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Statewide Information:
The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) promotes and encourages waste diversion across the state of Maryland. Waste diversion combines both recycling and source reduction activities.
The Maryland Recycling Act (MRA) requires all Counties and Baltimore City to recycle 15% or 20% of the waste generated depending on population. Additionally, in 2000, Maryland established a voluntary Statewide waste diversion goal of 40% by 2005. The waste diversion goal is comprised of the recycling rate + source reduction credits (maximum 5%) that Maryland Counties and Baltimore City earn through activities designed to reduce the amount of waste going to the waste stream.
MDE works towards Maryland's waste diversion goals by partnering with Maryland's jurisdictions and the public and private sectors to develop markets for recyclable materials and by working with other State agencies to increase the volume of materials diverted from landfills. For more information, visit the state MDE site.
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY
You can put your recyclables in a yellow recycling container or a different container marked with an X. Recyclables are collected once a week. Call 410-222-6100 for your collection schedule.
Anne Arundel curbside recycling accepts milk and juice cartons/boxes; cardboard, boxes, books, sheets of paper, newspaper and inserts, magazines and catalogs; plastic bags and shrink wrap; plastic cups, plates, utensils, buckets, flower pots, furniture, toys, pools, and playsets; trash cans and old recycling containers; storage totes; all glass bottles and jars; aluminum foil, pans, and cans; tin/steel cans; empty aerosol cans.
If you have recyclables that cannot be recycled curbside or that you would prefer to bring your recycling directly to a Center, you can bring them to:
Glen Burnie Convenience Center – 410-222-6118
100 Dover Rd., Glen Burnie
Monday – Saturday, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m., open the following Sundays:
September 13 & 27, October 11 & 25; closed all holidays.
Millersville Convenience Center – 410-222-6177
389 Burns Crossing Rd., Severn
Monday – Saturday, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m., open the following Sundays:
September 13 & 27, October 11 & 25; closed all holidays.
Sudley Convenience Center – 410-222-1946
5400 Nutwell Sudley Rd., Deale
Tuesday – Saturday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., except holidays. Closed all
Sundays and Mondays.
The convenience centers accept: asphalt shingles; automobile batteries; concrete, brick, block, asphalt, and stone; computer monitors, TVs, VCRs, CPUs, computer mice, keyboards, cell phones, printers, power supplies, laptops, scanners, computer cables and cords, miscellaneous circuit boards, chips and cards and other computer or electronic accessories; mattresses, box springs, and other types of furniture; latex paint (please empty and dry out the paint cans and place them in a trash bag); pallets (please remove any metal or plastic banding and separate from other items); scrap metal/white goods; passenger or light truck tires; uncontaminated antifreeze and motor oil; leaves, grass clippings, trees and brush. Visit aacounty.org for recycling tips and more information.
BALTIMORE COUNTY
Place your trash, mixed paper, bottles and cans, and/or yard materials at your designated area after 6 p.m. the night before collection. Baltimore County curbside collectors will take: all colors of glass jars and bottles (discard caps and lids, labels and rings are okay to leave on); aluminum and steel food and beverage cans; narrow-neck plastic bottles with a number 1 or 2 (in a recycling symbol on the bottom or side); newspapers, glossy inserts, magazines, phone books, catalogs, books, writing and computer paper, mail (no need to remove plastic windows), paperboard boxes, flattened cardboard boxes; grass, leaves, vines, twigs, shrubbery trimmings, and branches and limbs. If you are a Baltimore County resident and want to bring your recyclables to a center, you can bring antifreeze, household appliances, motor oil, passenger tires, scrap metal, and vehicle and boat batteries for recycling, along with the recyclables listed above to:
Eastern Sanitary Landfill Solid Waste Management Facility
6259 Days Cove Rd., White Marsh
off 11400 block of Pulaski Highway (Route 40 East)
Monday -Saturday, 7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Baltimore County Resource Recovery Facility
Drop-Off Drive, off Warren Rd., Cockeysville
¼ mile west of York Rd. and ¼ mile east of Beaver Dam Rd.
Monday – Saturday, 7 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Western Acceptance Facility
3310 Transway Rd., Halethorpe
off 4500 block of Hollins Ferry Rd.
Monday –Saturday, 7 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Visit baltimorecountymd.gov for recycling tips, collection schedules, and more information.
