County of Northampton

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Northampton County
Solid Waste and Recycling Facilities

As a resident of Northampton County, you have improved, staffed solid waste and recycling facilities for your residential waste. The County has constructed manned solid waste and recycling facilities at several locations where you can easily dispose of your residential garbage.
The advantages don't stop there. Attendants are able to answer your questions and offer help as you dispose of trash. The sites are kept clean and neat which control vermin, blowing debris, and help protect the environment. The sites are secured during off hours to control access and unauthorized waste disposals. Safety is enhanced for the residential user. Northampton County is dedicated to providing residents with a clean, safe environment with its new system of staffed solid waste and recycling facilities. Added advantages to this new system include:

• Open Daily
• Recycling Services
• Sites with Easy Access to US Route 13
• Acceptance of Bulk Items
• Enhanced Security
• Cleaner, Healthier Sites
• Environmental Safety

Recycling Facilities

The sites provide recycling facilities that include acceptance of plastic, glass, newspaper and cardboard, and aluminum, steel cans and food & beverage cartons. Waste oil and vehicle batteries are collected.

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In addition to the recycling green boxes, Northampton County partners with Special Olympics Virginia and offers clothing collection bins at all of our Waste Collection Centers. Please consider donating your gently used shoes and clothing at these specially marked bins. 

Read about what you can donate and how this project is a win-win for the Special Olympics and Northampton County at Make a Donation to the Special Olympics Bins!

"These bins raise valuable support for the Special Olympics Program-helping enrich the lives of kids and adults in our community."
Please visit the Special Olympics Virginia Donation Program for more information.  

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Locations you can donate: 

1. Cheapside 26371 Arlington Road Cape Charles 23310
2. Bayview 22564 Bayview Circle Cape Charles 23310
3. Eastville 15552 Courthouse Road Eastville 23347
4. Birdsnest 9005 Birdsnest Drive Birdsnest 23307
5. Moose Lodge 15315 Merry Cat Lane Belle Haven 23306
6. Hare Valley 10195 Hare Valley Drive Exmore 23350
7. Wardtown 8427 Occohannock Neck Exmore 23350
8. Wash City 399 Charles Lankford Hgwy (Rt 13) Exmore 23550
9. Lighthouse Thrift 18309 NR North Street Keller 23401

Recycle Oyster Shells 

Photo credit: Jean E. Flynn
Bushels of shucked oyster shells pile up under a full moon after an Oyster Roast event at Chatham Vineyards. 

Currently, the ESCSB Oyster Program collects shucked oyster half shells in recycling bins at several locations on the Shore including:

•  ESCSB’s Behavioral Healthcare Center Parksley
•  Dunne Substance Abuse and Counseling Center  Parksley
•  ESCSB Administration Office on Lankford Highway in Tasley
• ESCSB Developmental Services on Main Street in Exmore 
• Fabric Outlet on Lankford Highway in Cape Charles
• Island House in Wachapreague

Tips for dropping off oyster shells at these locations: please separate from trash; keep shells in a porous container to reduce odors; please bring the shells to the nearest recycling bin location; please do not put the shells back in the bay or the ocean.

The oyster restoration program is funded through the sale of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation DMV license plates. These proceeds help support our region’s most celebrated resources. So, remember, when you shuck, don’t chuck.

Find your nearest bin and help rebuild the bay’s oyster reefs. If you have any questions regarding the program, please call ESCSB Developmental Services at 757-442-3933.

Frequently Asked Questions

Regional Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility

This new facility will operate out of the Accomack County Painter Convenience Center, 16490 Wayside Drive, Painter, and will serve residents of BOTH Accomack and Northampton County.

Centrally located, this new collection facility will be more accessible than the once-a-year, single day program that has been offered for the last fifteen years. The Regional Household Hazardous Waste Collection (HHWC) Facility will accept household hazardous waste – NO commercial waste accepted – Wednesdays and Saturdays from 10:00am until 2:00pm.

The facility is expected to accept the following types of household waste. It is important to dispose of these items appropriately, rather than in the general waste stream, in order to protect our ground and surface water, our fisheries, and human health.

Why participate? – household products containing toxic chemicals like pesticides, solvents, cleaning products, & weed killers can be a threat to people and the environment if improperly discarded. Never throw these materials into the trash as the toxic chemicals may harm sanitation workers, or result in fires in collection vehicles. It is also not safe to pour them into a sink, ditch, or storm drain as they can end up in the environment polluting the air, water, or soil.

MATERIALS (expected to be) ACCEPTED AT THE REGIONAL HHWC FACILITY:

Landfill 

Northampton County Sanitary Landfill
20371 Seaside Rd.
Cape Charles, VA 23310



Northampton County began operation of its last landfill cell in April 1988. It included a liner, leachate collection and monitoring wells. Beginning in January 1989, the County began operation of its weigh scales, computerized data collection, and tipping fees. Northampton County ceased accepting solid waste for burial on March 31, 2009 with the commencement of the transfer station operation.

Brush continues to be accepted at the landfill and is kept separate from the other debris. Periodically, the County burns the brush. Metal is also collected at the landfill for sale to scrap metal vendors. 

Contact Information

Ronald Rowe 
Director of Solid Waste & Recycling
Phone: 757-331-2699

Northampton County Sanitary Landfill
20371 Seaside Rd.
Cape Charles, VA 23310

Monday - Saturday: 8:00AM-3:30PM

Winter Hours
Monday-Friday: 8:00AM-3:30PM
Saturday: 8:00AM-12:00PM
Winter Hours are effective
November  - February  each year

The Winter Hours Schedule Operates at the Northampton County Sanitary Landfill between November 7, 2020 through February 28, 2021.
That means that on Saturdays, the landfill's operating hours will be 8:00 AM to 12:00 noon.

Please plan your solid waste disposal accordingly.

Waste Collection Centers
Hours of operation:
Monday-Saturday 7:30AM-6:00PM
Sunday: 1:00-6:00PM

Locations:
Birdsnest: 9005 Birdsnest Drive, Birdsnest, VA 23307

Eastville: 15552 Courthouse Rd. Eastville, VA 23347

Wardtown: 8427 Occohannock Neck Rd., Exmore, VA 23350

Bayview: 22564 Bayview Circle, Cape Charles, VA 23310

Hare Valley: 10195 Hare Valley Dr. Exmore, VA 23350

Cheapside: 26371 Arlington Road, Cape Charles, VA

The waste collections sites and the sanitary landfill are closed on the following holidays:

January 1st (New Year's Day)
Last Mon. in May (Memorial Day)
July 4th (Independence Day)
Fourth Thursday in November (Thanksgiving Day)
December 25th (Christmas Day)

Northampton County Administrative Office
16404 Courthouse Rd.
PO Box 66
Eastville, VA 23347
Phone: 757-678-0440
Fax: 757-678-0483 

ATTENTION!

ALL CUSTOMERS OF THE NORTHAMPTON COUNTY TRANSFER STATION/LANDFILL :

EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2019, THE SOLID WASTE TIPPING FEE WILL INCREASE FROM 
$72.00 PER TON 
TO 
$75.00 PER TON