Refuse & Recycling
The Town of Grottoes contracts with Waste Management to provide curbside trash collection to Town residents on a weekly basis. There is a bi-monthly charge of $39.00 that is added to the water and sewer bill and includes one (1) trash can provided by Waste Management.
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Pick Up Schedule
– All trash is picked up on Thursdays
Please ensure that trash is out by 6:00 am.
National Holidays and Inclement Weather may affect the routine schedule.
An additional can is available and will be provided at an additional rate of $1.50/can/month.
Regular household trash should be placed in containers provided by Waste Management and only trash contained inside the Waste Management cans will be picked up.
Trash should be placed adjacent to the street for pick-up no later than 6:00 a.m. the day of scheduled collection. Do not allow trash from outside of Town to be placed at your home. This will cause an increase to our landfill costs and ultimately make it necessary to increase refuse rates.
Leaf Collection
The Town maintenance department vacuums up leaves in the fall. This process usually begins during the last week in November. The exact beginning dates will be posted in the Town newsletter and on the sign in front of the Town Hall. The maintenance crew will make two trips through the Town to collect leaves.
If you would like for your leaves to be collected, rake them to the edge of the road, DO NOT put them in bags. Leaves will not be picked up with your weekly trash.
Brush & Grass Clippings
Brush and grass clippings are not picked up with the weekly curbside trash collection. There is an area located west of the Recycle Center on 20th Street that is for grass clippings only. If grass clippings are brought in plastic bags, the clippings must be dumped from the bags and the bags removed from the site. Please Do Not put any brush in with the grass clippings. Do not dump any other type of refuse at either of these locations. Violators will be prosecuted if found dumping illegally at this location. This area is for use by Town residents only.
BRUSH PICK-UP WEEK
Each year starting around the 15th of May our Town Maintenance will pick-up brush & limbs that originated from your property. These limbs must be placed into bundles wrapped with twine not to exceed 6 feet in length, 2 feet in diameter, or exceed 60 pounds in weight.
Place these bundles next to the road and the Town will dispose of them for you. Brush and tree limbs will be accepted at the dump site on 20th Street on the first Saturday of each month (unless in case of a holiday- see schedule below). The dump site is close during the winter months.
Two Town of Grottoes staff members will be on site to chip the brush. You must present your license/registration to our staff members before dumping in order to prove residency. If your license/registration has a Post Office Box address rather than a physical address, you must obtain written permission from the Town office PRIOR to using this service.
Refuse Container & Recycling
The Rockingham County Recycle Center is located at 1005 20th Street in Grottoes. Their hours of operation are 7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. on Sundays and closed on Wednesdays.
This facility is open to all Grottoes and Rockingham County residents. Proof of Town of Grottoes or Rockingham County residency is required to access this facility. For more information, please call (540) 564-3008 or visit their website.
Recyclables Accepted:
Glass food and beverage containers
Aluminum beverage cans
Newspaper, magazines, telephone books, greeting cards
Cardboard, chipboard
Plastic (all plastic must be marked with a number on base)
Plastic Bags (example: Wal-Mart & Food Lion bags)
Ferrous metal
Steel and bi-metal cans
Washing machines
Dryers
Household Batteries (AA,AAA,9V,etc.)
Used Motor Oil
All types of shoes (paired except ice skating shoes), purses, wallets, luggage, computer laptop bags, school backpacks, belts, hats