Environmentally conscientious consumers know that recycling isn’t limited to cans and milk cartons. If you’re looking for recycling opportunities beyond your curbside for things like batteries, light bulbs, yard waste, cellphones, and even your old blue jeans. Check out the organizations below for assistance with, and best practices on, recycling some of these materials.
Alexandria DPW & Alexandria Recovery Stations
A recycling center in Alexandria for a wide variety of things to recycle and free unscreened leaf and tree trimming mulch for Alexandria residents for pickup. Paid deliveries. In addition the Alexandria Resource Recovery Division now has Resource Recovery Stations at the City’s Famers’ Markets. Staff will be on site to explain how to compost food and yard waste at home, and accept items for composting. There will also be compost tubs available to purchase for $5.
Alexandria DPW & Alexandria Recovery Stations
Arlington County Department of Environment
A recycling center in Arlington for a wide variety of things to recycle. This center also offers free unscreened leaf and tree trimming mulch for Arlington residents for pickup. Paid deliveries.
Arlington County Department of Environment
Bethesda Green
We are a public-private partnership that promotes sustainable growth and sustainable living practices.
Bethesda Green - Specific Information on Recycling Opportunities
DC Water Biosolids Program: Bloom
DC Water’s Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant treats more than 370 million gallons a day of raw sewage. As part of an ambitious program to improve the way we process and handle biosolids, DC Water has developed a long-range biosolids management program. The biosolids program is entirely focused on recycling an organic and nutrient-rich material in an environmentally safe and beneficial manner. All of the more than 1,200 wet tones of biosolids produced daily is reused through a diverse land application program that improves the soil for agricultural production and other projects.
DC Water Biosolids Program: Bloom
DPW Fort Totten Transfer Station
The Department of Public Works makes it easy for residents to dispose properly of solid waste, household hazardous waste, unwanted electronic equipment (E-cycling) and provides personal document shredding at the Ft. Totten Transfer Station. The Department of Public Works will also provide District residents with up to five 32-gallon bags (bring your own bags) of free unscreen compost/mulch weekdays, 1 pm to 5 pm, and Saturdays 8 am to 3 pm
DPW Fort Totten Transfer Station
DPW Office of Waste Diversion
The DPW Office of Waste Diversion is charged with developing a zero waste plan to achieve at least an 80% waste diversion rate. It also serves as a liaison between the District and neighboring jurisdictions in developing regional waste reduction and diversion campaigns.
Greenbelt Recycling Center
Recycling center in Greenbelt that accepts a large variety of things to recycle.
Maryland Environmental Services
MES provides services at competitive rates to government and private sector clients and works on projects including water and wastewater treatment, solid waste management, composting, recycling, dredged material management, hazardous materials cleanup, storm water services and renewable energy. We provide expert engineering, monitoring and inspection services.
Maryland Environmental Services
Maryland Environmental Services - Specific Information on Recycling Opportunities
MOM’s Organic Market Recycling Center
Drop off residential recycling center for customers to sustainably recycle things like food scraps, cellphone, batteries, electronics, and more.
MOM’s Organic Market Recycling Center
Storm Oil
Storm Oil truly strives to turn one person’s trash into another person’s treasure. We collect waste cooking oil from restaurants, process & refine it, and produce a biodiesel feedstock product that is 100% derived from a renewable energy source.
Takoma Park Public Works Department
This is the Public Works Facility for the City of Takoma Park. In addition to the staff and equipment that serves the City, the facility also has stock piles of leaf mulch and wood chips available for anyone to self haul. The area with the leaf mulch and wood chips is accessible 7 days a week. The City also offers delivery, for a fee, ($65 for 3 yards, $105 for 7 or 10 yards) within 15 miles of Takoma Park. To schedule delivery call 301-891-7633 8:30 to 5 Monday through Friday. Deliveries are on Friday only.
Takoma Park Public Works Department
The Community Woodlands Alliance (CWA)
Near Dickerson, Maryland, at the Seneca Creek Joinery, the CWA has developed a vertically integrated waste wood resource development center. We have in place the technology, infrastructure and logistics capability to perform every aspect of wood production including timber harvesting, raw materials preparation, manufacturing and fabrication, physical distribution and marketing. Public and private woodland owners and managers are encouraged to bring trees lost to storms, disease and urban expansion to the center for processing.
