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Fairfax County Public Works

@ffxpublicworks

The Department of Public Works and Environmental Services helps create sustainable communities; accredited by the American Public Works Association.

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linkhttps://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/publicworks calendar_today02-02-2017 20:04:02

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🏀Here's a game-changing flush! 🚽 Watch our host and star shooter show you how to make the right plays for what to flush in your toilet. Learn the items that make a slam dunk 💩and which ones don't make the shot. Say it with ease and remember the 4 Ps! 👉 bit.ly/45ap2Vn

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🚨 Fort Buffalo Fire Station #28 is now open! ✅ 13.5K sq ft ✅ 3 apparatus bays ✅ LEED® Gold features: solar panels, stormwater controls, FSC wood & more ✅ Built in just 3 years Thanks to the community + all partners who made it happen! 🙌 #PublicWorks #FireStation

🚨 Fort Buffalo Fire Station #28 is now open!

✅ 13.5K sq ft
✅ 3 apparatus bays
✅ LEED® Gold features: solar panels, stormwater controls, FSC wood & more
✅ Built in just 3 years

Thanks to the community + all partners who made it happen! 🙌
#PublicWorks #FireStation
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What’s wrong with this picture? The cardboard boxes should be broken down so they are easier to process at the recycling plant. And by breaking down your boxes, you can fit more in the bin! Learn more about recycling here: bit.ly/3ZX05qU?

What’s wrong with this picture?

The cardboard boxes should be broken down so they are easier to process at the recycling plant.

And by breaking down your boxes, you can fit more in the bin!

Learn more about recycling here: bit.ly/3ZX05qU?
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Come out to listen to live music by Riptide at the Summer Palooza! Renowned for their Classic Rock, they are guaranteed to please! TODAY from 11-3 at the Mount Vernon Governmental Center. More info: bit.ly/4jQYiOe

Come out to listen to live music by Riptide at the Summer Palooza! Renowned for their Classic Rock, they are guaranteed to please! TODAY from 11-3 at the Mount Vernon Governmental Center. More info: bit.ly/4jQYiOe
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Join us at Summer Palooza today! 🌞 Our Solid Waste, Stormwater, and Wastewater teams are out here chatting with residents and showing off the work that keeps the county moving. 💧♻️🚛 Beautiful day to engage with our community!

Join us at Summer Palooza today! 🌞

Our Solid Waste, Stormwater, and Wastewater teams are out here chatting with residents and showing off the work that keeps the county moving. 💧♻️🚛

Beautiful day to engage with our community!
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These kids are saving the planet before finishing 6th grade 🌍 Hunt Valley’s Green Guardians raised, launched a food share table, and hosted an Earth Day event with native plants & rain barrels. Fairfax County’s future looks BRIGHT 💚♻️ #GreenGuardians #SustainabilityStartsYoung

These kids are saving the planet before finishing 6th grade 🌍
Hunt Valley’s Green Guardians raised, launched a food share table, and hosted an Earth Day event with native plants & rain barrels.
Fairfax County’s future looks BRIGHT 💚♻️
#GreenGuardians #SustainabilityStartsYoung
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🌿Fertilizer can wash into storm drains & cause algae blooms. Use slow-release types, avoid applying before rain, and sweep extra off hard surfaces. #SafeWater #SmartLandscaping

🌿Fertilizer can wash into storm drains & cause algae blooms. Use slow-release types, avoid applying before rain, and sweep extra off hard surfaces. #SafeWater #SmartLandscaping
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Neither snow ❄️ nor rain 🌧️ nor mud 🐾 keeps DPWES from community outreach! Big thanks to Supervisor Supervisor Dan Storck for having us at the Mt Vernon Summer Palooza—muddy but meaningful 💚♻️ #WasteReduction #PublicWorks #Summer Palooza

Neither snow ❄️ nor rain 🌧️ nor mud 🐾 keeps DPWES from community outreach!
Big thanks to Supervisor <a href="/DanStorck/">Supervisor Dan Storck</a> for having us at the Mt Vernon Summer Palooza—muddy but meaningful 💚♻️
#WasteReduction #PublicWorks #Summer Palooza
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Know any 🌳TREE🌳 champions? Nominate them by 7/31 for a 2024-25 Friends of Trees Award! Given by Fairfax County Tree Commission, the award honors individuals or organizations demonstrating noteworthy actions to preserve, protect or plant trees. Details: bit.ly/4cki9B0

Know any 🌳TREE🌳 champions? Nominate them by 7/31 for a 2024-25 Friends of Trees Award! Given by Fairfax County Tree Commission, the award honors individuals or organizations demonstrating noteworthy actions to preserve, protect or plant trees. Details: bit.ly/4cki9B0
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From 🍽️ lunch to 🎯 lawn games, raffle wins & epic tug-of-war—DPWES celebrated National Public Works Week in style! Thanks to our amazing staff, volunteers & partners who made it happen. 💪💚 📍 Laurel Hill Park #FairfaxCounty #TeamDPWES #NPWW #APWA

From 🍽️ lunch to 🎯 lawn games, raffle wins &amp; epic tug-of-war—DPWES celebrated National Public Works Week in style!

