Survey open until Dec 15
By Heather Michon
Correspondent
The Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission wants to talk trash.
Literally.
The agency is beginning a regional review of how seven Central Virginia localities collect, process, and ultimately dispose of the stuff residents throw away.
Residents of Fluvanna and the other counties in the TJPDC’s service area have until Dec. 15 to take a short survey on trash and recycling. The responses will shape the commission’s update of its five-year Solid Waste Management Plan.
The online survey takes about five minutes, and the commission is urging residents to go beyond the checkboxes and offer ideas for improving trash and recycling services across the region.
A 2021 survey found that Fluvanna County led the Thomas Jefferson Solid Waste District in recycling, topping 60 percent — far above Virginia’s statewide average of 43 percent.
Fluvanna also boasted the lowest per-capita waste generation in the region — just 0.13 tons per person, compared with 0.53 tons in Charlottesville/Albemarle and a whopping 2.15 tons in Greene County.
Virginia requires planning districts to update their solid waste plan every five years. The results of the survey will help guide regional waste and recycling decisions through 2030.
Visit https://tjpdc.org/our-work/solid-waste/ to learn more and take the survey, or access the survey on the Fluvanna County website at https://www.fluvannacounty.org/comm-dev/page/thomas-jefferson-planning-district-commission-tjpdc-solid-waste-management-plan-survey
