Solid Waste / Recycling

Click here for the 2010 Household Hazardous Waste Collection information

For complete information about recycling, call 434-263-7098 or email smcswain@nelsoncounty.org
Nelson County Transfer Station
996 Morse Lane
Arrington, VA 22922
Phone: 434-263-7097
Directions:  From Lovingston, go south on U.S. 29 for approximately 8 miles.  Turn east (left) on Morse Lane (VSH 748).  Go 1 mile to end of road.  Transfer Station is adjacent to the old landfill that closed in 1993.  The County Animal Shelter is also located here.

Transfer Station Hours of Operation
Monday through Friday: 8 am until 3:30 pm
Saturday: 8 am until 11:45 am
Sunday: closed
Other closings include New Year’s Day, Lee-Jackson Day, Martin Luther King Day, President’s Day, Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans’ Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.  The facility may also be closed when snow and ice create unsafe conditions.  During inclement weather, call the facility to check on operational status.
Commercial and residential trash is accepted during operating hours.
A fee is charged for commercial trash and tires.  Call for current rates.

3 Staffed Collection Centers with Recycling & Garbage Service
All staffed centers are open 6 days a week, 7 am until 7 pm.  They are closed on Mondays and on January 1, July 4, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.  Sites may also be closed on days when snow or ice create unsafe conditions, or during local power outages.
Use of County facilities is limited to persons who either reside in Nelson County or who own real estate property in the County.  Visitors to all staffed centers must display a County decal.  Call 434-263-7098 for information about the centers or to inquire about obtaining a decal.
Items that can be recycled: 1) corrugated cardboard, 2) mixed paper, 3) metal food containers, and 4) plastic containers

Rockfish 434-361-2301
136 Rockfish School Lane (VSH 635)
Nellysford, VA 22958

Shipman 434-263-4798
11135 James River Road (VA 56 East)
Shipman, VA 22971

Massies Mill 434-277-5718
921 Tan Yard Road (VSH 680)
Roseland, VA 22974

3 Unstaffed Sites with Mixed Paper Recycling & Garbage Service
Faber (site will be relocated mid-2010)
59 Post Office Lane (VSH 620)
Faber, VA 22938

Montebello
1 Fish Hatchery Lane (VSH 690)
Montebello, VA 24464

Wintergarden
3336 Wintergreen Drive
Roseland, VA 22938

1 Unstaffed Site for Garbage Service, but No Recycling
Gladstone (open daylight hours only)
5607 Richmond Highway (US 60)
Gladstone, VA 24553