They DO recyle:
All colors of glass bottles and jars.
They DO NOT recycle:
Dishes, ceramics, drinking glasses, window glass, light bulbs, mirrors, crystal, cookware (such as Corningware™, Pyrex®)
They DO recycle:
Narrow-neck plastic bottles and jugs with a number 1 through 7or no number at all on the bottom, , wide-mouth plastic containers (such as butter, cottage cheese, peanut butter, yogurt, mayonnaise, sour cream, and whipped topping containers), rigid plastics (such as buckets [with or without metal handles], drinking cups, flower pots, coolers, drums, 5-gallon water bottles, lawn furniture, pallets, and toys)
Note: laundry baskets, garbage containers and recycling containers will be collected for recycling IF a note requesting this is prominently attached.
They DO NOT recycle:
Plastic bags, Styrofoam™ (including but not limited to bowls, cups, plates, to-go containers, and foam packing material of any kind), clam shells (such as packaging for toys and batteries, as well as salad bar plastic containers), CD jewel cases, motor oil containers, VHS tapes, plastic electronics, candy wrappers, food wrappers, plastic cutlery (forks, knives, spoons), beverage can plastic ring holders.
They DO recycle:
Aluminum and steel food and beverage cans, EMPTY aerosol cans, aluminum foil and pie pans.
They DO NOT recycle:
Propane cylinders, pots and pans, scrap metal.
They DO recyle:
All colors of glass bottles and jars.
They DO NOT recycle:
Dishes, ceramics, drinking glasses, window glass, light bulbs, mirrors, crystal, cookware (such as Corningware™, Pyrex®)
They DO recycle:
Newspapers (including all inserts), magazines, phone books, catalogs, books (including paperbacks, textbooks and hardbacks), writing and computer paper, mail, paperboard (e.g., cereal, frozen food, and shoe boxes), cardboard (flattened), milk and juice cartons/boxes, cardstock, copy paper (including NCR - No Carbon Required - copy paper), envelopes (plastic windows ok), fax paper, ice cream containers, letterhead paper, non-metallic wrapping paper, paper bags
They DO NOT recycle:
Paper or cardboard covered by wax, plastic, or food*; Kleenex®; foil gift wrap, photo paper
*Note: milk and juice cartons/boxes are NOT covered with wax or plastic; different manufacturers have different techniques for achieving the polished look on the exterior.
(Note: yard materials will be collected as trash only during months when there are no “Y” days on your schedule.)
They DO accept:
Grass, leaves, shrubbery trimmings, twigs, vines, branches, and limbs
Branches and limbs must be no longer than 3” in diameter, no longer than 3ft and tied in bundles (30lb limit)
Do use paper or plastic lawn and leaf bags (30 lb limit)
DO NOT:
Put yard materials into trash cans or the gutter.
Mix yard materials with trash (including lawn tools, hoses, furniture, etc.) poison ivy, oak or sumac, lumber or food scraps.
How to deal with possible service interruptions:
24 hour message system at 410.887.2000,
or on the county’s website: http://www.baltimorecountymd.gov
This is also the general customer service number.
410.887.3745
The following is a courtesy of the Baltimore County Trash Recycling Guide.
More than 40% of our only landfill’s space has already been used. One of the best ways we can prolong the life of our county’s landfill is for residents and businesses to recycle as much as possible.
Please set your trash, mixed paper, bottles & cans, and/or yard materials at your designated area the night before collection.
No collection and drop-off centers closed: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. If one of these holidays falls on your trash or yard materialspick-up day, please set the material out for collection the next day. If one of these holidays falls on your mixed paper or bottles & canspick-up day, please hold the material until the next scheduled day for that type of recyclable.
If trash or yard materialscollection does not occur on the day scheduled, leave the material at your designated collection area and it will be picked up as soon as conditions permit. If mixed paper or bottles & canscollection does not occur on the day scheduled, retrieve materials and hold until next scheduled collection day for that type of recyclable. In extreme weather, some collections could be canceled and residents’ drop-off centers closed. Particularly if extreme weather occurs, please pay close attention to the media, check the county’s web site www.co.ba.md.us, or call our 24-hour message system (410.887.2000).
1. Maximum filled weight: 50 pounds; 2. Maximum capacity: 32 gallons; 3. Lids on trash containers should fit snugly, but must not be secured or fastened with rope, wire, chains, springs, hinges, or by any other means. Failure to comply with these regulations could result in non-collection and/or injury to a collection worker.
Baltimore County has made stickers available for residents that may be affixed to containers as another way to designate that the containers are being used exclusively for recycling. These stickers are not in any way required to participate in the single stream recycling program. Stickers for recycling containers are available free of charge at the following locations: Baltimore County senior centers, Baltimore County public libraries, and the County’s three trash and recycling drop-off centers in White Marsh, Cockeysville, and Halethorpe. We encourage residents to call ahead to a library or senior center before visiting to ensure that they have a supply of container stickers.
Recyclables must not be set out for recycling collection in plastic bags of any type or color (plastic bags will not be collected in order to prevent processing complications at the “single stream” recycling sorting facility).
Though plastic bags will not be permitted in Baltimore County's single stream program, many local grocery stores will accept clean, dry plastic bags for recycling. You can help the environment even more by using reusable bags when shopping. This will eliminate or reduce your need for plastic bags.
Please visit the Baltimore County Recycling Web site for complete information.