Thanks to our amazing staff, volunteers &amp; partners who made it happen. 💪💚
📍 Laurel Hill Park

#FairfaxCounty #TeamDPWES #NPWW #APWA
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What’s wrong with this picture? This trash dumpster contains items that should be recycled! Aluminum cans and newspaper are accepted in your curbside bin. Old/broken bikes can be taken to I-66 and I-95 to be donated for Bikes for the World. Learn more: bit.ly/3SDxqVX

What’s wrong with this picture?

This trash dumpster contains items that should be recycled!
Aluminum cans and newspaper are accepted in your curbside bin.

Old/broken bikes can be taken to  I-66 and I-95 to be donated for Bikes for the World. 
Learn more: bit.ly/3SDxqVX
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🌟 Celebrate National Waste and Recycling Workers Week, June 16-22! Show appreciation with chalk art, banners, and thank-you notes! Submit photos to [email protected] to get featured! #WasteWorkersWeek #FairfaxCounty #ThankYou

🌟 Celebrate National Waste and Recycling Workers Week, June 16-22! 
Show appreciation with chalk art, banners, and thank-you notes! 
Submit photos to trashmail@Fairfaxcounty.gov to get featured! 

#WasteWorkersWeek #FairfaxCounty #ThankYou
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🏊‍♀️Draining the pool? Let water sit to dechlorinate & drain across your yard. Keep our summer splash pollution-free! More information here: bit.ly/3ceewOp #SafeWater #CleanPoolsCleanStreams

🏊‍♀️Draining the pool? Let water sit to dechlorinate &amp; drain across your yard. Keep our summer splash pollution-free! More information here: bit.ly/3ceewOp

#SafeWater #CleanPoolsCleanStreams
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🌧️ What a wet weekend! Help us make room for the next storm. 📞 Report storm drain blockages, debris, or flooding to DPWES at 703-877-2800 (TTY 711). Let’s keep water moving! 💧 #FairfaxCounty #Stormwater

🌧️ What a wet weekend! Help us make room for the next storm.
📞 Report storm drain blockages, debris, or flooding to DPWES at 703-877-2800 (TTY 711).
Let’s keep water moving! 💧
#FairfaxCounty #Stormwater
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🌟 Show appreciation for our waste workers during National Waste & Recycling Workers Week! Snap a photo and send it to [email protected]! 🚛❤️ #WasteWorkersWeek #FairfaxCounty #ThankYouTrashCrew #SolidWasteHeroes

🌟 Show appreciation for our waste workers during National Waste &amp; Recycling Workers Week! Snap a photo and send it to trashmail@fairfaxcounty.gov! 🚛❤️ 
#WasteWorkersWeek #FairfaxCounty #ThankYouTrashCrew #SolidWasteHeroes
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Fairfax County just broke ground on its largest solar installation ever! ⚡ The 5MW solar array at the I-95 Landfill will power 1,000 homes a year & save $12M in energy costs over 30 years. A huge win for the environment AND taxpayers! 🌍💡 #SolarPower #FairfaxCounty

Fairfax County just broke ground on its largest solar installation ever! ⚡
The 5MW solar array at the I-95 Landfill will power 1,000 homes a year &amp; save $12M in energy costs over 30 years. A huge win for the environment AND taxpayers! 🌍💡
#SolarPower #FairfaxCounty
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📍 Vision for Mount Vernon 🗓️ June 24 | 🕖 7–8 PM 📌 Whitman MS Lecture Hall Learn about the Mount Vernon Master Plan + share your input to help shape the future. Your voice matters! 🗣️ 📞 703-324-5800 | TTY 711 📧 [email protected] #MountVernonVA #FairfaxCounty 🏙️

📍 Vision for Mount Vernon
🗓️ June 24 | 🕖 7–8 PM
📌 Whitman MS Lecture Hall

Learn about the Mount Vernon Master Plan + share your input to help shape the future. Your voice matters! 🗣️

📞 703-324-5800 | TTY 711
📧 jun.li@fairfaxcounty.gov

#MountVernonVA #FairfaxCounty 🏙️
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Today we honor #Juneteenth — a powerful reminder of freedom delayed and the resilience of Black Americans. Let’s reflect, learn, and keep building a more equitable future. #FreedomDay 🖤❤️💚

Today we honor #Juneteenth — a powerful reminder of freedom delayed and the resilience of Black Americans.
Let’s reflect, learn, and keep building a more equitable future.
#FreedomDay 🖤❤️💚
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What’s wrong with this picture? The stove isn’t secured! A sudden stop could turn it into debris. Remember: secure your load! No blocking the back window with bags! 👉Learn more about disposing of white goods here: bit.ly/4krsoYK

What’s wrong with this picture? 
The stove isn’t secured! A sudden stop could turn it into debris. 
Remember: secure your load! 
No blocking the back window with bags! 

👉Learn more about disposing of white goods here: bit.ly/4krsoYK
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🚨 BIG WIN for Fairfax County! We just broke ground on our largest solar project ever at the I-95 Landfill 🌞 ✅ Powers 1,000 homes/year ✅ Saves $12M over 30 years ✅ Supports our carbon-neutral goals 📺 Watch the video: bit.ly/4kNvyGp #SolarPower #DPWES #FairfaxCounty