in your yard, or hauled to the Laurel Valley Waste Transfer Station.
Newspapers:
Accepted at:
Laurel Valley Recycling Center
Dominion Square Shopping Center
Culpeper County Middle School
Lignum
Newsprint and magazines are accepted. Please keep your papers/magazines dry.
Other Various Metals:
Accepted at:
Transfer Station or
Please contact Wise Services & Recycling @ (540) 825-0996.
Please no glossy, carbon, colored or shredded paper. We do NOT accept telephone books for recycling.
Plastics:
Culpeper County currently does not recycle any plastics. Plastics can be disposed with the regular trash. Sources for recycling plastics include Wise Recycling (540) 825-0996 or Culpeper Recyling (540) 825-4380.
Steel: (Steel is magnetic, i.e. steel cans and jar lids)
Accepted at:
Laurel Valley Recycling Center
Culpeper County Middle School
Lignum
Empty and rinse, paper labels do not need to be removed.
White paper:
For residents with large amounts of white paper, there is a dumpster between the Middle and High Schools which can be used.
The recycling centers DO NOT ACCEPT the following items at any time:
Friable asbestos/asbestos rock, ammunition, explosives, petroleum contaminated soil, tar, automobile bodies, manure, dead animals larger than a dog, creosote-covered lumber, stumps, compressed gas cylinders, unidentifiable materials as well as biological, medical and radioactive waste.
For recommendations on proper disposal of these materials, please call (540) 727-3409.