The Community Woodlands Alliance (CWA)
Valley Proteins
At Valley Proteins, our business is based on the collection and recycling of inedible animal by-products from the food industry that would otherwise lead to environmental contamination. We provide prompt disposal services to restaurants, supermarkets, abattoirs and poultry processing facilities throughout the Mid-Atlantic, eastern and southwestern United States. Our clean and efficient conversion plants recycle these by-products (fat and bone trimmings; waste cooking oils; meat/poultry by-products) into high-energy feed fat and protein-rich meal products. These value-added ingredients provide the nutrients feed producers need to create superior animal feeds.
We Recycle Trees
We Recycle Trees is a tree care and landscaping business that uses their wood chips on their landscaping jobs as mulch, mills the large trunks into lumber, turns the smaller wood into firewood. and uses smaller logs to grow mushrooms.
A recycling center in Alexandria for a wide variety of things to recycle and free unscreened leaf and tree trimming mulch for Alexandria residents for pickup. Paid deliveries. In addition the Alexandria Resource Recovery Division now has Resource Recovery Stations at the City’s Famers’ Markets. Staff will be on site to explain how to compost food and yard waste at home, and accept items for composting. There will also be compost tubs available to purchase for $5.
Alexandria DPW & Alexandria Recovery Stations
A recycling center in Arlington for a wide variety of things to recycle. This center also offers free unscreened leaf and tree trimming mulch for Arlington residents for pickup. Paid deliveries.
Arlington County Department of Environment
Bethesda Green
We are a public-private partnership that promotes sustainable growth and sustainable living practices.
Bethesda Green - Specific Information on Recycling Opportunities
DC Water Biosolids Program: Bloom
DC Water’s Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant treats more than 370 million gallons a day of raw sewage. As part of an ambitious program to improve the way we process and handle biosolids, DC Water has developed a long-range biosolids management program. The biosolids program is entirely focused on recycling an organic and nutrient-rich material in an environmentally safe and beneficial manner. All of the more than 1,200 wet tones of biosolids produced daily is reused through a diverse land application program that improves the soil for agricultural production and other projects.
DC Water Biosolids Program: Bloom
DPW Fort Totten Transfer Station
The Department of Public Works makes it easy for residents to dispose properly of solid waste, household hazardous waste, unwanted electronic equipment (E-cycling) and provides personal document shredding at the Ft. Totten Transfer Station. The Department of Public Works will also provide District residents with up to five 32-gallon bags (bring your own bags) of free unscreen compost/mulch weekdays, 1 pm to 5 pm, and Saturdays 8 am to 3 pm
DPW Fort Totten Transfer Station
DPW Office of Waste Diversion
The DPW Office of Waste Diversion is charged with developing a zero waste plan to achieve at least an 80% waste diversion rate. It also serves as a liaison between the District and neighboring jurisdictions in developing regional waste reduction and diversion campaigns.
Greenbelt Recycling Center
Recycling center in Greenbelt that accepts a large variety of things to recycle.
Maryland Environmental Services
MES provides services at competitive rates to government and private sector clients and works on projects including water and wastewater treatment, solid waste management, composting, recycling, dredged material management, hazardous materials cleanup, storm water services and renewable energy. We provide expert engineering, monitoring and inspection services.
Maryland Environmental Services
Maryland Environmental Services - Specific Information on Recycling Opportunities
MOM’s Organic Market Recycling Center
Drop off residential recycling center for customers to sustainably recycle things like food scraps, cellphone, batteries, electronics, and more.
MOM’s Organic Market Recycling Center
Storm Oil
Storm Oil truly strives to turn one person’s trash into another person’s treasure. We collect waste cooking oil from restaurants, process & refine it, and produce a biodiesel feedstock product that is 100% derived from a renewable energy source.
