Single-Stream Program Recycles a Wide Variety of Items
America Recycles Day is Tuesday, Nov. 15. Rockville offers many ways to recycle.
While most people think of recycling bottles, cans, newspapers and cardboard, many other items can also go into the city’s single-stream recycling bins.
The city no longer accepts materials for recycling that are in plastic bags or that contain plastic bags. This includes plastic bags grouped into one bag and placed in the cart, as well as bags used to bundle other materials for recycling. The change was made due to costly damage that the bags were causing to processing and sorting equipment. Look for grocery and retail stores with plastic bag collection bins near their entrances. Find a drop-off location that accepts bags for recycling at http://bit.ly/bagrecycling.
The city accepts unsorted recyclable material through single-stream recycling, which allows for all recyclables to be placed in the same recycling cart.
Visit www.rockvillemd.gov/recycling-refuse for a complete list of accepted materials. Call 240-314-8568 or email refuse@rockvillemd.gov to start service, get a larger recycling cart, schedule a special pickup, report a missed collection, verify collection schedules or ask a question.
For more information on America Recycles Day, visit americarecyclesday.org.
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.
- Special collections: Electronics (televisions, computers, printers, small electronics, cords and cables, etc.) and large metal items (refrigerators, grills, lawn mowers, etc.). Call 240-314-8568 or email refuse@rockvillemd.gov to schedule a special pickup.