Trash Removal & Recycling

Trash

Garbage/trash is removed Mondays and Thursdays except for
  • Independence Day (July 4th)
  • Thanksgiving Day
  • Christmas Day
  • New Year’s Day
In a week with one of the above holidays, trash pickups are shifted by one day in order to accommodate retrieving trash for all customers within a day of the original schedule.  Recycling is generally collected on Thursdays, after the regular trash pickup.  Do not place garbage out with recycling if you have missed the earlier pickup.

American Disposal provides a holiday page that lists all different pickup dates for each holiday. 

Put your regular trash out no earlier than the evening before (secured in cans), or on the morning of (if sealed in bags) scheduled trash collection.  Trash collection can be made as early as 7 AM so please put it out before then.  

Please use firmly closed garbage cans - especially for any trash left out overnight.  Trash left out on the day of pickup must be at a minimum in heavy black garbage bags - no light-weight store bags, white kitchen bags, or open containers of garbage may be left out.  If you have particularly smelly garbage, please double bag it to deter animals (spraying a bag with vinegar or ammonia will also help deter critters). This will help cut down on wildlife rummaging through garbage and helps keep our community cleaner and safer.

In the event trash collection has been completed by the time you take yours to the curb, please take it back to your home to await the next trash pickup.  Do not place your trash in another homeowner's receptacle and do not place your regular garbage out with recycling that is awaiting pickup.

Recycling will only be picked up on Thursdays and must not be placed out earlier than Wednesday evening.  Loose paper and small boxes should be consolidated (ideally within larger boxes or paper bags) ​to prevent them from blowing around.   Fairfax County cannot process plastic bags and plastic packing materials in their recycling shredders.  Please separate non-paper packing materials and place them out for regular garbage collection.  See lists to the right of acceptable and unacceptable candidates for recycling.

In case of bad weather, it’s possible that trash may not be collected. To find out if American Disposal is planning to pick up trash, please visit AmericanDisposal.com. If they state that they will not pick up garbage that day, please store it until the next pick up day - do not put it out.

​Special pick up is required for ​
  • oversized items like sofas, TVs or mattresses
  • white goods (refrigerators, washers, dryers, etc.) 
  • construction waste 
Please contact American Disposal to schedule pickup for these types of goods.  Additional fees may apply.  Special pickups are not part of the paid monthly service for the neighborhood.  You can speak to someone about your pickup needs at ​(866) 884-8700.
NO DUMPING!  
Do not dispose of any debris in the Fairfax County park area or on LRMHA property.

​Yard Waste

​Yard waste is collected from March to December each year. 
  • Tree limbs can be no longer than
    4 feet long and 3 inches thick. 
  • Limbs and brush must be bundled with rope or twine or they will not be removed. 
  • Bundles are not to exceed 50 pounds. 
  • ​Mulch, rock, dirt and sod are not acceptable waste items to place curbside.
  • Yard waste is only removed on Thursdays.  
​Do not dispose of yard waste in the common areas, or in the park or stream on the south end of the neighborhood.   The park is Fairfax County parkland, and also a protected Chesapeake Bay Watershed area.   Dumping of any materials, including yard waste, downed limbs and trees, rocks, dirt, etc. is prohibited and punishable by fines.
Trash receptacles and recycling bins may not be stored outside of rear yard fences or in front of your homes unless completely concealed from view by shrubbery.  Please remove them promptly and store them out of sight after trash pickup.

Recycling

THURSDAY IS RECYCLING & YARD WASTE DAY
The following is a list of acceptable materials to place in your recycling container.
  • Aluminum cans, foil, and trays
  • Metal food and beverage cans
  • Non-hazardous aerosol cans​
  • All plastic containers labeled #1-7
  • Wide-mouthed plastic containers
  • Rigid plastics
  • All mixed paper
  • All paperboard products
  • Corrugated cardboard and pizza boxes
  • Newspaper, magazines, and catalogs
  • Hardcover and paperback books
  • Metal and plastic coat hangers​
NOTE:  All food must be removed from boxes and containers before being placed out for recycling

​The following is a list of unacceptable materials to place in your recycling container.
  • Batteries
  • Ceramics
  • Clothing
  • Glass - any type (as of 10/1/2019)
  • Lightbulbs (energy-efficient mercury light bulbs, which are unsuitable for landfills, may be dropped off at Home Depot for recycling. There is a bin near the entrance of the store located at Braddock Road and Rte. 236.)
  • Metal pots and pans
  • #6 Polystyrene
  • Tires
  • Used paper plates and cups
Recycle elsewhere – But NOT in your bin
  • Plastic Bags, Ziploc bags, films, and wraps – Please return to your local grocery store.
  • Glass - Purple glass recycling bins.  Our nearest bin is located at the Mason District Governmental Center, 6507 Columbia Pike, Annandale, VA
  • Hazardous and E-Waste - Fairfax County transfer station
  • Textiles – These can be reused. Please donate!
  • Batteries – Return at your local home improvement store.

Fairfax County Disposal Center Drop Off

Drop off recycling and trash services are available to ALL Fairfax County Residents at our I-66 and I-95 disposal centers
Address, Hours, Phone, Facility Map
American Disposal's website is difficult to navigate and frequently changes.  We try to keep links current but they change without warning.  Guidance on this page is current as of 10/5/2019.
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