Curbside Pickup
Getting a Cart: FREE recycling carts (new or replacement ones) are provided to Norfolk households* that are currently receiving city trash collection. To get one, click here.
* Up to four units in a building.
Collection of curbside recycling takes place every other week, on the same day as regular trash collection. To learn your collection schedule, click here.
Missed collection? We apologize if your cart was inadvertantly missed during your regularly scheduled collection time. In the event that happens, please contact Customer Service at 441-5813 by close of business the following day to report the error. If your collection was scheduled for Friday, you may call through the close of business the following Monday.
Find out More: To request a calendar of your curbside collection dates, get more information about the program or to sign up for a Recycle E-minder in your email the Friday before collection, simply send your street address to knb@norfolk.gov. While you are at it, you can also sign up for our regular e-newsletter with information about all things green in Norfolk!
Help us recycle right Norfolk! For a fact sheet on our program, click here. It’ll tell you all you need to know!
Top Ten Reasons to Recycle
1. Good for our Economy
Manufacturing companies rely on recycling programs to provide the raw materials they need to make new products.
2. Creates Jobs
Recycling in the U.S. is a $236 billion a year industry. More than 56,000 recycling and reuse enterprises employ 1.1 million workers nationwide.
3. Reduces Waste
The average North American discards seven and a half pounds of garbage every day. Most of this garbage goes into to landfills, where it's compacted and buried.
4. Good For The Environment
Recycling requires far less energy, uses fewer natural resources, and keeps waste from piling up in landfills.
5. Saves Energy
Recycling offers significant energy savings over manufacturing with virgin materials. (Manufacturing with recycled aluminum cans uses 95% less energy.)
6. Preserves Landfill Space
No one wants to live next door to a landfill. Recycling preserves existing landfill space.
7. Prevents Global Warming
Each year it is estimated that recycling of solid waste prevents the release of 52 million metric tons of carbon equivalent (MMTCE, the unit of measure for greenhouse gases) into the air.
8. Reduces Water Pollution
Making goods from recycled materials generates far less water pollution than manufacturing from virgin materials.
9. Protects Wildlife
Using recycled materials reduces the need to damage forests, wetlands, rivers and other places essential to wildlife.
10. Creates New Demand
Recycling and buying recycled products creates demand for more recycled products, decreasing waste and helping our economy.
Content from: National Recycling Coalition
