Summer Recycling Tips

Summer is the time of freshly cut grass, neighbors working on their lawns, picnics and fun in the sun! Here are some summer recycling solutions and environmentally safe disposal alternatives for you to practice.

PICNIC TIPS... Less is best!

If you're having a picnic or party, don't forget the 4Rs:

• REDUCE the volume of trash created
• REUSE materials
• RECYCLE as much as possible
• RESPOND by thinking about the environment when shopping and set an example for others!

Remember to:

• Buy bulk food items to REDUCE the amount of packaging.
• Use plates, glasses, napkins, dinnerware and tablecloths that may be washed and REUSED (Your guests will be surprised and honored). Many disposable plates, cups and silverware items are durable and can be placed in your dishwasher.
• RESPOND and encourage guests to recycle at your picnic. Tell people where to place empty plastic bottles, aluminum cans and glass bottles & jars. Your picnic may convince one more person to start recycling!
• RECYCLE your picnic recyclables in your blue recycling container or place marked see-through bags throughout the yard that your guests can identify. All you have to do is put the bags or containers out for collection on your next recycling day!

GRASSCYCLE!

Cutting the grass is a part of everyone's summer chores, but here are some tips on how to save time, energy and the environment!

Try GrassCycling - leaving the grass clippings on your lawn as you mow to recycle naturally. Grasscycling is a gentle way to release nitrogen gradually on your lawn. It also saves you from bagging and dragging your grass clippings to the curb for pickup.

For more information, visit our Grasscycling webpage.

YARDWASTE IS RECYCLABLE TOO!

Trimming your hedges? Pulling out weeds or cutting small limbs off your trees? Wondering what other nature's treasures can be collected in our curbside recycling program?

For more information, visit our Yardwaste webpage.

HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTES...

Collections at the Alpha Ridge Landfill every Saturday (April 1st through November 30th

Bring your unwanted pesticides, herbicides, gasoline, batteries and other "household hazardous waste" items to the Alpha Ridge Landfill Residents' Convenience Center, 2350 Marriottsville Road, Marriottsville 21104. Saturdays from April through November, 8 am - 4 pm only.

For more information, visit our Household Hazardous Waste webpage.