CALVERT COUNTY
There are no county-operated curbside programs, but a curbside collection program is provided by the Town of North Beach for their 650 homes and the Town of Chesapeake Beach for their 900 homes.
In Calvert County, you can recycle clear, brown, green, yellow, red or blue drinking, food, and beverage bottles (please rinse out the container and remove the lid); all food and beverage cans, steel, tin, empty paint, aerosol or aluminum; mall plastic food containers and bottles with numbers 1 through 7; all dry and stacked newspaper, magazines and all “slick” printed material; old clothing with or without holes, buttons or zippers; sheets, curtains, blankets, socks, shoes, belts, cloth tablecloths, napkins, shower curtains, towels; motor oil filters, antifreeze; pesticides/insecticides, paint thinners/removers, drain cleaner, gas or fuels, pool chemicals, solvents; computers, monitors, printers keyboards, mouse, copiers, VCRs, DVD players; all tube fluorescent lights and ballast along with incandescent lights can be recycled at Mt. Hope, Huntingtown, Barstow, Ball Road and Appeal Landfill sites; lawnmowers/tractors, refrigerators, a/c units, dryers, washers, freezers, stoves, dishwashers, metal cabinets, desks, and chairs; propane tanks from residential BBQ grills (no commercial), inkjet/laser, cell phones, rechargeable batteries along with car, boat, and motorcycle batteries. If you have recyclables that cannot be recycled curbside or that you would prefer to bring directly to a center, you can bring them to:
Appeal (Lusby) – 410-326-0210
401 Sweetwater Rd, Lusby
Monday through Friday, 6 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
*Sunday operations at Drop-off Site are for bagged household trash only.
Ball Road (St. Leonard) – 410-586-1262
1045 Ball Road
St. Leonard, MD
Monday through Saturday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Barstow – 410-535-5206
350 Stafford Rd
Barstow, MD
Monday through Saturday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Sunday (see note above*)
Huntingtown – 410-535-4760
3666 Hunting Creek Rd, Huntingtown, MD
Monday through Saturday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Lusby – 410-326-2611
11725 H. G. Trueman Rd,
Lusby, MD
Monday through Saturday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Mt. Hope (Sunderland) – 410-257-3296
96 Pushaw Station Rd,
Sunderland, MD
Monday through Saturday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Sunday (see note above**)
Plum Point - 410- 535-2405
2801 Plum Point Rd,
Huntingtown, MD
Monday through Saturday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
CARROLL COUNTY
Curbside recycling is available county-wide through waste haulers, but you can also bring your recyclables, free of charge, to a recycling center.
Carroll County recycling collectors accept wide-mouth plastic containers such as empty peanut butter, margarine/butter tubs, yogurt, cottage cheese, sour cream, mayonnaise, whipped topping, and prescription medicine bottles; narrow-neck empty plastic containers with plastic resin identification code 1 through 7; any empty metal food and beverage containers, including aluminum or other metals; aluminum foil and aluminum pie pans; aerosol cans; all colors of empty glass jars and bottles; juice and broth boxes; milk and juice containers, including gable top cartons; cardboard and paperboard boxes; office paper and envelopes; newspapers; magazines and catalogs; junk mail; books; brown paper bags; corrugated boxes; telephone books; non-metallic wrapping paper; computer printouts.
Hoods Mill
7901 Kabik Court, Woodbine
Saturdays 7 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Northern Landfill
1400 Baltimore Boulevard, Westminster
Monday – Friday, 7 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Saturdays, 7 a.m. – 3 p.m.
CHARLES COUNTY
Charles County’s curbside collection program is currently accepting aluminum and tin cans; glass bottles and jars; paper; narrow-neck plastic bottles and jugs with #1 or #2 stamped on bottom; grass, leaves, bush, and branches (no longer than 4 feet in length or 6 inches in diameter.)
Charles County also has five recycling centers, which accept oil, antifreeze, and most of the recyclables listed above.