Takoma Park Public Works Department
This is the Public Works Facility for the City of Takoma Park. In addition to the staff and equipment that serves the City, the facility also has stock piles of leaf mulch and wood chips available for anyone to self haul. The area with the leaf mulch and wood chips is accessible 7 days a week. The City also offers delivery, for a fee, ($65 for 3 yards, $105 for 7 or 10 yards) within 15 miles of Takoma Park. To schedule delivery call 301-891-7633 8:30 to 5 Monday through Friday. Deliveries are on Friday only.
Takoma Park Public Works Department
The Community Woodlands Alliance (CWA)
Near Dickerson, Maryland, at the Seneca Creek Joinery, the CWA has developed a vertically integrated waste wood resource development center. We have in place the technology, infrastructure and logistics capability to perform every aspect of wood production including timber harvesting, raw materials preparation, manufacturing and fabrication, physical distribution and marketing. Public and private woodland owners and managers are encouraged to bring trees lost to storms, disease and urban expansion to the center for processing.
The Community Woodlands Alliance (CWA)
Valley Proteins
At Valley Proteins, our business is based on the collection and recycling of inedible animal by-products from the food industry that would otherwise lead to environmental contamination. We provide prompt disposal services to restaurants, supermarkets, abattoirs and poultry processing facilities throughout the Mid-Atlantic, eastern and southwestern United States. Our clean and efficient conversion plants recycle these by-products (fat and bone trimmings; waste cooking oils; meat/poultry by-products) into high-energy feed fat and protein-rich meal products. These value-added ingredients provide the nutrients feed producers need to create superior animal feeds.
We Recycle Trees
We Recycle Trees is a tree care and landscaping business that uses their wood chips on their landscaping jobs as mulch, mills the large trunks into lumber, turns the smaller wood into firewood. and uses smaller logs to grow mushrooms.
We are a public-private partnership that promotes sustainable growth and sustainable living practices.
Bethesda Green - Specific Information on Recycling Opportunities
DC Water’s Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant treats more than 370 million gallons a day of raw sewage. As part of an ambitious program to improve the way we process and handle biosolids, DC Water has developed a long-range biosolids management program. The biosolids program is entirely focused on recycling an organic and nutrient-rich material in an environmentally safe and beneficial manner. All of the more than 1,200 wet tones of biosolids produced daily is reused through a diverse land application program that improves the soil for agricultural production and other projects.
DC Water Biosolids Program: Bloom
DPW Fort Totten Transfer Station
The Department of Public Works makes it easy for residents to dispose properly of solid waste, household hazardous waste, unwanted electronic equipment (E-cycling) and provides personal document shredding at the Ft. Totten Transfer Station. The Department of Public Works will also provide District residents with up to five 32-gallon bags (bring your own bags) of free unscreen compost/mulch weekdays, 1 pm to 5 pm, and Saturdays 8 am to 3 pm
DPW Fort Totten Transfer Station
DPW Office of Waste Diversion
The DPW Office of Waste Diversion is charged with developing a zero waste plan to achieve at least an 80% waste diversion rate. It also serves as a liaison between the District and neighboring jurisdictions in developing regional waste reduction and diversion campaigns.
Greenbelt Recycling Center
Recycling center in Greenbelt that accepts a large variety of things to recycle.
Maryland Environmental Services
MES provides services at competitive rates to government and private sector clients and works on projects including water and wastewater treatment, solid waste management, composting, recycling, dredged material management, hazardous materials cleanup, storm water services and renewable energy. We provide expert engineering, monitoring and inspection services.
Maryland Environmental Services
Maryland Environmental Services - Specific Information on Recycling Opportunities
MOM’s Organic Market Recycling Center
Drop off residential recycling center for customers to sustainably recycle things like food scraps, cellphone, batteries, electronics, and more.
MOM’s Organic Market Recycling Center
Storm Oil
Storm Oil truly strives to turn one person’s trash into another person’s treasure. We collect waste cooking oil from restaurants, process & refine it, and produce a biodiesel feedstock product that is 100% derived from a renewable energy source.
