Solid Waste Management

• Plastic bottles, jugs, and jars -- #1 and #2 containers, including soda, water, juice, milk, and detergent containers. Rinse out containers. Bottle caps may be replaced after rinsing. No bottles that previously contained hazardous materials (such as motor oil, flammable materials, chemicals, etc.).
• Aluminum and steel food and beverage cans and empty aerosol cans. Empty and rinse out cans.
• Newspapers, magazines, catalogs, junk mail, office paper, and paperboard boxes, such as cereal, cookie, cracker, and tissue boxes.

• Flattened cardboard (please cut down to sizes up to 2 ft. X 2 ft. to fit in trailers. Please note that large boxes are accepted at the County Landfill or Balls Ford Road Compost Facility. Do not include cardboard with food residue or plastic liners. Please discard packing materials such as Styrofoam, air pillows, and bubble wrap.

• No plastic bags - most grocery stores accept this item for recycling 
• No glass containers.  Glass bottles, jugs, and jars may be placed in purple bins located at Solid Waste facilities and other locations in the County.  
• No glass items. Window glass, mirrors, incandescent light bulbs or ceramic items must be placed in the trash. Florescent bulbs contain mercury and must be brought to the Household Hazardous Waste program for safe disposal. 
• No plastics #3-#7 (such as yogurt, margarine, and wide mouth containers and buckets, Styrofoam bubble wrap, air pillows, etc.). See A to Z Disposal Guide for other options, or place these materials in the trash. 

Residents may drop off the following items at the Landfill and Balls Ford Road during regular business hours. Please do not place these items in or leave them outside the recycling trailers. 

•  Scrap metal ( except for car bodies)
• Car batteries
• Used oil filters
• Motor oil or antifreeze - store separately in a clean container. Other fluids or solvents may be accepted at the Household Hazardous Waste program.
• Yard waste: grass, leaves, brush, branches, and pruning.
• Food waste is accepted for composting from residents at the Balls Ford Road Compost Facility.

Cokesbury Methodist Church - 14806 Blackburn Rd., Woodbridge (near the Reddy Road intersection) (Please note - the church sponsors a separate container for aluminum cans used as a fundraising activity. 

• Birchdale Recreation Center - 14730 Birchdale Ave.
• Hillendale Commuter Lot - Hillendale Road near Dale Blvd.
• Hylton Boys & Girls Club - 5070 Dale Blvd.
• Dale City Commuter Lot - Gemini Way near Minnievile Rd., behind Giant Foods
• *Dr. A. J. Ferlazzo Building - Donald Curtis Dr. and Cardinal Dr. (Glass recycling trailer location)
• Town of Quantico - Virginia Street at Potomac Ave.

• Commuter Lot - Route 123 and Old Bridge Road (Old Hechingers's site) -
• Town of Occoquan - Mill St. parking lot under Route 123 bridge

• Ben Lomond/Splash Down Water Park - 7500 Ben Lomond Dr. Ben Lomond/Splash Down Water Park 
• Compost Facility - 1300 Balls Ford Rd. (Glass recycling trailer location) 

• *County Sanitary Landfill - 14811 Dumfries Rd. (Glass recycling trailer location) 
• *Development Services Bldg. - County employee parking lot off Ricter Way/Greatbridge Rd. and Prince William Pkwy.  (Glass recycling trailer location) 
• Chinn Library - 13065 Chinn Park Dr. in parking lot

• Linton Hall School - 9535 Linton Hall Rd., Bristow 
• *James Long Park - Route 15 between Dominion Valley and Route 234 (Glass recycling trailer location) 
• Nokesville Park -12560 Aden Rd., Nokesville

• Glass Bottles
• Glass Jugs
• Glass Jars

• Plastic Bags
• Light Bulbs
• Dishes
• Cookware
• Window Glass (Any glass too big to fit in the collection holes.)
• Food and Liquid
• Plastics
• Cardboard
• Paper
• etc.

• Prince William County Landfill
• Compost Facility 
• Dr. A. J. Ferlazzo Building parking lot
• James J. McCoart Building park lot at Greatbridge Rd./Prince William Pkwy.
• James Long Regional Park, Route 15 between Dominion Valley and Route 234
• Other purple bin locations are available in Northern Virginia.