For Lewisburg residences, recycling pickups begin the week of Jan. 10, 2022, and continue every other week until 2023. One week on, one week off. Pickups take place on your regular trash collection day, except for noted holiday exceptions. For all other Greenworks customers, individual schedules will continue, except for holiday exceptions.
Holiday Exceptions:
01/01/22 – New Year’s Day – Friday customers move to Monday
01/17/22 – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – Monday customers move to Tuesday
02/21/22 – Presidents Day – Monday customers move to Tuesday
05/30/22 – Memorial Day – Monday customers move to Tuesday
06/20/22 – WV Day – Monday customers move to Tuesday
07/04/22 – Independence Day – Monday customers move to Tuesday
09/05/22 – Labor Day – Monday customers move to Tuesday
10/10/22 – Columbus Day – Monday customers move to Tuesday
11/11/22 – Veterans Day – Friday customers move to Monday
11/24/22 – Thanksgiving Day – Thursday customers move to Friday
12/26/22 – Christmas Day (observed) – Friday customers move to Monday
01/02/23 – New Year’s Day (observed) – Monday customers move to Tuesday
If you have any questions, please call 304-661-7793. A calendar for all recycle pickup days is available here: https://greenworksrecyclingwv.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Greenworks-2022-Calendar.pdf
About Greenworks Recycling:
The City of Lewisburg offers free, curbside recycling for all City residents. Recyclable materials covered are as follows:
- Plastics #1 – water and soda bottles marked with a 1 or 01
- Plastics #2 Clear – see-through milk jugs and similar items marked with a 2
- Plastics #2 Color – color and non-transparent jugs, detergent jugs, etc.
- Cardboard – Corrugated cardboard, product packaging, paper egg crates
- Aluminum – Soda / beer cans
- Tin / Steel – Soup cans, other tin packaging
- Newspaper – Matte, non-glossy newspaper
- Magazines – Glossy, magazines, brochures, newspaper promotional inserts
- Office Paper – Printer paper, envelopes, letters
- Corded Electronics
- NO: grocery bags / Styrofoam / batteries /TVs / Plastics #3-7 / wrapping paper
All material types should be bundled or bagged individually if possible. Please thoroughly rinse all bottles, cans, jugs, and containers. Newspaper and computer paper should be clean, dry, and placed in grocery bags or tied in bundles with twine around each side (no wire please). Magazines and Cardboard may be similarly packed. Corrugated cardboard boxes need to be flattened. Cereal boxes need to have inside liners removed and be flattened. It is greatly appreciated! Bags for plastic (yellow) and metal (orange) recyclables are available at 1108 Washington Street East or contact Greenworks for more information.
It has become nearly cost prohibitive to recycle glass. Through creative partnerships, we are one of the last glass recyclers in WV and offer glass recycling service for $14/month.
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