Takoma Park Public Works Department
This is the Public Works Facility for the City of Takoma Park. In addition to the staff and equipment that serves the City, the facility also has stock piles of leaf mulch and wood chips available for anyone to self haul. The area with the leaf mulch and wood chips is accessible 7 days a week. The City also offers delivery, for a fee, ($65 for 3 yards, $105 for 7 or 10 yards) within 15 miles of Takoma Park. To schedule delivery call 301-891-7633 8:30 to 5 Monday through Friday. Deliveries are on Friday only.
Takoma Park Public Works Department
The Community Woodlands Alliance (CWA)
Near Dickerson, Maryland, at the Seneca Creek Joinery, the CWA has developed a vertically integrated waste wood resource development center. We have in place the technology, infrastructure and logistics capability to perform every aspect of wood production including timber harvesting, raw materials preparation, manufacturing and fabrication, physical distribution and marketing. Public and private woodland owners and managers are encouraged to bring trees lost to storms, disease and urban expansion to the center for processing.
The Community Woodlands Alliance (CWA)
Valley Proteins
At Valley Proteins, our business is based on the collection and recycling of inedible animal by-products from the food industry that would otherwise lead to environmental contamination. We provide prompt disposal services to restaurants, supermarkets, abattoirs and poultry processing facilities throughout the Mid-Atlantic, eastern and southwestern United States. Our clean and efficient conversion plants recycle these by-products (fat and bone trimmings; waste cooking oils; meat/poultry by-products) into high-energy feed fat and protein-rich meal products. These value-added ingredients provide the nutrients feed producers need to create superior animal feeds.
We Recycle Trees
We Recycle Trees is a tree care and landscaping business that uses their wood chips on their landscaping jobs as mulch, mills the large trunks into lumber, turns the smaller wood into firewood. and uses smaller logs to grow mushrooms.
The Department of Public Works makes it easy for residents to dispose properly of solid waste, household hazardous waste, unwanted electronic equipment (E-cycling) and provides personal document shredding at the Ft. Totten Transfer Station. The Department of Public Works will also provide District residents with up to five 32-gallon bags (bring your own bags) of free unscreen compost/mulch weekdays, 1 pm to 5 pm, and Saturdays 8 am to 3 pm
DPW Fort Totten Transfer Station
The DPW Office of Waste Diversion is charged with developing a zero waste plan to achieve at least an 80% waste diversion rate. It also serves as a liaison between the District and neighboring jurisdictions in developing regional waste reduction and diversion campaigns.
Greenbelt Recycling Center
Recycling center in Greenbelt that accepts a large variety of things to recycle.
Maryland Environmental Services
MES provides services at competitive rates to government and private sector clients and works on projects including water and wastewater treatment, solid waste management, composting, recycling, dredged material management, hazardous materials cleanup, storm water services and renewable energy. We provide expert engineering, monitoring and inspection services.
Maryland Environmental Services
Maryland Environmental Services - Specific Information on Recycling Opportunities
MOM’s Organic Market Recycling Center
Drop off residential recycling center for customers to sustainably recycle things like food scraps, cellphone, batteries, electronics, and more.
MOM’s Organic Market Recycling Center
Storm Oil
Storm Oil truly strives to turn one person’s trash into another person’s treasure. We collect waste cooking oil from restaurants, process & refine it, and produce a biodiesel feedstock product that is 100% derived from a renewable energy source.
Takoma Park Public Works Department
This is the Public Works Facility for the City of Takoma Park. In addition to the staff and equipment that serves the City, the facility also has stock piles of leaf mulch and wood chips available for anyone to self haul. The area with the leaf mulch and wood chips is accessible 7 days a week. The City also offers delivery, for a fee, ($65 for 3 yards, $105 for 7 or 10 yards) within 15 miles of Takoma Park. To schedule delivery call 301-891-7633 8:30 to 5 Monday through Friday. Deliveries are on Friday only.
Takoma Park Public Works Department
The Community Woodlands Alliance (CWA)
Near Dickerson, Maryland, at the Seneca Creek Joinery, the CWA has developed a vertically integrated waste wood resource development center. We have in place the technology, infrastructure and logistics capability to perform every aspect of wood production including timber harvesting, raw materials preparation, manufacturing and fabrication, physical distribution and marketing. Public and private woodland owners and managers are encouraged to bring trees lost to storms, disease and urban expansion to the center for processing.
