Virginia Beach landfill

Hours, sticker price, who can use it, item fees, hazardous waste options, and holiday notes for Virginia Beach Landfill and Resource Recovery Center.

Facility: Virginia Beach Landfill and Resource Recovery Center Address: 1989 Jake Sears Road, Virginia Beach, VA Phone: (757) 385-4650

Last verified from official sources: 2026-11-11

Who can use it

Open to Virginia Beach residents. Proof of Virginia Beach residency is required. Acceptable proof is a valid Virginia driver's license showing the resident's primary Virginia Beach address. Residents without a local driver's license must provide a photo ID and a recent utility bill, rent receipt, or check draft with the name matching the photo ID. Digital identification is not acceptable. The Virginia Beach resident named on the license or photo ID must be present. Waste, including household hazardous waste, must be generated from the primary residence of a Virginia Beach resident. Only residential vehicles may enter: privately owned, non-commercial automobiles, station wagons, passenger vans, minivans, or unmodified low-sided pickup trucks. Vehicles with ladder racks, commercial signage, work equipment, cargo vans, or panel vans are treated as non-residential and are not permitted, even if the material is from a Virginia Beach residence.

Hours

Tuesday through Saturday 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Closed Sunday and Monday, and on the city holiday dates listed below.

Sticker or permit

Required: No (see notes)

Price:

Where to buy:

Notes: The official landfill and Resource Recovery Center pages describe free disposal or recycling of many Resource Recovery Center materials for eligible residents and do not post a separate landfill gate rate on those pages. Confirm any charge with the city before you go. Trailers more than 10 feet long or with a dump bed are prohibited. Trailers less than 10 feet are authorized, but trailers hauling landscaping equipment (lawnmowers, blowers, weed eaters, and similar) are prohibited, and trailers may not bring in brush or tree branches because of fire concern.

Per-item fees

Item	Fee
Resource Recovery Center materials (concrete, brick and stone, cooking grease and oil, accepted electronics, metals and appliances, brush and tree branches within size limits, oyster shells, porcelain toilets and sinks stripped of plastic and metal, wooden pallets)	The official Resource Recovery Center page describes free disposal or recycling of these materials for eligible visitors.
Automobile or light-truck tires	Up to four tires, with or without rims, per visit at the Resource Recovery Center. Commercial, agricultural, and industrial tires are not accepted.

Common disposals

Pulled from the same official sources as the fee table. Confirm with the town if anything conflicts.

Mattress / box spring: Not separately listed on the official landfill or Resource Recovery Center pages fetched.
TVs / electronics: Accepted at the Resource Recovery Center for e-cycling, including TVs and computer monitors. CRT electronics are not accepted. Remove batteries and delete personal information.
Tires: Up to four automobile or light-truck tires, with or without rims, per visit. Commercial, agricultural, and industrial tires are not accepted.
Appliances: Metals, appliances, and equipment are accepted at the Resource Recovery Center, including stainless steel appliances and appliances with freon or refrigerant listed under the HHW examples.
Yard waste / brush: Brush and tree branches only, within the size limits, and not in a trailer. Leaves, grass, bagged yard debris, and stumps are not accepted. Residential yard waste can also go out on weekly curbside service.
Household hazardous waste: Accepted at the Resource Recovery Center for waste from a Virginia Beach primary residence. Examples on the landfill page include batteries, appliances with freon or refrigerant, paint, and aerosols.

Hazardous waste

Household hazardous waste is accepted at the Resource Recovery Center for waste generated from a Virginia Beach resident's primary residence. The official landfill page lists batteries, appliances with freon or refrigerant, paint, and aerosols among HHW examples. Advise the gate attendant if you have HHW so you can be directed to the correct area. Commercial hazardous waste is not accepted.

Holiday closures

Official Waste Management holiday schedule for the Landfill and Resource Recovery Center and the West Neck Recycling Center: closed Monday, May 25, 2026; closed Friday, June 19, 2026; Friday, July 3, 2026 unchanged (closed Saturday, July 4); closed Monday, September 7, 2026; closed Monday, October 12, 2026; closed Tuesday, November 3, 2026; closed Wednesday, November 11, 2026; Wednesday, November 25, 2026, closes at 11:00 a.m.; closed Thursday, November 26, 2026; closed Friday, November 27, 2026, and open Saturday, November 28, 2026; closed Thursday, December 24, 2026; closed Friday, December 25, 2026, and open Saturday, December 26, 2026; closed Friday, January 1, 2027. Waste Management offices, including customer service, are closed on all city-observed holidays even when the landfill schedule differs.

Holiday schedule last verified 2026-11-11 from official sources . Source: City of Virginia Beach Waste Management Holiday Schedule .

Other notes

The landfill is used for household waste placed inside convenience-center containers. Items cannot be left outside the containers. The containers do not have an open end and are not below ground, so items must be lifted or pushed over the side. Residents are not allowed inside the landfill's internal operating area.
The official landfill page's header lists (757) 385-1980, and the contact block lists (757) 385-4650 and wastemgt@vbgov.com. Both numbers appear on official city pages. The holiday-schedule page also lists Waste Management at 3024 Holland Road with (757) 385-4650, which is an office address, not the Jake Sears Road landfill.
The official landfill page did not include a ZIP code for 1989 Jake Sears Road when checked. During inclement weather the landfill suspends operations. The city also reserves the right to refuse access for unsafe weather, lack of storage capacity, mechanical breakdowns, or if specific materials are not needed. When this page was checked, the official landfill page also posted a service-delay notice because of an unexpected equipment shortage.
Unacceptable items include all waste from commercial operations; animal carcasses and manure; bagged yard debris; boats; commercial, agricultural, and industrial tires; dust or severely dust-laden waste; hazardous waste (except the resident HHW program at the Resource Recovery Center); heavy construction and demolition rubble; large quantities of cable or wire rope; large tree trunk stumps and timber over 6 inches in diameter unless cut to firewood length (18 inches); loose and bagged leaves; friable asbestos; medical waste; oil drums unless both ends are cut out and rinsed; PCB waste; radioactive waste; railroad ties and creosote-treated materials; special waste including contaminated soil, pesticide containers, sandblasting wastes, and sludge; and engine blocks, transmissions, and axles unless disassembled and drained of free liquids.
Electronics accepted for e-cycling include calculators, cameras, cell phones, computer monitors, computers, DVD players, scanners, tablets, e-readers, fax machines, laptops, MP3 players, radios, televisions, and teletypewriters. Delete personal information and remove batteries. Cathode-ray tube (CRT) electronics are not accepted. Concrete, brick, and stone must be clean and free of steel reinforcement and other contaminants. Branches and limbs must be less than four feet long and less than six inches in diameter, or larger-diameter pieces must be cut lengthwise into pieces no longer than 18 inches. No other yard waste (commercial material, leaves, grass clippings, or stumps) is accepted at the Resource Recovery Center.

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Sources

Every fee and hour above was taken from these official pages or PDFs on 2026-11-11. If something conflicts, trust the town.