Residents may recycle newspaper, mixed paper, bottles & cans, and household batteries at the trailers located around the County. Please use bins on both sides of the trailer. Please do not mix bottles and cans with paper. Put batteries in the Battery Box mounted on the end of the trailer (not at all locations). Please help keep the Recycling Trailer areas tidy. Take home bags and boxes. Do not leave trash at the site.

Materials Accepted:

  - Food and Beverage Containers:

• Glass bottles and jars - remove caps & rinse.  We do not accept plate glass, mirrors, light bulbs, ceramics, cookware, drinking glasses or chemical bottles.
• All metal, steel and aluminum cans - rinse.  We do not accept foil, trays, pans, aerosol cans or paint cans.
• Plastics - plastic jugs and bottles regardless of the number - remove caps and rinse.  We do not accept tubs, cups, Styrofoam, dishes, bags, wraps, deli or takeout containers, freezer food trays, yogurt containers, or motor oil containers.

  - Newspaper and Mixed Paper:

• Includes white/colored paper, magazines, catalogs, phone books, soft cover or paperback books, junk mail (even envelopes with clear windows), and empty non-waxed food boxes (i.e. cookie and cereal boxes).  We do not accept plastic bags or cardboard boxes. 
• Flatten food boxes to fit into the recycling bin (please take large cardboard boxes to the PWC Landfill or to the PWC Yard Waste Composting Facility at Balls Ford Road. Be sure your paper is free of food, and do not recycle waxed, foil or coated paper. Recycle only paper that can be torn – no plastic coated items like overnight shipping envelopes.

  - Household batteries (not available at all locations):  Nickel Cadmium (Ni-Cd), Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni-MH),  Lithium  Ion (Li-ion), Alkaline, Carbon Zinc, Silver-oxide button type batteries (watches, calculators, etc.)

Trailer Locations:

Woodbridge Area:

• Cokesbury Methodist Church at 14806 Blackburn Road (near the intersection with Reddy Road) in Woodbridge -(Please note that the church sponsors a separate container for aluminum cans used as a fund raising activity.)

Dale City Area:

• Birchdale Recreation Center - 14730 Birchdale Ave.
• Hillendale Commuter Lot - Hillendale Rd, near Dale Blvd.
• Hylton Boys & Girls Club on Dale Boulevard - 5070 Dale Blvd.
• Minnieville Commuter Lot - Gemini Way near Old Bridge

Manassas Area:

• Ben Lomond/Splash Down Water Park - 7500 Ben Lomond Dr.
• Balls Ford Road Compost Facility, 13000 Balls Ford Rd.

Dumfries Area:

• Dr. A. J. Ferlazzo Building at Donald Curtis Drive and Cardinal Dr. 
• Town of Quantico on Virginia Street at Potomac Ave.

Lake Ridge/Occoquan Area:

• Commuter lot at Route 123 and Old Bridge Road (Old Hechinger's site)
• Town of Occoquan at Mill St. parking lot under Route 123 Bridge  (NEW)

Mid-County Area:

• County Sanitary Landfill, 14811 Dumfries Rd. 
• The James J. McCoart Administration Building - parking lot off Greatbridge Rd (formerly Asdee Ln.)
• Exxon at the Glen on the Prince William Parkway

Western Area:

• Linton Hall School, 9535 Linton Hall Road, Bristow 
• James Long Park on Route 15 - north of Dominion Valley
• Nokesville Park on Aden Road - 12560 Aden Rd.
• Town of Haymarket on Jefferson Street (adjacent to the Haymarket Masonic Lodge and Gainesville District Volunteer Fire Station)

 The materials listed below are also accepted at both the Landfill and Balls Ford Road facilities

• Corrugated (wafer board) cardboard - flatten (no waxed cardboard, no cookie, cereal or paperboard food boxes)
• Scrap metal.  We do not accept car bodies.
• Car batteries
• Used oil filters 
• Motor oil or antifreeze - store separately in clean container.  We do not accept other fluids or solvents.
• Grass, leaves, brush, branches and pruning.  We do not accept no food wastes.

For more information on what materials may be recycled and how to prepare please visit the Recycling page or call 703-792-4670.

We are pleased to announce that Prince William County achieved a 35.4% Recycling Rate for the year 2008 (see the Annual Recycling Rate Report) and we could not have done this without your input. Would you help in our efforts to recycle more and grow greener this year?