The Community Woodlands Alliance (CWA)
Valley Proteins
At Valley Proteins, our business is based on the collection and recycling of inedible animal by-products from the food industry that would otherwise lead to environmental contamination. We provide prompt disposal services to restaurants, supermarkets, abattoirs and poultry processing facilities throughout the Mid-Atlantic, eastern and southwestern United States. Our clean and efficient conversion plants recycle these by-products (fat and bone trimmings; waste cooking oils; meat/poultry by-products) into high-energy feed fat and protein-rich meal products. These value-added ingredients provide the nutrients feed producers need to create superior animal feeds.
We Recycle Trees
We Recycle Trees is a tree care and landscaping business that uses their wood chips on their landscaping jobs as mulch, mills the large trunks into lumber, turns the smaller wood into firewood. and uses smaller logs to grow mushrooms.
Recycling center in Greenbelt that accepts a large variety of things to recycle.
MES provides services at competitive rates to government and private sector clients and works on projects including water and wastewater treatment, solid waste management, composting, recycling, dredged material management, hazardous materials cleanup, storm water services and renewable energy. We provide expert engineering, monitoring and inspection services.
Maryland Environmental Services
Maryland Environmental Services - Specific Information on Recycling Opportunities
MOM’s Organic Market Recycling Center
Drop off residential recycling center for customers to sustainably recycle things like food scraps, cellphone, batteries, electronics, and more.
MOM’s Organic Market Recycling Center
Storm Oil
Storm Oil truly strives to turn one person’s trash into another person’s treasure. We collect waste cooking oil from restaurants, process & refine it, and produce a biodiesel feedstock product that is 100% derived from a renewable energy source.
Takoma Park Public Works Department
This is the Public Works Facility for the City of Takoma Park. In addition to the staff and equipment that serves the City, the facility also has stock piles of leaf mulch and wood chips available for anyone to self haul. The area with the leaf mulch and wood chips is accessible 7 days a week. The City also offers delivery, for a fee, ($65 for 3 yards, $105 for 7 or 10 yards) within 15 miles of Takoma Park. To schedule delivery call 301-891-7633 8:30 to 5 Monday through Friday. Deliveries are on Friday only.
Takoma Park Public Works Department
The Community Woodlands Alliance (CWA)
Near Dickerson, Maryland, at the Seneca Creek Joinery, the CWA has developed a vertically integrated waste wood resource development center. We have in place the technology, infrastructure and logistics capability to perform every aspect of wood production including timber harvesting, raw materials preparation, manufacturing and fabrication, physical distribution and marketing. Public and private woodland owners and managers are encouraged to bring trees lost to storms, disease and urban expansion to the center for processing.
The Community Woodlands Alliance (CWA)
Valley Proteins
At Valley Proteins, our business is based on the collection and recycling of inedible animal by-products from the food industry that would otherwise lead to environmental contamination. We provide prompt disposal services to restaurants, supermarkets, abattoirs and poultry processing facilities throughout the Mid-Atlantic, eastern and southwestern United States. Our clean and efficient conversion plants recycle these by-products (fat and bone trimmings; waste cooking oils; meat/poultry by-products) into high-energy feed fat and protein-rich meal products. These value-added ingredients provide the nutrients feed producers need to create superior animal feeds.
We Recycle Trees
We Recycle Trees is a tree care and landscaping business that uses their wood chips on their landscaping jobs as mulch, mills the large trunks into lumber, turns the smaller wood into firewood. and uses smaller logs to grow mushrooms.
Drop off residential recycling center for customers to sustainably recycle things like food scraps, cellphone, batteries, electronics, and more.
MOM’s Organic Market Recycling Center
Storm Oil truly strives to turn one person’s trash into another person’s treasure. We collect waste cooking oil from restaurants, process & refine it, and produce a biodiesel feedstock product that is 100% derived from a renewable energy source.
