Cecil County, MD Trash & Recycling: Recycling Rules (2026)

Section 318-7(D) makes "responsible parties," meaning owners or managers of apartment complexes with 10 or more dwelling units and councils of unit owners for condominiums of the same size, provide recycling collection for their residents; the deadline set in the code was October 1, 2014. At minimum the program must accept plastic, metal and glass containers plus acceptable paper products under § 318-7(D)(1), and the responsible party must supply every container, all labor and all equipment needed to collect that material throughout the building, sized to the volume residents generate and the pickup frequency chosen under § 318-7(D)(2).

Collection must happen at least once a month and the recyclables must be transported to secondary recycling markets under § 318-7(D)(3). Responsible parties must keep records of the quantity collected and transported for at least three years under § 318-7(D)(4), and each year they must file a report with the County Recycling Program Manager, due no later than March 15 for the prior year, stating the quantity of recyclables and refuse collected and where the material went under § 318-7(D)(5). This program implements the state apartment/condo recycling mandate found at Environment Article § 9-1703(B)(12) of the Annotated Code of Maryland; the county section is the operative local rule.