Adopted Budget - Bedford County, Virginia

55 Solid Waste FundDEPARTMENT DESCRIPTIONThe Department administers the collection system, landfill, transfer station, materialrecycling facility, hazardous waste programs, yard waste programs, recycling programs,closed landfill, and litter control.Bedford County owns and operates a landfill for the disposal of waste generated byresidential, commercial, and industrial sources. The landfill only accepts wasteoriginating from within Bedford County. Prior to disposal within the Landfill, batteries,tires, electronics, scrap metal, aluminum, and freon, are removed from the waste streamand recycled in the Transfer Station.Bedford County also owns and operates a Material Recycling Facility (MRF); andthirteen (13) recycling drop-off centers. The Department administers a tire recyclingprogram; a yard waste recycling program; a year-round household hazardous wasteprogram; an electronics recycling program; a recycling educational program, andrecycling services for County offices and all County schools.Contact Information:Solid Waste Department1060 Recycle RoadBedford, VA 24523(540) 586-7656 - phone(540) 297-1038 - fax