Benedict Recycling Center
18210 Hyatt Ave, Benedict
Located on Rte 231 at the Benedict Fire Department
24-Hour Recycling Drop-off Site
Breeze Farm Recycling Center
15950 Cobb Island Rd, Cobb Island
Wednesdays 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Saturdays 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Charles County Landfill/Recycling Center
12305 Billingsley Rd East, Waldorf
Monday-Saturday 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Gilbert Run Recycling Center
13140 Charles St, La Plata
Gilbert Run Park, Rte 6
Wednesdays 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.; Saturdays 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Pisgah Recycling Center
6645 Mason Springs Rd, Pisgah
Monday – Saturday 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Go to charlescounty.org for details on what each recycling center accepts and recycling tips.
HARFORD COUNTY
Harford County curbside recycling, which runs alternate weeks, accepts all beverage and food cans; bottles and jugs with #1 and #2 inside triangle on or near the bottom; newspapers, magazines, catalogs, junk mail, paperboard, telephone books, non-metallic gift wrap, and flattened corrugated cardboard.
You can recycle the following at the recycling center: blue-bagged recyclables; paper recyclables in paper bags, cardboard boxes, or bundle with string; lead-acid (automobile) batteries; auto and truck tires (up to 5); used motor oil and antifreeze; lawn and garden recyclables; scrap metal and appliances; textiles; gasoline/oil mix; computers.
Harford Waste Disposal Center – 410-638-3636
3241 Scarboro Road St
Monday – Saturday, 7 a.m. – 3 p.m.
HOWARD COUNTY
Howard County residents may place their recyclables out all together in a blue cart, bin or see-through bag. Metal cans, plastics, and glass bottles and jars can be combined with mixed paper and cardboard.
Howard County recycling collectors will take drink boxes, milk cartons, newspaper and inserts, white or colored paper, food and snack boxes, greeting cards, non-foil gift wrap, catalogs and magazines, junk mail, phone books, bagged shredded paper, three ring binders, books, cardboard; plastic bottles, tubs, jars, trays, disposable cups, plates, flower pots, toys, buckets, plastic grocery bags bundled together; aluminum and steel cans, empty aerosol cans, aluminum foil, pie and cake pans; any color glass bottles, jars If you have recyclables that cannot be recycled curbside or you would prefer to bring them directly to a center, you can bring them to:
Alpha Ridge Landfill – 410-313-6419
2350 Marriotsville Rd, Marriotsville
Monday – Saturday, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Closed for some holidays.
For more information on recycling in Howard County visit co.ho.md.us.
ST. MARY’S COUNTY
St. Mary’s County does not have a county-sponsored curbside program. County residents can however, bring recyclables to convenience centers. The convenience centers accept all plastics marked #1 and #2, plastic wide-mouth and narrow-neck containers marked #3 through #7; grocery bags, stretch film and/or shrink wrap contained within a bag; all colors of food/beverage glass jars and bottles; food-beverage containers made of aluminum, tin, steel; empty aerosol cans; aluminum foil and pans with minimal food residue; milk cartons, juice boxes, and other aseptic/gable-top packaging; newspapers, magazines and catalogs, mixed paper; cardboard, textiles; used oil, filters, and antifreeze; inkjet/laser printer cartridges; rechargeable batteries and cellular phones, televisions, VCRs, radios, DVD players, fax machines, computers (including CPU, monitor, printer, keyboard, mouse), and cordless phones; compact fluorescent lamps, fluorescent tubes and ballasts.
Charlotte Hall
37766 New Market Turner Rd
Located off of MD Rte 6 (New Market Turner Rd.)
Monday – Friday, 9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Saturdays and Sundays, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Oakville
26630 North Sandgates Rd
Located off of MD Rte 235 (Three Notch Rd.) on MD Rte 472
Monday – Friday, 9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Saturdays and Sundays, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Clement’s
24547 Horseshoe Rd
Located off of MD Rte 234 (Budds Creek Rd.), on Horseshoe Rd.
Monday – Friday, 9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Saturdays and Sundays, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
St. Andrew’s
44595 St. Andrews Church Rd
Located off of MD Rte 4 (St. Andrew’s Church Rd.) in the center of the County
Monday – Friday, 9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Saturdays and Sundays, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Valley Lee
45350 Happyland Rd
Located off of MD Rte 249 (Piney Point Rd.),on Happyland Rd
Monday – Friday, 9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Saturdays and Sundays, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Ridge
13939 Point Lookout Rd
Located off of MD Rte 5 (Point Lookout Rd.) in the southern end of the County
Monday – Friday, 9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Saturdays and Sundays, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
For counties not listed here, visit here for additional information.
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