Presentations & Tours                    

PRESENTATIONS

Invite a local expert to visit your school, scout troop, church group, civic/neighborhood association or other organization.  First, check out the local contacts for a representative of your community.

If one of those individuals is not available, complete this FORM and fax it to (804) 359-8421.  CVWMA staff can customize presentations for a variety of topics and age levels.  Requests must be made at least two weeks in advance (four weeks if requests are for March, April or May). 

R3, CVWMA's Recycling Mascot. 

To schedule a guest appearance, please contact CVWMA at 359-8413. (Note: Availablity depends on staff time.)

MRF TOURS

For information about touring TFC's materials recovery facility (or MRF) where recyclables are processed, please contact CVWMA at info@cvwma.com or 359-8413.  Tours are typically held twice a year, in the spring to observe Earth Day and in the fall to observe America Recycles Day.  Minimum age of participants:18 years old. Tours are not available for school groups, scout groups or anyone under the age of 18.

TFC Recycling (TFC) is not staffed to offer private tours for small groups, or authorized to offer tours for participants under the age of 18 such as scout troops or school groups.

Each tour is limited to 10 participants.

The facility that will be toured is operated by CVWMA's curbside recycling contactor.  It is located in Chester, Virginia.  The facility processes 40,000 tons of materials collected locally each year from CVWMA programs.  It is a single-stream facility, which means it processes mingled recyclables (bottles, cans, paper, glass, cardboard, etc).

Schools, Scouts

Since no one under the age of 18 can participate in a MRF tour, CVWMA offers the following resources for younger children. Contact CVWMA staff to borrow "Journey Through the MRF: a video field trip inside a recycling facility".

or feel free to view this excellent PodCast developed by 4 local educators at Virginia Trekkers PodCast on Recycling.