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Guide to Services

The Guide to Services provides details about the City’s Resource Recovery programs for residential customers, including recycling, yard waste, and trash collection.
Page updated on July 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM

Resource Recovery

  • Resource Recovery
  • Reduce & Reuse
    • Reduce Tips
    • Reuse, Repair, & Donate Directory
    • Reduce Food Waste
    • Reduce Holiday Waste
  • Recycling
    • Recycling
    • Recycling at Home
    • Recycling at Work
    • Recycling on the Go
    • Recycling Drop-Off Centers
    • Glass Recycling
    • Where do Recyclables Go?
    • Recycling Services for Commercial Properties
  • Yard Waste
    • Yard Waste / Bulky Items Pickup
    • Mulch
    • Leaf Collection
    • Christmas Tree Collection
    • Grasscycling
  • Trash
    • Trash Collection
    • Trash Services for Commercial Properties
    • Local Solid Waste Disposal Facilities
    • Waste-to-Energy Facility Monitoring Group
  • Holiday Collection Schedule
  • Food Waste
    • Reduce Food Waste
    • Food Waste Composting
    • Curbside Composting Pilot
    • Farmers' Market Composting
    • Backyard Composting
  • Special Waste
    • Household Hazardous Waste & Electronics
    • Hazardous Waste Info for Commercial
    • Safely Dispose of Batteries
  • WasteSmart
    • WasteSmart
    • Plastic Bag Tax
    • Eco-City Alexandria
    • Foam Free Alexandria
  • Street Sweeping
    • Street Sweeping
    • Leaf Collection
  • Solid Waste Haulers Permitting & Reporting

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Get the Guide

The Resource Recovery Division is excited to introduce the new digital edition of the Guide to Services! By choosing the digital edition, you’re helping to save paper and joining the City in an ongoing commitment to sustainability goals.

The City seal and logo of the Department of Transportation & Environmental Services logo in a green rectangle above an image of waste bins in an alley with Guide to Services 2025 over it in white text. Recycling, yard waste, trash, and composting are listed in a green rectangle underneath the photo.

The digital edition is available to download as a pdf at the link below, with translations in Spanish and Amharic also available.

Download a copy:

  • English
  • Español
  • አማርኛ

Need a physical copy?

Print copies of the Guide to Services will be available for residents to request by mail or pick up at select locations! 

Residents can request a printed copy through Alex311 online or by phone at 703.746.4311. A printed copy will be mailed by July 15 for all requests made on or before July 1.

Copies will also be available for pickup at all Alexandria Library locations or at the T&ES department offices listed below during regular business hours (Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.):

  • 1800 Limerick Street (AlexRenew building)
  • 2900-B Business Center Drive
  • 4850 Mark Center Drive

 

Additional Resources

Learn more about refuse and recycling sorting, and the resources available to City residents, with the tools below:

Resource Recovery Flyers

Recycling Program checklist flyer

Recycling

Food Waste Composting Station Flyer Preview

Food Waste Composting Station Flyer

Household Hazardous Waste & Electronics Program brochure preview

Household Hazardous Waste Brochure

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Sign up for eNews alerts to stay in the loop about Resource Recovery programs, service updates, and other information about refuse and recycling in Alexandria!

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