Newport News is located near Virginia Beach and Norfolk in Southeastern Virginia in the United States. It is an independent city. The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change manages garbage in the city to reduce its impact on the environment. The sanitation department of the city will collect your trash, recycling, bulk, and household hazardous materials according to the prescribed schedule.
As a resident, there are some duties imposed on you to keep the environment of your city healthy and clean. To contribute, you have to follow the terms and conditions provided by the city sanitation department related to trash disposal.
Garbage/Bulk/Recycling Collection Schedule
Trash service will be provided based on the location you live in. If you are looking for your garbage, bulk, and recycling collection schedule, click on the link below to view . On the other hand, you can also call customer service at 757-933-2311 to learn about your collection day.
https://www.nnva.gov/DocumentCenter/View/1080/Collection-Schedule-PDF?bidId=
Household Trash Collection Time
Place all your residential trash into a green cart and place your cart at curbside by 7 AM on your designated collection day. Moreover, you may also place your cart by 3 PM a day before your collection. Household trash collection service will be provided once a week. Household trash includes food packaging, paper, and other household trash items.
Try to place your container on the street in front of your house. Moreover, place it in a visible place. Place your container in a way that its lid will face the front of the street. In order to ensure your trash is collected, place your container away from all obstacles such as parked vehicles, mailboxes, and poles. To prevent spillage of trash on the street, place only closed-lid carts outside.
What to Do if Your Collection Was Missed
It becomes very difficult to handle trash if you miss your trash collection day or your trash gets missed due to collection crew mistakes. If you experience this type of situation, don’t worry because you can report it.
To report a missed collection, call customer service at 757-933-2311. Once you report a missed collection, the waste management department will arrange a pick-up schedule for your trash on the next business day.
Also, read this guide if do not want to miss this again.
Newport News Recycling Collection Schedule
If you are using a blue bin, then your recycling collection will be done every week, but if you are using a big blue cart, then it will be serviced every other week. Put all recyclable material into a blue cart and place it at curbside by 7 AM on your scheduled collection day.
You can get a recycling bin and recycling cart from City Office Depot, Home Depot, and Amazon as well. You will be charged almost $10 for these blue carts. In order to reduce litter and smell, place only empty, clean, and dry material into recycling carts.
Acceptable recycling materials include beverage and food cans, bottles, plastic jugs, jars and containers, paperboard items, cardboard, paper, and foil pans. Do not place any irrelevant material into the recycling cart; otherwise, your cart will not be serviced. Do not place any type of plastic bag into a recycling cart.
Newport News Bulk and Debris Collection
Bulk and debris collection service will be provided once every two weeks. To ensure your bulk and debris collection, place them along with your garbage cart at curbside on your scheduled collection day. First, your bulky items will be picked up; then, afterward, debris will be picked up. Do place them separately in the street.
Acceptable bulk items include furniture, mattresses, and debris created as a result of remodeling and repairing operations. Household appliances are also included. But if you want to get rid of household appliances trash, then you will have to make a request. Call customer service at 757-933-2311 to schedule your household appliances pick-up route.
Normally, these services are provided every Wednesday, but this will be limited to the first 28 callers. So call immediately to get household appliances pick-up service first.
Place all bulk trash away from obstacles that could cause problems during the automatic pick-up process. These obstacles could be parked vehicles, mailboxes, and poles. If you place your bulk trash in hidden places, then it will not be serviced.
There should be a separate pile of yard waste from bulk trash. Put all debris and yard trash such as leaves and clippings into sealed transparent bags. Moreover, yard trash such as leaves, branches, and clippings are taken to the city compost facility where they are composted and ground into mulch.
The limit of bulk trash to be collected per residential collection day is 6 cubic yards. But if you have more trash, you can bring it to the recovery operations center. They will handle your trash without any extra charges.
Household Hazardous Waste Collection Events
The city will facilitate household hazardous materials drop-off service through certain household hazardous waste events. The schedule is given below.
| Date and Day | Time |
|---|---|
| Monday, March 4 – Saturday, March 9 | 8 AM-4 PM |
| Monday, June 3 – Saturday, June 8 | 8 AM-4 PM |
| Monday, September 9 – Saturday, September 14 | 8 AM-4 PM |
| Monday, December 9 – Saturday, December 14 | 8 AM-4 PM |
Acceptable household hazardous waste materials include oil, paint, stains, wood sealers, thinner, solvent, rechargeable batteries, automotive products, lawn and garden products such as insecticides, weed killers, pesticides, fertilizer, and miscellaneous products like alkaline batteries and Ni-Cad batteries.
Bring all household trash on designated days to get rid of it. You are authorized to bring up to 75 pounds of solid and up to 5 gallons of liquid in each event. It is recommended to bring all materials in their original containers or properly labeled containers so that the waste management department can easily recognize them.
Newport News Trash Holidays Schedule
The city will observe certain holidays that will affect your trash collection schedule. Your trash collection will be delayed by one day if you observe these holidays on your normal trash collection schedule.
| Holidays | Date and Day | Change in Collection Schedule |
|---|---|---|
| New Year’s Day | January 1, 2024, Monday | Your collection will be scheduled on January 2, 2024, Tuesday. |
| Martin Luther King Day | January 20, 2024, Monday | Trash collection will be done on January 21, 2024, Tuesday. |
| Presidents Day | February 19, 2024, Monday | Your trash will be collected on February 20, 2024, Tuesday. |
| Memorial Day | May 27, 2024, Monday | Trash collection will be delayed by one day and will be collected on May 28, 2024, Tuesday. |
| Juneteenth Day | June 19, 2024, Wednesday | Trash collection will be scheduled on June 20, 2024, Thursday. |
| Independence Day | July 4, 2024, Thursday | Trash collection will be scheduled on July 5, 2024, Friday. |
| Labor Day | September 2, 2024, Monday | Your trash will be collected on September 3, 2024, Tuesday. |
| Veterans Day | November 11, 2024, Monday | Your trash will be collected on November 12, 2024, Tuesday. |
| Thanksgiving Day | November 28, 2024, Thursday | Trash collection will be delayed by 2 days and will be collected on the weekend. |
| Day After Thanksgiving Day | November 29, 2024, Friday | |
| Christmas Day | December 25, 2024, Wednesday | Trash will be collected on December 26, 2024, Thursday. |
| New Year’s Day | January 1, 2025, Wednesday | Trash will be collected on January 2, 2025, Thursday. |
