Plastic Bags Get a New Life
With plastic bags continuing to be an environmental concern, Rivanna Solid Waste Authority is doing its part to help. Plastic bags that were collected throughout the previous year at McIntire Recycling Center were transported to the Trex company in Winchester, VA in February 2018. In total, 41,000 lbs of plastic bags were baled and shipped for recycling. To put this in perspective, One pound equals 700 bags 28,700,000 bags were taken to be recycled into composite decking According to the Trex website, a 500 square foot composite deck contains 140,000 recycled bags 205 500-sq. ft. decks can...
Read MoreFall HHW Dates Announced
##Press Release## Fall 2017 Special Waste Collection Dates Announced For Immediate Release Charlottesville, VA—July 12, 2017. Rivanna Solid Waste Authority will host its Fall special collections dates for household hazardous waste, commercial hazardous waste, and bulky waste amnesty days for Charlottesville, Scottsville, and Albemarle County residents starting on September 28th and concluding on October 21st. This event is brought to the community by support from the City of Charlottesville and the County of Albemarle in partnership with RSWA. PLEASE READ CAREFULLY the details below about...
Read MoreRSWA Goes Solar!
Exciting news…RSWA has the nod from its Board of Directors to move forward on a solar energy project that will use a section of our closed landfill to produce renewable energy. Now that’s repurposing! Press Release that went out on June 27, 2017 Rivanna Solid Waste Authority Board of Directors Approve Solar Project at the Ivy Material Utilization Center Rivanna Solid Waste Authority Board of Directors has authorized a land lease contract with a developer to install a solar array at the Ivy Material Utilization Center (IMUC or former Ivy Landfill) that will generate an estimated 2...
Read MoreNational Prescription Take Back Day this Saturday
Spring cleaning is in full swing. In addition to our Household Hazardous Waste Days coming up this weekend, another important event is happening on Saturday: National Prescription Take Back Day! Albemarle County Police Department and Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital are offering this opportunity to turn in your unused or expired prescription medication for safe disposal this Saturday, April 29th from 10am-2pm at Martha Jefferson Hospital (500 Martha Jefferson Drive in the back of the hospital at the Patient Transport Area). Note: no businesses can dispose of their medications at this...
Read MoreCommunity Celebrates Drinking Water Week
May 5th’s Celebrate Our Drinking Water at Ragged Mountain Reservoir was a wet, but wonderful event! Folks enjoyed hearing remarks about this significant milestone from Mayor Signer, Board of Supervisor Dr. Palmer, former Executive Director Tom Frederick, and ACSA Chair Clarence Roberts. We also heard from our chief engineer, Jennifer Whitaker, about the historical significance of the area from a dam and drinking water perspective. It was a day to look back and recognize the engineers, local officials, construction workers, and citizens around the turn of the century who made Ragged...
Read MoreProtecting our Watershed
As the City continues their bio-blitz study of the Ragged Mountain Dam area and citizens weigh in on whether runners, bikers, and dogs should be allowed there, we thought it would be a perfect time to share our perspective on responsible stewardship of the reservoirs. Our charge As a water provider our charge is two-fold: public health and environmental stewardship. We provide an adequate, safe, drinking water to our community and then treat the wastewater so that it can safely return back to the environment downstream of the Charlottesville area. We are fortunate We ( now I mean Rivanna and...
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