Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia

Supervisors urge county staff to improve trash service

  A common sight in Annandale.   Fairfax County Executive Bryan Hill told the Board of Supervisors he will submit a plan for improving trash service.     That announcement was made at a Board of Supervisors hearing Oct. 5 on requests from two Annandale communities to switch from private to county services for the collection … Continued

Volunteers tackle trash along Americana Drive

Despite the rain, 15 volunteers put in two hours of work on Veterans’ Day to clean up trash and construction debris along Americana Drive in Annandale.  The event was sponsored by Friends of Accotink Creek and the Fairfax County Restoration Project (FRCP). Conrad Mehan of the Fairfax County Department of Public Works and Environmental Services … Continued

Fairfax County will reinstall the glass recycling bins on Monday

The glass recycling bin in the parking lot at the Mason District Government Center was removed in March.  Fairfax County’s glass recycling program will resume on May 11, the Department of Public Works and Environmental Services announced. Related story: Fairfax County cuts back on solid waste services The purple glass-only recycling bins will be reinstalled at … Continued

Ecoserv seeks HOAs for glass recycling

Ecoserv focuses on townhouse and apartment residents. Now that Fairfax County stopped accepting glass in its curbside recycling program, Annandale resident William Moss offers an alternative. Moss’s company, Ecoserv, contracts with community and homeowner associations to collect used glass bottles and jars and drop them off for recycling at Fairfax County’s I-95 Landfill Complex. The service … Continued

No more curbside glass recycling

The purple bin at the Mason Government Center. Fairfax County is no longer accepting glass bottles and jars in curbside recycling bins. You now have two choices: Bring your used glass containers to the purple glass-only recycling bin in the parking lot of the Mason Government Center at 6507 Columbia Pike, Annandale, or to one … Continued

Special bins set up for glass-only recycling

A glass-only recycling bin operated by the City of Alexandria. Fairfax County doesn’t want people to put class bottles or jars in their curbside recycling bins any more (although you can still do that.) The market for recycled glass has declined, mainly due to tighter controls imposed by China on the quality of materials it … Continued