Fairfax County Solid Waste Recycling Center VA 22030

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Tilly Lo

20260201 Stopped here around 4 on Monday, no line. I drove to recycle an old router and toner cartridge, then around to the right to hazardous waste to recycle a mercury UV lamp. The employees are always nice. If you are recycling computer, electronics, toner cartridges, etc... upon entering the property, you will see the E WASTE sign in front of you right after the info booth. If you want to recycle other things, stay to the right, drive to the back and drive left around the property to various waste stations. There are huge signs that you can't miss. 20251210 Line was sooo long today. I arrived a little after 3:30. So thankful a nice man leaving the station informed me to turn around. Looks like for household items, stay in the right lane. 202206 it has been a few years since I came here. Everyone was so nice, friendly and helpful. I told the man at the ticket booth the items I'm dropping off ... paint, toner cartridges, UV bulbs, and a modem. There is no cost to these items. There is a section for electronics and another for pretty much everything else I was dropping off on the right, far back. To get to one section to another, I had to circle back to the ticket booth. The 2nd time, I skipped the ticket line. Hope it was ok. There are plenty of directional signs. The employees here are very helpful. I guess many people are confused on where to go for what, like me. I was dropping off UV bulbs, a toner cartridge, and batteries. I followed the signs and picked "household waste" first. It took me passed the fluid/oil area on the right then I found the shed for batteries. After dropping off the batteries, while facing the stop sign to exit, I backed up and when U turn to my right following the household sign. The guy took the UV bulbs. Two down and 1 more to go... Toner cartridge. He told me to turn left at the stop sign and loop around and it will take me up the hill to electronics. I got to an area where there was no more signs to direct me where to go. I pull up this booth for tickets? The guy said to toss the cartridge in the trash. I told him that the cartridge can be recycled. He told me to try electronics. I continued ahead, and the guys in electronics were more friendly and helpful. He took the cartridge and off I went to find my way out. I wish this center is organized like an assembly line so that I didn't have to loop around to go into another line. Luckily, I went during the week, Friday, around 230-3 when people are just getting out of work. If it was busy, it would have been a challenge to maneuver around the property from one line to another while waiting and trying to get around cars. I recommend organizing your things in groups to speed up the drop off process for you, the people working there and the people who might be waiting. For the UV bulbs, I had to remove them from the cardboard boxes, because they will only take the bulbs.

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LaToya Hall

It is free to recycle cardboard boxes, mixed papers, and clothing. The recycling area is before you enter the solid waste area. I almost got stuck in the long line waiting to get into the solid waste area when I realized I could pull into the recycling area to the left of the long line.

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Tara Kudrick

Awful , I have dump so many things here , & every single time I come , the women in the Windows where u pay are sooooo unhelpful, rude & have terrible customer service ! If you hate ur job , don’t work somewhere . Friendliness goes a long way ! Place is always unorganized, signs suck , completely a mess , and I come here a lot Get it together people !