Disposal of Trash & Waste for Residents

• Bulk Trash
• Dead Animal Removal
  
  
• Citizen Waste Collection and Recycling Survey

Recycling for Residents

• Recycling in Chesapeake
  Including information on what can be recycled,
  where it can be recycled, and what your regular
  household recycling schedule is.
  
  
• Hazardous Waste
• Residential Boat Disposal -
• Used Motor Oil

SPSA recycling drop off centers listed below will accept
the following items:

aluminum cans, pie plates, and foil; clear and brown glass; newspapers;
steel cans; #1 and #2 plastic bottles.


• Rokeby Avenue Fire Station, off Military Highway, Near College Park
• Deep Creek Intermediate School, 140 N. George Washington Highway

Recycling for Business

• Businesses Services
• Used Tires

Adopt-A-...

• Adopt-A-Garden
  • Parks & Recreation Department
  • Public Works Department
• Adopt-A-Highway
  • Public Works Department
• Adopt-A-Spot
  • Fire Department
  • Parks & Recreation Department

Health Department

Environmental


• Food Health & Restaurant Inspections

Mosquito Control

• Controlling Mosquito Populations
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Tips for Residents

Neighborhood Services Department

• Inspections
• Landscape Information
• Wetlands

Parks & Recreation Department

Chesapeake Environmental Improvement Council (CEIC)



• CEIC
  Chesapeake Environmental Improvement Council

• Business Beautification

• Notable Yards

Planning Department

Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act (CBPA)


• General CBPA Information for the City of Chesapeake
  
• Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act
  
• Wetlands/CBPA Meeting - Current Agenda
  
• Wetlands/CBPA Meeting - Previous Agendas

Public Works Department

Stormwater Division

• Best Management Practice (BMP) Inspection Program
  
  
• Erosion & Sediment (E&S) Control Inspections -
  
  
• Maintenance of ditches, storm drains, & other structures

Permits

• Commercial Land Disturbing Permits
  
• Residential Land Disturbing Permits
  
• Land Disturbing Permit Application -
  
• Land Disturbing Permit -

Waste Management Division

• Waste Disposal (brochure) -
  
• Rules
  
• Recycling

Cheapeake Participates in Postive Environmental Initiatives

1. Recycling - Various departments are recycling materials, data is available
2. Central Fleet Environmental Management System – Central Fleet has received the Environmental Enterprise (E2) designation from the Virginia Dept of Environmental Quality (VDEQ) Virginia Environmental Excellence Program.  The City is shown on the VDEQ website.
3. Substituting hazardous material with non-hazardous.  Efforts have been made by various departments and divisions, namely Public Works, Central Fleet, and Mosquito Control.
4. Environmental Policy Statement – signed by Mayor Ward in 2002 – not currently on the web site
5. Energy Reduction measures (as applicable)
6. Paper use reduction measures (use of scanner/copiers, two-sided printing, email, etc.)
7. Chesapeake Arboretum
8. Computer Recycling – City participates in Dell return program.
9. Money Point Task Force – City is an active participant
10. Rt 17/Dismal Swamp Canal Trail, Property Owners Meeting
11. Legislative Initiatives
12. Lake Gaston Water Treatment Plant