Waste & Recycling

Executive Order 17 Summary

Virginia Executive Order 17: Recognizing the Value of Recycling and Waste Reduction (EO 17), was issued on April 7, 2022. EO 17 seeks to increase awareness of the importance of recycling, reducing food waste, and encouraging the use of post-consumer recycled materials in manufacturing.

EO 17 focuses on:

Encouraging state agencies to increase participation in recycling
Increasing recycling capacity at Virginia State Parks
Making Virginia home to new clean technologies like PCR product companies
Reducing food waste

For more details, see the NVCC Single-Use Plastic Reduction Strategy.

Waste/Recycling Stream Summary

Here is a high-level overview of what happens to materials at NOVA:

recycling summary

Single Stream Recycling

NOVA has Single Stream Recycling across all campuses. Look for this graphic or the recycling symbol to identify recycling bin locations.

single stream recycling

Water Bottle Fillers

Since 2015, the College has installed bottle filling stations College-wide. The majority of these are touchless and can refill any container (bottle, cup, etc).