Takoma Park Public Works Department
This is the Public Works Facility for the City of Takoma Park. In addition to the staff and equipment that serves the City, the facility also has stock piles of leaf mulch and wood chips available for anyone to self haul. The area with the leaf mulch and wood chips is accessible 7 days a week. The City also offers delivery, for a fee, ($65 for 3 yards, $105 for 7 or 10 yards) within 15 miles of Takoma Park. To schedule delivery call 301-891-7633 8:30 to 5 Monday through Friday. Deliveries are on Friday only.
Takoma Park Public Works Department
The Community Woodlands Alliance (CWA)
Near Dickerson, Maryland, at the Seneca Creek Joinery, the CWA has developed a vertically integrated waste wood resource development center. We have in place the technology, infrastructure and logistics capability to perform every aspect of wood production including timber harvesting, raw materials preparation, manufacturing and fabrication, physical distribution and marketing. Public and private woodland owners and managers are encouraged to bring trees lost to storms, disease and urban expansion to the center for processing.
The Community Woodlands Alliance (CWA)
Valley Proteins
At Valley Proteins, our business is based on the collection and recycling of inedible animal by-products from the food industry that would otherwise lead to environmental contamination. We provide prompt disposal services to restaurants, supermarkets, abattoirs and poultry processing facilities throughout the Mid-Atlantic, eastern and southwestern United States. Our clean and efficient conversion plants recycle these by-products (fat and bone trimmings; waste cooking oils; meat/poultry by-products) into high-energy feed fat and protein-rich meal products. These value-added ingredients provide the nutrients feed producers need to create superior animal feeds.
We Recycle Trees
We Recycle Trees is a tree care and landscaping business that uses their wood chips on their landscaping jobs as mulch, mills the large trunks into lumber, turns the smaller wood into firewood. and uses smaller logs to grow mushrooms.
This is the Public Works Facility for the City of Takoma Park. In addition to the staff and equipment that serves the City, the facility also has stock piles of leaf mulch and wood chips available for anyone to self haul. The area with the leaf mulch and wood chips is accessible 7 days a week. The City also offers delivery, for a fee, ($65 for 3 yards, $105 for 7 or 10 yards) within 15 miles of Takoma Park. To schedule delivery call 301-891-7633 8:30 to 5 Monday through Friday. Deliveries are on Friday only.
Takoma Park Public Works Department
Near Dickerson, Maryland, at the Seneca Creek Joinery, the CWA has developed a vertically integrated waste wood resource development center. We have in place the technology, infrastructure and logistics capability to perform every aspect of wood production including timber harvesting, raw materials preparation, manufacturing and fabrication, physical distribution and marketing. Public and private woodland owners and managers are encouraged to bring trees lost to storms, disease and urban expansion to the center for processing.
The Community Woodlands Alliance (CWA)
Valley Proteins
At Valley Proteins, our business is based on the collection and recycling of inedible animal by-products from the food industry that would otherwise lead to environmental contamination. We provide prompt disposal services to restaurants, supermarkets, abattoirs and poultry processing facilities throughout the Mid-Atlantic, eastern and southwestern United States. Our clean and efficient conversion plants recycle these by-products (fat and bone trimmings; waste cooking oils; meat/poultry by-products) into high-energy feed fat and protein-rich meal products. These value-added ingredients provide the nutrients feed producers need to create superior animal feeds.
We Recycle Trees
We Recycle Trees is a tree care and landscaping business that uses their wood chips on their landscaping jobs as mulch, mills the large trunks into lumber, turns the smaller wood into firewood. and uses smaller logs to grow mushrooms.
At Valley Proteins, our business is based on the collection and recycling of inedible animal by-products from the food industry that would otherwise lead to environmental contamination. We provide prompt disposal services to restaurants, supermarkets, abattoirs and poultry processing facilities throughout the Mid-Atlantic, eastern and southwestern United States. Our clean and efficient conversion plants recycle these by-products (fat and bone trimmings; waste cooking oils; meat/poultry by-products) into high-energy feed fat and protein-rich meal products. These value-added ingredients provide the nutrients feed producers need to create superior animal feeds.
We Recycle Trees is a tree care and landscaping business that uses their wood chips on their landscaping jobs as mulch, mills the large trunks into lumber, turns the smaller wood into firewood. and uses smaller logs to grow mushrooms.
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