RDS-Virginia

RDS – Virginia will consistently provide a quality product or service at a competitive price, ensuring to treat every customer as if they are the only customer.

Our goal is to have YOU as our customer and to serve your recycling and disposal needs better than any other recycling company – period! Our success is the result of hard work and customer satisfaction. Join us and see what we can do together.

At Recycling & Disposal Solutions (RDS), it’s our business to know how to help you get the most out of your waste stream, designing a custom solution that works for you and your particular needs.

Whether your business is industrial, commercial, retail or wholesale, private sector or municipality, RDS can create a program specifically for you, inside your building or out, install needed equipment, then implement and monitor your plan.

RECYCLING & DISPOSAL SOLUTIONS OF VIRGINIA HISTORY

THE BENEDETTO FAMILY COLLECTING PAPER IN THE 1920S IN NYC

The Benedetto family was among the earliest immigrants from Craco, Italy arriving in the early 1880s and for the most part, lacked the skills that could be easily transferred to the new metropolitan environment in New York City but were willing and able laborers.

Our records tell us that between 1880 and 1900 only about 387 Cracotans had immigrated to the US. It is documented that in 1896, what has been called “the first major recycling center” was started by the Benedetto family in New York City. They they collected rags, newspaper, and trash with a push cart.

OUR PORTSMOUTH FREDERICK BOULEVARD FACILITY

In 2004, they formed Recycling and Disposal Solutions of Virginia, Inc (RDS) and purchased a small piece of land on Frederick Boulevard, in Portsmouth. They began to design a recycling facility based on their knowledge of recycling operations and local market needs. Building from the ground up and staying very involved in the construction process resulted in a state of the art 15,000 square foot recycling facility with over 1,000 square feet of office space. It quickly reached capacity, resulting in additional machinery being installed in 2007 and a loading dock expansion in 2008. In 2009, additional property was purchased and future expansion plans were put into place.

OUR ROANOKE ENON DRIVE FACILITY

In 2009, the opportunity to open a second facility in Roanoke VA resulted in the conversion of a 48,000 square foot manufacturing operation into a second RDS recycling facility. This facility was designed to meet the needs of the City of Roanoke and surrounding communities as they offered recycling programs to their residents, as well as local businesses. Roanoke Facility RDS installed custom designed sorting equipment to separate all the cans, bottles, plastic, metal and paper into recyclable products.

OUR ROANOKE KORTE STREET FACILITY

In 2015, RDS opened an additional Roanoke facility making it the third overall Virginia facility for RDS. This Korte St operation is conveniently located to service the City of Roanoke as well as Salem, Vinton, County of Roanoke, Montgomery Regional Solid Waste Authority and other local companies. Just like the first two RDS facilities, Korte offers tailored programs designed for each RDS customer, making recycling and disposal easy for all of Southwest Virginia.