Trash & Recycling in Maryland (2026)

Commercial haulers serving unincorporated Cecil County must hold a county license and, under Code § 285-4(E), pick up…

Annapolis sets exact curbside windows for refuse containers: out by 6:00 a.m. on collection day, no earlier than 6:00…

County code caps curbside trash at four containers per collection day, with no limit on recyclables or yard waste, and…

Baltimore County collects trash and recycling once a week each, on an address-specific day. Find yours at…

Carroll County licenses every trash and recycling hauler under Chapter 50, and § 50.03 sets the operating rules…

Charles County Code § 58-1 controls how garbage and trash move through the county: haulers can only take garbage to…

Howard County collects trash once a week, between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m., for households that pay the yearly Trash and…

Prince George's County provides curbside trash collection to about 180,000 homes through the Department of the…

Rockville bars trash haulers from collecting refuse between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. on weekdays, and between 9 p.m. and 9…

Anyone in the business of collecting trash in Washington County needs a county license first. The Solid Waste…

Unincorporated Wicomico County runs no curbside pickup. Residents must obtain a Department of Public Works permit to…

County-provided curbside collection runs on your assigned weekday; enter your address in the DEP Collection Day Lookup…

Annapolis requires refuse containers curbside by 6:00 a.m. on collection day, out no earlier than 6:00 p.m. the night…

Anne Arundel County caps curbside trash at four containers per collection day, allows set-out no earlier than 5 p.m…

Baltimore County trash and recycling must be set out the evening before collection, but set-outs before 6 p.m. the…

Frederick requires automated refuse carts to sit at a point that keeps the collection truck's path clear of traffic, at…

Gaithersburg bars solid waste from sitting outside an approved container for more than 24 hours and requires every…

Unincorporated Harford County caps residential garbage cans at 32 gallons and 60 pounds when full under Harford County…

Howard County does not supply trash containers. Reusable cans must be metal or tough plastic with handles and…

Montgomery County requires commercial, industrial, and multifamily properties to screen trash containers and storage…

Prince George's County requires residents to place carts curbside no earlier than 6 p.m. the day before collection and…

Rockville requires leakproof, covered trash containers in sufficient numbers, and curbside carts must come off the…

Dumping furniture, appliances, or an abandoned vehicle anywhere in Prince George's County outside a state- or…

Annapolis Code Section 10.16.005.C spells out exactly which large household items count as bulk trash, furniture…

Carroll County has no curbside bulky-item pickup. Residents and licensed haulers must self-haul furniture, mattresses…

Frederick only picks up bulk items like furniture and appliances on Director-approved special collection days, placed…

Howard County's Department of Public Works collects broken bulk items on your regular trash day, but caps every pickup…

Montgomery County requires brush set out for collection to be under 4 inches thick and 6 feet long, bundled or bagged…

Washington County's landfill turns away bulky waste that has not been broken down first. County code lists "intact…

Baltimore County provides at least one bulk collection per year to each single-family home and town home, with a limit…

The Maryland Recycling Act of 1988 requires every county and Baltimore City to recycle a minimum percentage of solid…

Annapolis runs a mandatory weekly curbside recycling program for every residence on City solid waste collection, with…

Anne Arundel County places no cap on recycling containers at the curb, unlike trash, which is limited to four…

Baltimore County collects mixed paper, cardboard, plastic, metal, and glass together as single-stream recycling…

Any company licensed to collect trash in Carroll County must also collect recyclables. Section 50.04(E) requires a…

Gaithersburg's city manager runs a mandatory recyclable-materials program covering metals, glass, plastic, cardboard…

Howard County Code § 18.611 requires owners and managers of apartment buildings and condominiums with ten or more units…

Montgomery County requires households and businesses to separate recyclables like metal, glass, paper and certain…

Prince George's County runs a countywide recycling program under County Code Subtitle 21, Division 4. The County…

Any company that hauls household trash in Washington County must also collect recyclables. The Solid Waste Collection…

Cecil County runs no curbside recycling truck in the unincorporated area. Under Code § 318-7(A), the Solid Waste…

Frederick's City government provides recycling collection only within the Downtown Commercial District; the City does…

Prince George's County has no ordinance forcing households to sort food scraps from the trash. County Code Sec…

Federal holidays and Sundays push licensed collectors' start time from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. countywide, per Montgomery…

All Wicomico County solid waste facilities close on six named federal-style holidays unless the county posts otherwise…

Baltimore County prohibits open dumps on any land and bars depositing garbage, filth, or solid waste on any highway…

Carroll County makes it a crime to dump trash on public streets. Section 92.065 flatly bans casting, throwing, or…

Dumping garbage or solid waste anywhere but an approved site is a misdemeanor in Montgomery County, with fines up to…

Prince George's County prohibits dumping, depositing, or leaving solid waste or recyclable material on public or…

