Newport News Dump — Recovery Operations Center Hours & Rules
In Newport News, the place residents take trash and junk themselves is the City's Recovery Operations Center (ROC) at 520 Atkinson Boulevard, about a mile north of Denbigh Boulevard. It's open Monday to Saturday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Residents who pay the City's Solid Waste User Fee can drop off household trash and bulk waste, up to 6 cubic yards a week, plus tires.
Show proof of Newport News residency at the window before you unload anything. No contractor trash is accepted, commercial properties can't drop off trash or even recycling, and dump trucks and dump trailers are allowed for yard waste only.
Disposal sites in Newport News
Recovery Operations Center (ROC)
Drop-off Center
City of Newport News Public Works — Newport News residents
520 Atkinson Blvd, Newport News, VA 23608 Directions ↗
Accepts: Household trash and bulk waste (6 cubic yards a week, with the Solid Waste User Fee); up to 4 light-duty tires a week off the rim, 12 a year; recycling (cardboard, paper, bottles, cans, plastic jugs, scrap metal, appliances); TVs, computers and printers; latex paint (5 gallons a week); unlimited residential yard waste
Won't take: Contractor trash; anything from commercial properties; trash in dump trucks or dump trailers; stumps and roots, logs over 6 inches across or 6 feet long, yard waste mixed with dirt, and bagged grass clippings
Mulch and compost are for sale here to anyone, by the cubic yard or half yard, unbagged; a cubic yard fills a full-size pickup. Cash, check, Mastercard or Visa.
Residents can bring unlimited residential yard waste free. So can contractors whose principal office is in Newport News, if they bring an invoice signed by the resident showing the job was at a Newport News home; since May 11, 2023, contractors based outside the city can't drop off vegetation at all. The limits on size still apply: no stumps or roots, no logs over 6 inches across or 6 feet long, no dirt, and no bagged grass.
Newport News bulk trash pickup
For homes that pay the Solid Waste User Fee, bulk waste is picked up at the curb, usually on the same week and day as your 64-gallon recycling cart. Put it out after 3 p.m. the day before and by 7 a.m. on collection day. The City takes furniture and mattresses, plus remodeling debris only if you did the work yourself and the building permit is displayed. It takes all of this to the Bethel Landfill in Hampton. Keep brush and yard waste in a separate pile; it goes to the City's compost facility.
Appliances such as refrigerators, washers and dryers are picked up by appointment only: call 3-1-1 (757-933-2311). Pickups are usually on Wednesdays, and only the first 28 callers get one.
Not picked up: tires, propane tanks with the valve on, stumps, limbs over 6 inches across or 6 feet long, dark bags, boxes or tubs of debris, brick, block, concrete, dirt, sod and drywall, car parts and lawn mowers, paint and other liquids, Styrofoam, and debris from contractors or vacant property.
Hampton's Bethel Landfill may show up in the finder, but the City of Hampton says it's open to Hampton citizens. Newport News residents use the ROC.
Household hazardous waste and drop-off recycling
The ROC takes household hazardous waste only during week-long collection events. The last one in 2026 is Monday, Dec. 7, to Saturday, Dec. 12, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Each household can bring up to 75 pounds of solids and 5 gallons of liquids in their original, labeled containers: oil-based paint, stains, solvents, fuel, car batteries, pesticides, fertilizers, pool chemicals, fluorescent bulbs and rechargeable batteries. Latex paint and electronics aren't hazardous waste; take them to the ROC any day it's open. Alkaline batteries can go in the trash.
Residents without curbside recycling can use these drop-off sites, open 24 hours:
The City's Recovery Operations Center, 520 Atkinson Blvd., about a mile north of Denbigh Boulevard. It's open Monday to Saturday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., for Newport News residents with proof of residency.
How much trash can I take to the Newport News Recovery Operations Center?
Residents who pay the Solid Waste User Fee can bring up to 6 cubic yards of household trash and bulk waste a week, plus up to 4 light-duty tires a week (12 a year). Yard waste from a residence is unlimited.
How do I get bulk trash picked up in Newport News?
Bulk waste is collected at the curb, usually on the same week and day as your 64-gallon recycling cart. Appliances need an appointment: call 3-1-1 (757-933-2311).
When is household hazardous waste collection in Newport News?
The last 2026 event is December 7 to 12, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Recovery Operations Center. Each household can bring up to 75 pounds of solids and 5 gallons of liquids.
