Compost Facility

VPPSA Compost Facility
145 Goodwin Neck Road, Yorktown, Virginia 23692
757-898-5012
Open Monday – Saturday  8:00AM until 4:00PM

Facility Information
Who Can Use the Facility?
Products and Prices
Acceptable Yard Waste
Haulers – Informational List

If you are a commercial customer and would like to open a VPPSA account, please click here and complete all pages in their entirety. Forms can be returned to the Compost Facility or the Admin Office.

Facility Information

VPPSA has operated the 22-acre facility on Goodwin Neck Road since its inception in 1994.  The facility has a staff of eight personnel who together with Hampton, Poquoson and York County, process over 30,000 tons of vegetative yard waste annually.

The Compost Facility receives brush, leaves, grass and other vegetative material from city and county vehicles, residents, and commercial customers.  The materials are separated by type and then processed into our compost & mulch products.

During the decomposition process, leaves and grass are continuously aerated and monitored for temperature.  Larger materials are ground into mulch using the facility’s grinder.  Once  ground, this material is then cured in large static piles for a minimum of three months. During this time the material will reach temperatures of over 180°F, effectively removing pathogens, weed seeds, insects and residual insect larvae.

For more information on compost, both in commercial and residential applications, please click here. Click here for an article on the benefits and uses of compost (written by VPPSA and the US Composting Council).

Who Can Use the Facility?

To Purchase Products:

Anyone, residential or commercial, may purchase products from the Compost  Facility. See the list of products and prices for more information.

To Dispose of Yard Waste Materials

• Residents of the City of Hampton,Poquoson and York County residents who subscribe to the County’s trash program may dispose of yard waste materials at the facility. 
  
• Businesses (without an account), York County residents who do not subscribe to the County’s trash program, and residents from any community may also dispose of yard waste materials at the facility, but will be charged as follows:

Businesses with an account can use the scale and will be charged the per ton cost.

Acceptable Yard Waste

Informational List of Haulers

Customers can hire a private hauler to pick up material at the Compost Facility and deliver it to the customer. Customers are free to hire the hauler of their choice. For our customers’ convenience, VPPSA is providing the following list of potential haulers who have provided their information to VPPSA to share with the public. VPPSA is not endorsing these haulers and has no private ties, associations, or contracts with them and customers are not limited to using haulers on the list. The list is for informational purposes only. If you are a hauler and would like to be included on the list, please contact VPPSA for inclusion.