Getting Involved
As a Citizen, you can contact the Dickenson County
Litter Control and Recycling Office to find out about current cleanup
and recycling events. A service the litter office provides is the large
appliance pickup. This service is available to any Dickenson
County citizen throughout the year. If citizens need abandoned
vehicles removed from their property, the litter office has a
program-Abandoned Car Roundup. All of the programs are free
to Dickenson County residents. For more information, please contact Eugene Mullins, Coordinator at 276-835-8806.
Conduct a Neighborhood Cleanup
To assist citizens groups with community cleanups, the Dickenson County
Litter Control and Recycling office will provide groups with bags,
gloves, vests, cleanup ahead signage and staff assistance. One
new program that citizens can become involved is the Adopt-A-Dump.
Interested citizens can adopt a section of highway through the Virginia
Department of Highways Adopt-A-Highway program. This program
requires groups to clean up their section 4 times per year.
Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation offers citizens the
Adopt-A-Stream program. This program requires a cleanup 2 times
per year.
If any group or organization would like a presentation on our programs
please contact the litter control and recycling department to
schedule.
Participate in the Spring Cleanup
Each year Dickenson County Litter Control and Recycling Office provides
citizen groups with an innovative litter cleanup event, better known as
the $1 per bag program. This program pays citizens groups $1 per
bag and in most cases, this provides the county with an inexpensive
method for cleaning up illegal dumps. Another innovative program is the
semi-annual John Flannagan Reservoir Lake Cleanup. To encouraged
participation, the litter control office pays each boat owners for
their boat use. In 2006-07, 4.6 tons of potentially harmful
litter and debris was removed from this valuable regional source of
drinking water.
Cleanup an Illegal Dump
Over the past 4 years, the Dickenson County Litter Control Office has
identified over 247 illegal dumps. Each ranging in size from
small to large dump sites. Small dumps can be cleaned by a local
group or neighborhood organization. In some cases, the litter
control office can provide equipment to assist with a clean up
effort. Most people say “well I didn’t put that stuff
there, why should I clean it up”. The fact is, that it hurts your
property values, county tourism and even economic development. To
you that may be a job! Industries don’t want to locate in
areas where the “citizens” don’t take pride in where
they live! The last reason to rid the hillside of illegal dumps
is simply to beautify our “HOME”! So far, the
Dickenson County Litter Control and Recycling office has cleaned 84 of
the identified illegal dumps, removing 700+ tons of potentially harmful
materials.
What Dickenson County Businesses can do
To promote recycling in the office place, the Dickenson County Litter
Control and Recycling Office has been working with a national company
to promote office paper shredding/recycling. Through the litter and
recycling office, Shred-It, Inc. offers a annual event that businesses
can shred outdated documents in a secure manner. One of the
largest materials found in the Municipal Solid Waste Stream is
paper. Last year because of the Clean Your Files Day event,
approximately 3 tons were recycled. Beginning in 2006, all
Dickenson County Schools will have an office paper shredding and
recycling console. Businesses are also encouraged to drop
off paper, plastic and cardboard at the Recycling Center in Fremont,
VA.
Other Recycling Programs
Year around Electronics Recycling is available at the Dickenson Co
Transfer Station. They include Computers, cell phones,
televisions, stereos, copiers, scanners, etc. To reduce household
hazardous waste being placed in the garbage collection system,
Dickenson County offers a Household Hazardous Waste Collection
Day. Materials accepted include paints, insecticides, pesticides,
pool chemicals, electronic batteries, asbestos, and other household
cleaners.
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Contact
Eugene Mullins, Coordinator
Lester Turner, Litter Office
Phone: 276-835-8806
Fax: 276-835-9402
Email: dclc@litterctrl.dcwin.org
Dickenson County Litter and Recycling Office
Main Street, Courthouse
Clintwood, VA 24228
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