Prince George's County, MD Trash & Recycling: Bulk Item Disposal (2026)

Sec. 13-265(c)(2) defines a 'bulky item' as discarded furniture, a home or industrial appliance, or an abandoned vehicle or vehicle part not designated for disposal under county law, while excluding small litter someone would normally carry, like wrappers, cans, or newspapers. The ban itself, under Sec. 13-265(c)(1), forbids disposing of a bulky item on public or private property anywhere in the county unless the property is a site the State, a unit of the State, or a political subdivision has designated for bulky-item disposal and the person is authorized to use it.

Under Sec. 13-262, this Antilitter and Weed Ordinance applies to the county's unincorporated areas; it doesn't reach property inside an incorporated municipality unless that municipality separately adopts the same provisions and arranges for county enforcement and reimbursement. Beyond the criminal bulky-item ban, the county also runs a civil notice-and-cleanup track for general litter and weeds: the Director issues a written notice to remove under Sec. 13-266, the owner gets ten days to comply, and after that the county can perform the cleanup itself and bill the cost through a tax-bill lien under Sec. 13-268 and Sec. 13-269, with repeat commercial violators billed for cleanup crews every two weeks or once a month under Sec. 13-267(b).