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Virginia Landfills, Dumps & Transfer Stations

Where to dump, drop off and recycle across Virginia — with the real hours and gate rules that are hard to dig out of city and authority websites. 166 facilities from Virginia DEQ's solid waste permit records: 52 landfills, 51 transfer stations, and recycling and compost sites.

Virginia cities

How disposal works in Virginia

In Hampton Roads, one regional authority — the Southeastern Public Service Authority (SPSA) — runs the transfer stations and the Regional Landfill in Suffolk for Chesapeake, Franklin, Isle of Wight County, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach and Southampton County. Residents of those communities dump household waste free up to 12 times a year (with no limit at the Franklin and Isle of Wight stations), but each station has its own hours and rules, and some don't take residents at all.

Elsewhere, the sites in our data are county and city landfills, transfer stations and recycling facilities. Many Virginia counties also run convenience centers for residents that aren't in the permit records we use, so check your county's website too. These are the localities with the most sites in our data:

We've written Virginia up city by city and county by county — nineteen are live. Statewide, our guide to what it costs to dump in Virginia compares every rate we've verified and covers what state law keeps out of Virginia landfills.