Recycle Twice Chesterfield is a coalition of county residents, businesses and associations who oppose any proposal to eliminate or reduce the availability or frequency of curbside recycling collection in Chesterfield County.
Currently, residential curbside recycling collection service is provided every two weeks.
In 2009 Recycle Twice Chesterfield successfully defeated a proposal from the County Administrator to reduce the frequency of collection service from once every two weeks to once every four weeks beginning July 1, 2009. The change would have produced a savings of about $400,000 per year - or only 34 cents per household, per month.
In 2010, Recycle Twice Chesterfield is once again fighting to preserve residential curbside recycling service for County residents. We became aware in mid-March 2010 that this service may be in grave jeopardy.
Last month, the County Administrator included a fee of $25 per household per year in his proposed FY 2011 budget (to become effective July 1, 2010) to provide a revenue stream to support continuation of the County’s recycling programs and allow for the current general funds that support this program to be used for other purposes. This fee was recommended by the Citizens Recycling Advisory Committee that was created by the Board of Supervisors in 2009 to study the curbside recycling program and make recommendations for ways it could be improved. It now appears that some members of the Board of Supervisors are reconsidering this proposed fee and have asked County staff to present them with potential alternatives which include eliminating or significantly reducing the availability of residential curbside recycling in the County.
Recycle Twice Chesterfield encourages the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors to reject any elimination or reduction of the residential curbside recycling program because:
- It will reduce recycling and increase the amount of waste going to area landfills;
- It will increase trash disposal rates for Chesterfield residents as the amount of trash being sent to area landfills includes more uncollected recyclables;
- It will tarnish Chesterfield's image as a "green" community.
Help Defeat the Proposal
Join Recycle Twice Chesterfield and Take Action below to keep curbside recycling collection at your house every two weeks.
View Members of the Coalition in 2009.
I oppose ANY proposal to eliminate or reduce the availability or frequency of curbside recycling collection in Chesterfield County and wish to join the Recycle Twice Chesterfield Coalition. I understand that my name will be listed in printed materials as a member of the Recycle Twice Chesterfield Coalition. I further understand that my membership does not include a financial obligation. Recycle Twice Chesterfield is a coalition of residents of Chesterfield County, businesses and associations who oppose any proposal to eliminate or reduce the availability or frequency of curbside recycling collection in Chesterfield County.
Coalition Info
Chesterfield County provides curbside recycling collection service through the Central Virginia Waste Management Authority (CVWMA). Chesterfield County has been a recycling leader in Virginia, being the first county in central Virginia to provide curbside recycling collection to its residents and, at the inception of its program, was only the second county in Virginia to do so.
CVWMA estimates that more than half of the nearly 94,000 eligible households in Chesterfield County participated in 2009 in its curbside recycling collection program and that each household recycles about 30 pounds of material every two weeks. Chesterfield County residents recycled nearly 14,000 tons of material in FY 2009.
Press Releases
April 15, 2009
RECYCLE TWICE CHESTERFIELD PRAISES BOARD VOTE TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE TWICE-MONTHLY CURBSIDE RECYCLING COLLECTION SERVICE
The members of Recycle Twice Chesterfield are voicing their appreciation and thanks today to the members of the Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors who voted to restore once every two-week curbside recycling collection service in the FY 2010 County Budget. The 874 Chesterfield County residents that have already joined the Recycle Twice Chesterfield coalition in its first 30 days of existence opposed the proposal in the proposed Budget to reduce the frequency of residential curbside recycling collection in Chesterfield County effective July 1, 2009 from the current once every two weeks to once every four weeks. Read More
March 16, 2009
GROUP FORMS TO FIGHT PROPOSAL TO REDUCE FREQUENCY OF RESIDENTIAL CURBSIDE RECYCLING COLLECTION IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY
A coalition of residents of Chesterfield County is being organized to oppose the proposal to reduce the frequency of residential curbside recycling collections in Chesterfield County effective July 1, 2009 from the current once every two weeks to once every four weeks. This proposal, which is contained in the proposed FY 2010 budget released last week by the County Manager, would impact the more than 90,000 homeowners in Chesterfield County who are currently eligible to participate in this recycling program... Read More
Press contact:
Phil Abraham
The Vectre Corporation
823 East Main St., Suite 1700
Richmond, VA 23219
Email: pabraham@vectrecorp.com
Phone: 804-644-6600
