| Q: |
What are they picking up this
week? |
| A: |
Following your recycling schedule, weeks highlighted in blue represent pick-up
of glass, plastics, and metal containers. Weeks highlighted in white represent
pick-up of paper products. |
| Q: |
Where can I get a Recycling
Schedule? |
| A: |
Recycling schedules are published
annually and may be obtained by calling the Office of Recycling at 410-638-3417 or as
published in The Aegis and The Impulse or may be mailed to you from your trash hauler in
your trash bill. We have also provided a copy of the
recycling schedule on our web site, you may obtain a copy of it by following this link. |
| Q: |
Are peanut butter and other
plastic jars recyclable? |
| A: |
Only plastic bottles and jugs with a #1
or #2 inside a recycling triangle on or near the bottom are acceptable in the blue bag for
curbside recycling. There are seven different types of plastic used to manufacture
bottles, jugs, and containers. Each number represents the resin from which the
plastic is made. Bottles and jugs are made by a process known as blow molding which
produces a thinner plastic to accomplish the handle and/or neck of the bottle or jug.
Peanut butter jars and other wide-mouth containers, although made from the same
resin, are made by a process known as injection molding which produces a slightly thicker
container. Bottles and jugs and the wide-mouth containers break down at different
temperatures during processing. If mixed together, the mixture would be
contaminated. We have provided a chart on What To Recycle
At Curbside, obtain this information by following this link. |
| Q: |
Do we need to separate bag for
each category of item? |
| A: |
No. Glass bottles and jars, #1
and #2 plastic bottles and jugs, and metal and aluminum cans are to be mixed (commingled)
together in the same blue bag(s) and placed at the curb on your recycling day on weeks
highlighted in blue on your Recycling Schedule. Paper
products, which include newspapers, magazines, catalogs, unwanted mail, paperboard boxes,
etc., are to be mixed together in paper bag or boxes. Excess corrugated cardboard
should be flattened and placed under the bag(s) of paper on weeks highlighted in white on
your Recycling Schedule. |
| Q: |
Where is the nearest lawn and
garden recyclables (yard trimmings) drop-off site? |
| A: |
There are two
(2) lawn and garden
recyclables (yard trimmings) drop-off sites located throughout the county. For a listing of these sites and location maps follow this
link. |
| Q: |
How do I dispose of paint,
gasoline, etc.? |
| A: |
Call the Office of Recycling at
410-638-3417 for specific instruction regarding the disposal of questionable items or
products. |
| Q: |
Motor oil bottles are a #2
plastic, are they recyclable? |
| A: |
Motor oil bottles are the kind of
bottle described as recyclable in the curbside program, but because of what is contained
in that bottle, please replace the cap and throw it away in your trash. Recyclable
containers are to be rinsed, but we do not want you to rinse motor oil down your drain or
pour it on your driveway. It takes only one quart of oil to contaminate 250,000
gallons of drinking water. So, because of what was in the bottle, and the potential
hazard, please just replace the cap and throw it in your trash. |
| Q: |
Where is the nearest location
to drop off motor oil and antifreeze for recycling? |
| A: |
There are 12 locations throughout the
county accepting used motor oil for recycling. Many of these locations also accept
used anti-freeze for recycling. For a listing
of these sites and location maps follow this link. |
| Q: |
Tell me everything I can take
to the Harford County Disposal Center for recycling. |
| A: |
Harford Waste Disposal Center, located
at 3241 Scarboro Road in Street, accepts the following items free of charge for recycling:
- Lead-Acid (Automobile) Batteries
- Auto and Truck Tires - you may
bring up to five (5) tires per visit.
- Used Motor Oil & Antifreeze
- Blue-bagged recyclables (glass food, and beverage bottles
and jars, #1 and #2 plastic bottles, and jugs, metal and aluminum cans).
- Newspapers, magazines, catalogs, junk mail, paper board
(examples cereal and shirt boxes), telephone books, non-metalic gift wrap, and flattened
corrugated cardboard. No post-it-notes or food contaiminated waxed
or laminated paper. All material can be placed in paper bag, cardboard box or bundle
with a string.
- Lawn and Garden Recyclables (yard trimmings)
- Scrap Metal and Appliances
- Textiles
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