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Town of Farmville, Virginia |
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Residential: The Town has a voluntary curbside recycling program. It is a comingled system using transparent blue bags. Blue bags can be obtained at the Treasurer's Office or the Public Works Department. Blue bags are to be tied at the top to prevent contents from falling out. Collections are made according to the following schedule: All residents that live east of Main Street, including Main Street (Route 15 and Route 45) and all area on the Cumberland side of the Appomattox River, will be picked up on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month. All other areas will be picked up on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month. Residential cardboard collection must be called in by 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday for pick-up on Wednesday. The following is a list of materials that can be recycled in our current program: Aluminum (magnet will NOT stick to aluminum) Glass containers (all colors) Plastic bottles having numbers 1-7 (numbers located on bottom of bottle). These items can all be comingled in the same Blue Bag. Please note that only plastic bottles with top smaller than bottom and able to stand up on its own will be taken. No butter tubs, microwave dishes, grocery bags, etc. Newspaper must be bagged separately. Paper and plastic grocery bags can be recycled at local grocery stores. Business/Commercial Establishments: The Town has a mandatory corrugated cardboard recycling ordinance, for business and commercial establishments. Corrugated cardboard collection is made on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Cardboard is to be broken down and stacked neatly or tied in bundles to keep from scattering. Cardboard is to be free of all debris. Only corrugated cardboard will be collected and it must be out by 6:00 a.m. on each collection day. Used motor oil is accepted at the Public Works Department on Longwood Avenue, between 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. and various service stations in Town provide used motor oil drop-off. Check your yellow pages. State Law requires merchants to accepts used motor vehicle batteries or other lead acid batteries for recycling, in exchange for new batteries purchased. Recycling is the required means of handling waste in Farmville. The Department of Public Works is located at 814 Longwood Avenue. Office hours are Monday thru Friday 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. You can reach the Department of Public Works by calling 434.392.3331. | ||
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Town of Farmville, 116 North Main Street, Farmville, VA 23901 Telephone: 434.392.5686 |
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