Glass Recycling Bin Temporarily Full At Mount Vernon Governmental Center

HYBLA VALLEY, VA — Glass recycling is temporarily unavailable at the Mount Vernon Governmental Center due to winter storm impacts.

Mount Vernon District Supervisor Dan Storck shared the update about the purple bin via social media. The purple bin is full, as collection crews are catching up after Monday's winter storm.

"The County is working hard to catch up after the storm, but it could still be a few more days," Storck shared in the update.

For updates on when glass recycling will be available again, check Storck's social media. Residents can hold on to their glass recycling until a new bin is available or find another location, including the I-66 Transfer Station and I-95 Landfill Complex.

The Mount Vernon Governmental Center at 2511 Parkers Lane, Alexandria is one of the county's purple bins for glass recycling. Glass is no longer collected in curbside recycling as of October 2019. Residents either have to take their glass to a purple recycling bin or throw it in the trash.

The county's decision to remove glass from curbside service was made with Covanta Fairfax and private recycling sorting centers due to broken glass contaminating other recycled items. Through the regional glass collection program at 21 purple bins, glass is taken to the glass processing plant in Lorton and crushed for various projects.