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Board directs staff to advertise change to allow bulky items at 24-hour convenience center
Summary
County staff will advertise an ordinance change to permit furniture and other bulky items at the 24-hour convenience center (with refrigerant removed from appliances) after the Landfill Advisory Committee recommended the change; board also asked staff to address loose trash from open-top haulers.
The Amelia County Board of Supervisors directed staff to advertise an amendment to the county solid-waste ordinance to allow certain bulky items at the 24-hour convenience center and return to the board for adoption next month.
Royce, a member of the Landfill Advisory Committee who presented the proposal, said the change responds to citizen complaints and recent enforcement by Waste Management of the existing ordinance, which prohibits disposal of large items at convenience centers. "As the county ordinance stands, you cannot dispose of furniture, mattresses, bulky items, things like that in a convenience center," he told the board. The LAC recommended permitting furniture, appliances (with refrigerant evacuated) and bed springs at the 24-hour site Monday through Friday and adding a reference to Virginia code sections that prohibit depositing hazardous waste into sanitary landfills.
Board members also raised enforcement and litter concerns after reports of open-top haulers leaving debris on Route 360. A supervisor suggested requiring tarps on open-top trucks and asked staff to pursue options with Waste Management and haulers. The board and LAC members agreed staff should draft public-notice language and incorporate the LAC’s suggested edits, including a clear requirement that refrigerants be removed before disposal.
No adoption vote was taken; the board asked staff to prepare public notice and a final ordinance for consideration next month.