Harford County Code Section 109-3F bans operating an open dump anywhere in the unincorporated county, and bans letting…

Rockville makes it unlawful to dump, deposit, throw or leave litter, including refuse, trash, debris and garbage, on…

Depositing solid waste anywhere but an approved County acceptance facility is banned under the Solid Waste Collection…

Dumping litter on public or private property without an approved disposal site is a municipal infraction in Annapolis…

Dumping litter, trash, or debris on public or private property in Anne Arundel County draws civil fines of $250, $750…

Frederick bans littering and dumping refuse outside authorized containers under City Code §§ 10-2 and 10-4, with fines…

It is unlawful in Gaithersburg to throw, dump, or deposit garbage or solid waste on someone else's property, on public…

Howard County has no separate illegal dumping law. County Code Section 12.110 makes improper refuse disposal a public…

Dumping litter, garbage, rubbish or refuse anywhere in unincorporated Wicomico County other than a designated disposal…

Annapolis runs a weekly curbside yard trimmings program: bagged clippings and leaves under 50 lbs, brush bundled to 2x4…

Anne Arundel County sets no cap on curbside yard waste containers, unlike the four-can limit on regular trash, but bans…

Yard waste and yard trim cannot be mixed with regular trash in Carroll County. Section 50.04(E)(1) requires it to be…

Yard waste dropped at a Cecil County disposal facility can't be mixed with other waste, per Code § 318-9(J); loose…

Frederick collects yard waste only on days the Director designates and only under Department policy; landscaping…

Gaithersburg classifies tree cuttings, bush trimmings, leaves, grass, and garden trimmings as recyclable solid waste…

Harford County bans dumping yard trim anywhere except the Tollgate Road Yard Trim Facility, the compost site at the…

Montgomery County requires grass, leaves and brush to go out as "yard trim" in paper bags or labeled containers under…

Prince George's County's Western Branch yard waste composting facility has refused plastic-bagged yard waste since…

Washington County will not let yard waste go into the trash. Under Section 3.5.1 of the Solid Waste Collection…

Wicomico County defines yard waste as leaves, grass clippings, garden debris and brush, and requires commercial haulers…

Frederick stopped approving new commercial dumpsters citywide: existing ones may stay in service until worn out, but…

Montgomery County requires every dumpster used in the county to be registered annually with the Department of…

Annapolis requires restaurants, delis, and other food-and-beverage businesses to keep trash inside the building or in a…

In Baltimore County's Service Employment (S-E) Zone, commercial dumpster pads must sit at least 75 feet from any…

Carroll County allows a dumpster or portable storage container on residential property under Zoning Code §…

Every new Charles County development that needs a dumpster for solid waste must site it under Zoning Ordinance §…

Gaithersburg requires every non-residential development's dumpster to be fully screened on all four sides or built into…

Harford County Code § 109-3C requires the size, type and number of trash containers at commercial facilities to be set…

Howard County Code Section 12.1601 bans emptying a commercial garbage dumpster between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. if it sits…

Rockville requires every commercial, industrial and multifamily refuse container in the city, dumpsters included, to be…

Wicomico County requires every development with a dumpster to site it so it does not burden neighboring properties or…

Annapolis requires approved refuse containers at the curb by 6:00 a.m. on collection day, out no earlier than 6:00 p.m…

Anne Arundel County collects residential solid waste curbside under Director-designated service areas covering every…

Frederick provides weekly City trash collection to every residential property, capping manual set-outs at 180 gallons…

Gaithersburg requires garbage collection or approved private disposal at least once a week, or more often if needed to…

Harford County Code Section 109-7.1 requires contractors to collect residential trash, garbage and recycling at least…

Every residential property that gets County trash pickup pays an annual refuse collection charge set by County Council…

Rockville's own code sets minimum refuse pickup frequency for nonsingle-family properties: multifamily buildings must…

Annapolis requires every resident whose solid waste the City collects to also participate in mandatory weekly curbside…

Baltimore County requires residents in its recycling program to separate recyclables from trash at the curb under…

Carroll County can require recyclables to be kept out of the trash. Section 50.03(A) and (L) let the County…

Apartment complexes and condominiums with 10 or more units in unincorporated Cecil County must run their own recycling…

Harford County requires every apartment building or condominium with 10 or more dwelling units to provide tenants a…

Once you set recyclables out for County pickup, they belong to the collection program, not to whoever gets there first…

Montgomery County requires curbside and drop-off recycling under Chapter 48; residents cannot dispose of recyclable…

Prince George's County runs a Countywide recycling program under the Department of the Environment, aiming for a…

Recyclables and yard waste have no container limit at the curb, unlike trash, which is capped at four containers per…

State law gives Washington County's commissioners the power to regulate recycling and to punish contamination. The Code…

Wicomico County runs recycling centers that collect paper, plastic, glass, cardboard and metal for reuse, co-located…