America Recycles Day is Wednesday, Nov. 15. Find a list of common items Rockville recycles in the box at right and at www.rockville
md.gov/recycling-refuse.
Rockville also recycles metal items, including air conditioners, water heaters, refrigerators (with doors removed), grills, lawn mowers and more. For a complete list, select “Metal Recycling” under the “Special Collections” tab on the webpage above. Other special collection items include:
- Bulk refuse, for which Rockville provides six special collections per household per calendar year of items such as wooden furniture, fencing, landscape ties and construction debris.
- Electronics, such as televisions, computers, printers, small electronics, cords and cables.
- Hazardous household waste, such as oil-based paints, cleaners, oils, batteries and pesticides.
Rockville Recycles
- Newspapers, bottles, cans (including empty aerosol cans) and cardboard.
- Rigid plastics, including toys, buckets, flower pots, laundry baskets and clothes hangers.
- Wax-coated milk and juice boxes, all junk mail (including those with plastic windows), catalogs and pizza boxes with minor grease.
Call 240-314-8568 or email [email protected] to schedule a special collection, start service, get a larger recycling cart, report a missed collection, verify collection schedules or ask a question.
The city no longer accepts materials for recycling that are in plastic bags or that contain plastic bags. Many grocery or retail stores offer plastic bag collection bins near their entrances. Find a drop-off location at http://bit.ly/bagrecycling.
For more information on America Recycles Day, visit americarecyclesday.org.