ALPHA RIDGE LANDFILL

Jeff Dannis, Operations Division Chief
(410) 313-6419

2350 Marriottsville Road
Marriottsville, MD 21104
General Questions: (410) 313-6444

Howard County residents can dispose of trash and recycling items at the Alpha Ridge Landfill. Residents using the landfill are required to show their driver's licenses as proof of residence in Howard County each time they enter.

NEW! Residential Used Cooking Oil Collection Program at Alpha Ridge Landfill. For details click here.

NOTE: Residents disposing of construction, demolition, and home improvement waste will be charged the commercial tipping fee ($65/ton). This includes deliveries mixed with household waste.

Hours of Operation:
Monday - Saturday, 8 am to 4:00 pm (residential)
Monday - Saturday, 8 am to 3:30 pm (commercial)
Sundays - Closed

Closed on the following holidays:

New Year's Day
Memorial Day (observed)
Independence Day (closed July 4th)
Labor Day
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day

Directions: From Route 29 north, take Interstate 70 west to exit 83. Turn right onto Marriottsville Road. The landfill entrance is on the left.

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Household Hazardous Waste Drop-off: for information, click here: Household Hazardous Waste

Residents using the landfill are required to show their drivers licenses as proof of residency in Howard County each time they enter the landfill.

For special exceptions, click here: Residential Special Exception

For COMMERCIAL Permits, click here for the application:
Commercial Permit Application.

Please follow the directions on the application for payment.

RESIDENTS' CONVENIENCE AREA

The convenience area at the Alpha Ridge Landfill (410-313-6444) accepts appliances, metal cans, glass bottles & jars, plastics, paper, cardboard, usable building materials, oil, antifreeze, automobile batteries, scrap metal, tires, propane tanks, carpet, rigid plastics, cooking oil, roof shingles, polyurethane foam, old clothing and textiles, electronic equipment and Christmas trees. Residents with brush or wood waste will be directed to the yardwaste drop-off site.
• A complete guide to items accepted at the convenience area

RECYCLING: for information, click here: Recycling

The residents' convenience refuse area at the Alpha Ridge Landfill (410-313-6444) accepts general, unrecyclable household trash excluding hazardous, medical and liquid waste.

NOTE: Residents disposing of construction and demolition material (C&D waste) will be directed to weigh in at the scalehouse and will be charged $3.25 per 100 pounds of waste.

• A complete guide to trash disposal at the Alpha Ridge Landfill

RESIDENTIAL TRASH: For information, click here: Residential Trash

PROHIBITED ITEMS

• What you may NOT bring or dispose of at the Landfill

COMMUNITY CLEANUP

Communities can call Environmental Services (410-313-6444) to request a reservation form to complete for delivery of a dumpster for a specified site for a weekend community clean up. The limit is twice yearly; there is no fee.