The Randolph County Recycling Center will be temporarily closed.
Making a big change in our local community starts with small steps. Gather your family, friends, colleagues, or club and volunteer a few hours to help make Randolph County beautiful. If everyone donated a few hours of their time several times a year, we could make a big impact and keep our wild and wonderful region all it should be. Check out some great established organization, events, and opportunities below to help get you on the right path. Do you have an organization you would like featured? Feel free to contact us to include your group’s information.
Randolph County Make It Shine
Local volunteer group dedicated to making Randolph County all it can be.
Adopt a Highway
National and state organization devoted to keeping our roads and highways trash free.
Cans for Cash and Metal for Money Fundraiser Drive
Did you know the Elkins Metal Recycling offers fundraising opportunities for local groups and organizations? You can clean up our region while making some extra funds for your cause.
Contact them for more information.
Do you have a group or organization dedicated to recycling in our region? Let us know!
Annual Adopt-A-Highway Spring Cleanup set for April 25th
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) is now accepting registrations for the Adopt-A-Highway Spring Statewide Cleanup set for Saturday, April 25, 2026.
Individuals, families, churches, businesses, schools, civic organizations, government agencies and communities can register to pick up trash on almost any state-maintained road, back road or main route. Private roads and interstate highways are not eligible for adoption.
The Adopt-A-Highway program provides garbage bags, work gloves and safety vests to volunteers, and takes care of disposing of collected trash. Volunteers must be at least 12 years old to participate.
Groups must register in advance by April 17, 2026, and inform their county DOH garage if they need supplies. To register, call 1-800-322-5530 or email dep.aah@wv.gov . If you reach the REAP voicemail, please leave your name, phone number, group name, date of cleanup, number of participants, and the county where your adopted road is located.
The 2025 Adopt-A-Highway Spring Cleanup had more than 1,900 volunteers from over 250groups who removed nearly 79,000 pounds of litter from almost 600 miles of roadway.
Co-sponsored by the WVDEP and the state Division of Highways, the Adopt-A-Highway program is administered by the WVDEP’s Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan (REAP).The REAP program empowers citizens to take ownership of their communities by providing technical, financial, and resource assistance in cleanup and recycling efforts.