Recycling Information
Recycling Fundamentals
- A+ behaviors that will help the community recycling drop off sites.
- Please be clean!
- Lightly rinse off recyclable containers
- Do not place any material outside the recycling bin
- Close doors after dumping in recyclables
- Be careful not to drop glass or litter
- Try to deliver no more than a one week accumulation of recyclable& per visit
- Cut cardboard into small flat sheets
- Do not leave anything that is not accepted in the program.
- Contact the Washington County Recycling Office with questions or problems at 240-313-2796 or 240-313·2790.
- You no longer need a permit to recycle. You can now recycle by going across the scales for $30 per ton (at the 40 West Landfill only).
What is Recyclable?
- Mixed Paper: newspaper, office paper, junk mail, magazines, cereal box paper, phonebooks.No photo paper.
- Commingled Material: food & beverage cans, glass bottles & jars, #1 – #7 rigid plastic containers. No oil bottles.
- Separated Flattened Cardboard (no larger than 2 foot square)
- Used Motor Oil & Antifreeze (Maximum 5 gallons per visit)
- Power Tool Rechargeable Batteries
- Scrap Metal (Greensburg & Hancock Sites Only)
- No paper contaminated with food, oil or grease
- No paper heavily coated with plastic
- No foam packaging
- No plastic bins, buckets or barrels
- No window glass, Pyrex or ceramics
- Mixed Paper: newspaper, office paper, junk mail, magazines, cereal box paper, phonebooks, flattened cardboard no larger than 2 foot square. No photo paper.
- Commingled Material: food & beverage cans, glass bottles & jars, #1 – #7 rigid plastic containers. No oil bottles.
- Separated Flattened Cardboard (no larger than 2 foot square)
- Used Motor Oil & Antifreeze (Maximum 5 gallons per visit)
- Lead Acid Batteries (car, truck, yard equipment)
- All other rechargeable batteries (no single use batteries)
- Power Tool Rechargeable Batteries
- Styrofoam (clean white block only. No packing peanuts or food contact material)
- Used Vegetable Oil (5 gallon per visit)
- Scrap Metal (please drain oil & fuel if applicable)
- Propane Tanks (empty)
- Cardboard (silver trailer)
- Electronics including computers and attachments, regular and flat screen TV’s (no wood cabinets), VCR’s, CD/DVD players, PDA’s, radios, all phones, etc.
- Refrigerators, freezers, A/C Units, water coolers, dehumidifiers
- Yard Debris less than 4 inches in diameter (Fee applies unless residential permit is purchased).
- Tires
- No paper contaminated with food, oil or grease
- No paper heavily coated with plastic
- No soft foam packaging
- No plastic bins, buckets or barrels
- No window glass, Pyrex or ceramics
- No recyclables from businesses
Anyone who wishes to bring six (6) or more tires in a 12 month period must obtain a Temporary Scrap Tire Waiver through the State of Maryland. Please call: 410-537-3314 to obtain a waiver or for more information. The waiver is free of charge and is usually approved within 48 hours.