PITTSYLVANIA Co., Va. â Approximately 20,000 more tons of trash have entered Pittsylvania County convenience centers, or waste disposal sites, so far in 2021 than at this point last year, according to Nicholas Morris, Pittsylvania Countyâs assistant director of public works for solid waste. Dealing with all that trash has frustrated citizens and county employees alike.
Some convenience centers in the county are open 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. But some of the countyâs more frequently-used sites, which have compactors that require full-time employees, are open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Keith Motley, who uses the Mt. Hermon Convenience Center at 3575 Franklin Turnpike, which is one of the sites that closes at 8 p.m., told the Star-Tribune he thinks the siteâs hours are inadequate.