Contact Details
- Address: 813 Greendale Rd, Harrisonburg, VA 22801
- GPS: 38.3994101,-78.8909611
- Phone: 540-564-3159
- Email: wheidt@rockinghamcountyva.gov
- Mobile Phone: 540-564-3159
Opening Times
- Monday 7am-4:30pm
- Tuesday 7am-4:30pm
- Wednesday 7am-4:30pm
- Thursday 7am-4:30pm
- Friday 7am-4:30pm
- Saturday 7am-4:30pm
- Sunday closed
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The Rockingham County Landfill is located on 813 Greendale Rd, Harrisonburg, VA 22801. This landfill is opened on the following hours:
- Monday: 7am-4:30pm
- Tuesday: 7am-4:30pm
- Wednesday: 7am-4:30pm
- Thursday: 7am-4:30pm
- Friday: 7am-4:30pm
- Saturday: 7am-4:30pm
- Sunday: closed
The landfill is closed on all US federal holidays. The dumps on the landfill are regulated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the applicable state laws.
The Rockingham County Landfill Virginia buries trash and garbage below secured and stratified layers of dirt and isolating material. The transfer station accepts tire, solid waste, hazardous waste, and inert material waste. For any other type of waste that you are not SURE ABOUT, you can reach them out at 540-564-3159.
You may contact the Rockingham County Landfill about any information regarding: waste managing policies, recycling policies, commercial garbage, accepted types of trash, industrial waste, household garbage, appliances disposal and hazardous waste management.
You can reach the Rockingham County Landfill about their opening hours to the public and what is the visitor policy. They would gladly answer your questions.
Recyclables Accepted
Our recycling program welcomes a variety of materials that you can contribute to making our environment cleaner and more sustainable. Among the items we accept are aluminum beverage cans, which can be easily processed and reused. Additionally, we encourage you to bring cardboard and chipboard, as well as ferrous metals, contributing to the reduction of waste in landfills. Glass containers that previously held food and beverages are also a valuable addition to our recycling efforts. Ensuring proper disposal of household batteries, such as AA, AAA, and 9V batteries, is crucial for preventing harmful chemicals from seeping into the ground. Help us save trees by including newspapers, magazines, telephone books, and greeting cards in your recycling bin. When it comes to plastics, please remember that only those with a #1, #2, or #5 marking on the base are suitable for recycling. Even plastic bags, like those from Wal-Mart and Food Lion, can find a second life through our recycling program. Join us in our commitment to responsible recycling by bringing in used anti-freeze and used motor oil. Lastly, while we accept various types of televisions, we kindly exclude console-style TVs from our program at this time. Your dedication to recycling is an essential contribution to a cleaner, greener future.
| Item Type | Rate Type | Fee Per Ton |
|---|---|---|
| Commercial and industrial | County and City | $54 |
| Construction and wood debris | County and City | $60 |
| Residential | City | $54 |
| Residential over 1,000 lbs. | County | $54 |
| Residential under 1,000 lbs. | County | No charge |
Recyclables Unaccepted
Railroad ties cannot be included in our recycling process due to their size and composition. Ballasts containing PCBs, which are hazardous substances, are limited to designated hazardous waste collection days to prevent contamination risks. Lead acid batteries, known for their toxic components, cannot be processed through our standard recycling methods. For the safety of our community and our facility personnel, we are unable to accept any chemicals or cleaners. Cooking oil, which can have detrimental effects on the environment if not managed properly, is restricted to hazardous waste collection days. Additionally, items like fertilizers, fluorescent bulbs, and fuels are excluded from our regular recycling program due to their potential hazards. Medical waste, excluding syringes, requires careful handling and can only be accepted on hazardous waste collection days. Lastly, while we appreciate your recycling efforts, paint, particularly oil-based paint, can only be included if fully dried before disposal.
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Popular questions at Rockingham County Landfill
When waste arrives in a landfill it needs to be sorted out first. Therefore, we have waste sorting stations. These are specialized for municipal waste and not for other types of landfills. Garbage trucks dump their municipal waste. Then the waste is separated into recyclable waste and non-recyclable materials. The non-recyclable garbage is then separated into hazardous waste, energy recyclable waste, landfill waste, or incinerator waste. Afterward that it has been sorted out, it is then loaded onto garbage trucks, and this deposits the waste onto their designated places.
There is a lot of waste generated in the USA. In 2018, there were 292 million tons of waste generated. Averagely that is 4.9 Lb. of waste per person. The waste from municipalities is recycled the most. The data says that in 2018, there was a recycling rate of 32%. Some of the waste is reprocessed not other means such as bio-chemical management.The largest categories of waste pertain to paper, food plastics, yard trims, and metals. Food, plastics, and paper make are the main resources for energy production from waste.
A landfill is a location that manages our waste. In some landfills the garbage is left in piles, in some the garbage is incinerated and, in some others, the waste is decomposed onto other chemical structures and processed. In some landfills, the waste is buried.
Landfills are in specific areas, and they are away from cities and counties as there are gases that leak from the decomposition of the waste. There are various types of landfills. Some are used for municipal waste, some are used for sorting of the waste, some serve as transfer stations, and some are specialized only for recycling. Each landfill has its acceptance conditions, which means only a specific type of waste can be accepted.
When a load of waste is accepted, the garbage trucks go to the dumping point and offload the materials. During the processing of the waste, the main ideas are to confine the waste in the smallest space possible and to reduce the volume of the waste by compacting it. The garbage trucks are weighed when they enter and exit the landfill. The difference is the tons of garbage deposited and that affects the cost to use the landfill. Each landfill has its prices per ton depending on the type of waste that is deposited.
A sanitary landfill is different from a dump in the meaning that it goes above and beyond to assure that there is no environmental pollution. A sanitary landfill also reuses gases to generate electricity while eliminating the chance of liquids spillage onto fresh groundwater. The landfill is also covered, so the wind won’t fly away debris or any piece of garbage. A dump is just an open space to dump the garbage. No controlled activity, no monitoring, no expert supervision, and no environmental protection. The waste decomposes in the open air and pollutes the soil and groundwater water.
There is an interesting type of landfill, inert landfills. This type of landfill receives sand, concrete, and other waste related to construction. This type of waste does not have any biohazards nor decomposes, or it does so very slowly. These types of waste neither produce liquid waste. In this category, we mostly have asphalt, rocks, bricks, yard leaves. In this category, we do not include demolition waste.
