The Prince William County Solid Waste Division will hold a free document shred event for Prince William area residents on Saturday, May 20, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (or until trucks reach capacity).
The shred event will be held at Pfitzner Stadium, 7 County Complex Court, Woodbridge, the former home of the Potomac Nationals baseball team.
We’re not feeding you a line of garbage — it will cost you more in Prince William County and Manassas to dispose of waste.
The county plans to hike the annual landfill fee it charges residents to $75, up $5. The rate has been flat since 1998, explained Tom Smith, the county’s public works director.
The Prince William County Solid Waste Division will host a Compost Awareness Day event on Saturday, May 6, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. with its partners Freestate Farms, Virginia Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteers, and Keep Prince William Beautiful. The event will be held at the Balls Ford Road Compost Facility, 13000 Balls Ford Road, Manassas.
Attendees can learn about backyard composting, ask questions, and find out about the composting process at the County’s state-of-the-art facility.
The Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) and Electronics Recycling program at the Landfill will be temporarily closed.
According to a press release, the current contract expires at the end of December, and the contractor is unwilling to extend the contract because of the difficulty obtaining labor and higher operational costs.
Monday through Friday, the landfill will close a half hour earlier, at 4 p.m.
The landfill at 489 Eskimo Hill Road serves the residents of Stafford County and Fredericksburg city.
This is a consequence of the ongoing labor shortage – specifically for heavy equipment operators and CDL driver positions. Despite the county’s efforts to recruit and reassign employees, they do not have sufficient staff to safely operate both the Landfill and Balls Ford Road Compost facility to continue to offer Sunday dropoff.
In the meantime, the agency that manages the landfill, Prince William County Solid Waste Division, says residents can apply for decals to affix on their truck windshields for faster access to the landfill and recycling center on the days the facilities are open.
The Prince William County Landfill, at 14811 Dumfries Road (Route 234) and the Balls Ford Road Compost Facility, at 13000 Balls Ford Road near Manassas will no longer be open on Sundays beginning November 6.
This is a consequence of the ongoing labor shortage – specifically for heavy equipment operators and CDL driver positions. Most employees must work mandatory overtime hours to keep the facility open, according to a statement from Coles District Supervisor Yesli Vega.
We’ve got some news about the landfills and recycling centers in Prince William and Stafford counties.
First, in Prince William, the county’s landfill at 14811 Dumfries Road at Independent Hill will close at 2 p.m. on Labor Day, Monday, September 5.
