The Virginia Recycling Association (VRA) has awarded the Newport News Recovery Operations Center (ROC) with their annual Outstanding Government Agency Award. This award recognizes a state or federal government agency, institution or non-profit organization that has developed and implemented a sustainable waste reduction and prevention program to include reuse, recycling and buying recycled products.
The purpose of the ROC is to capture unwanted material and recover, re-direct, beneficiate or dispose of the material in the most effective manner possible. The VRA award recognizes the center for the variety of services provided including recycling drop off, household hazardous waste and electronic waste collection, metal and appliance collection, and collection of leaves and woody material from which mulch and compost is produced for sale. Additionally methane gas produced by the old Denbigh landfill is provided to the Denbigh Community Center and to Mary Passage Middle School as a fuel for their boilers. The ROC also coordinates with schools and civic groups across Hampton Roads to provide recycling and environmental awareness education.
Click here to learn more about the services offered by the Newport News Recovery Operations Center.
This is a guest post by Dan Baxter, Business Recycling Coordinator, with the City of Newport News Public Works, Solid Waste Resource Recovery Unit.