SUMMER RECYCLING TIPS

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

PICNIC TIPS... Less is best!

If you're having a picnic, 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).
• RESPOND and put up signs at home to teach others at your picnic how to SORT empty plastic bottles, aluminum cans and glass bottles and jars. Your picnic may convince one more person to start recycling!
• RECYCLE your picnic recyclables in marked see-through bags throughout the yard that your guests can identify, and all you have to do is put the bags out for collection on your next recycling day! Play a game - what's recyclable and where do they go?
• Find ways to reuse non-recyclable items. Reuse plastic dinnerware and wash them! Have your guests bring their picnic goodies in REUSEABLE containers they can take back home!

BE A LAWN RANGER...Don't trash grass

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, click here: Grasscycling

YARD WASTE IS RECYCLABLE TOO!

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

Call 410-313-6444 for our CURBSIDE YARD WASTE SERVICE flier.

For more information, click here: Yard Waste

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 8 am - 4 pm only.

For more information, click here: Household Hazardous Waste