Purple Can Club Program Suspended Until Further Notice

Press release from the City of Fairfax:

UPDATED: the Purple Can Club program has been suspended until further notice, and containers — including the Page Avenue container — have been removed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

However, glass may be dropped off in special containers at:

• I-66 Transfer Station , 4618 West Ox Road, Fairfax, and
• I-95 Landfill Complex, 9850 Furnace Road, Lorton

Glass jars and bottles must be clean. Labels and lids accepted.

Fairfax City recycling crews will continue to collect glass curbside, until further notice. Information: email, 703-385-7816.

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Join the Purple Can Club: Fairfax City residents are invited to recycle glass jars and bottles in the purple containers now available at 10700 Page Avenue, Fairfax, VA 22030. Visible from Judicial Drive, the container is across the street from the Page Avenue Post Office, in the Burkeholder Administrative Building parking lot.

City residents also may use all purple containers to recycle glass throughout Fairfax County. Click here to see a map of purple glass-only recycling containers.

Fairfax City recycling crews will continue to collect glass curbside, until further notice. Information: email, 703-385-7816.

If you receive refuse and recycling services from a provider other than the City of Fairfax Public Works Department, please check with your provider regarding glass collection. You also are welcome to use the Purple bins.

A few reminders:

• Clean glass jars and bottles only
• No trash
• No other recyclables

Glass in purple containers is collected regularly. Join the Purple Can Club. Information: email, 703-802-3322 (TTY: 711).

This press release was produced by the City of Fairfax. The views expressed here are the author’s own.