More - Final Phase

All current Norfolk waste management customers (approximately 57,000) will eventually receive the new containers and service. Households that have not yet received the new containers will continue to use the 18-gallon blue bins under the current schedule.

“SPSA and Norfolk’s Department of Public Works staff developed a phase-in plan that includes contiguous sections of each collection day. Each phase thereafter will target one-fourth of each regular collection schedule day. With this implementation, portions of all four service days and a large diverse area of the city will receive the new service within every phase. Information to customers will include an instructional packet with the collection calendar and list of accepted materials attached to each cart on delivery, presentations to civic leagues, SPSA and Norfolk’s websites, as well as advertisements in The Virginian-Pilot and on city cable Channel 48,” says John W. Deuel, Norfolk Clean Community Coordinator and Executive Director of the Norfolk Environmental Commission.

The containers will be collected every other week by a SPSA automated recycling truck, generally on the same day as residents’ garbage collection. Materials acceptable for recycling in the automated program are:
Glass: Clear, green or brown glass bottles and jars.
Metals: Aluminum, foil and pie pans, steel/tin cans
Paper: Clean newspapers and advertising inserts, unwanted mail, magazine and catalogs and cardboard boxes.
Plastic bottles. Any other type of plastic is not acceptable; this includes plastic bags, Styrofoam blocks and packing materials.

Residents are encouraged to visit www.spsa.com for the most current recycling information and a more detailed description of the types of materials SPSA accepts through this program. For more information, contact Felicia Blow, SPSA, at 420-4700, or John Deuel, City of Norfolk, 441-1347.