Paper Sort Hours:
Monday through Friday
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Holiday Schedule:
The Facility is closed on Sundays, New Years Day, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor
Day, Thanksgiving, December 22nd and Christmas.
Location:
100 Meade Ave.
North of the railroad tracks
Enter at Coiners' Scrap Metal
Who can use this facility?
Non-profit groups
Commercial enterprises with valid business licenses
Local government: the City of Charlottesville, County of Albemarle, and the Town of Scottsville
Transportation:
Only trucks and vans will be allowed in the facility.
Procedure:
Enter the facility at Coiners' Scrap Iron and Metal and stop on the scales.
Drive to the Paper Sort building.
Inform the Recycling Technician of the material you have and unload it.
Leave the Paper Sort and exit through the scales at Coiners.
Recycling technician manually separates
brown paper bags from newspapers to ensure quality of shipment.
Types of Paper Accepted:
Category 1: Boxboard
This category includes brown and compressed paper which make up such items as
cereal and tissue boxes, brown paper bags, and pet feed sacks (without the plastic liner).
Category 2: File Stock
This category includes junk mail, computer paper, legal paper, photocopied paper,
and shredded paper; no magazines, no carbon paper, no newspapers and no brown paper are to
be placed in with the file stock.
Category 3: Corrugated (Cardboard)
This category includes only flattened shipping boxes. No other paper or strings
should be placed in with this grade.
Category 4: Newspaper and Magazines
This category includes newspaper, magazines, and catalogs. Magazines include
items such as newspaper inserts and "glossy" brochures.