Air Quality Awareness Week
April 1, 2022 3:56 pm 6 CommentsCourtesy post from Clean Air Partners Helping Our Region Breathe Easy! About Clean Air Partners Clean Air Partners is a
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Meet an Electric Vehicle Owner: Marc Weinshenker
February 11, 2022 1:14 pm 2 CommentsAs part of the Montgomery County Electric Vehicle Purchasing Co-op Pilot Program, we feature Montgomery County residents who own electrical
Plastic Free July
July 1, 2021 8:00 am 11 CommentsChoose to Refuse Single-Use Plastics The human population is producing and discarding plastic items at an alarming rate. Microplastics, those
Skip the Straw!
May 5, 2021 8:00 am 1 CommentMontgomery County Restaurants and Food Service Businesses Are Reminded to ‘Skip the Straw’ Starting Saturday, May 1, in New Department
Day of Service – Neighbors of the Northwest Branch
May 1, 2021 10:21 pm 2 CommentsBlog post by Darlene Robbins, RainScapes Planner The sky was a clear, robin’s egg blue when I met up
You Can Help Prevent Trash Fires
May 1, 2021 5:23 pm 7 CommentsMaterials improperly placed into the trash can be significant fire hazards, capable of starting fires when: mixed in loads of
Are you smarter than our Environmental Leaders?
April 26, 2021 4:12 pm 2 CommentsBlog, courtesy of Bethesda Green. Bethesda Green’s Environmental Leaders Program is an experiential school-year long sustainability program for high school
Calling all artists and climate justice activists! Winners Selected!
November 21, 2020 1:02 pm 33 CommentsUpdate: Winners of the Climate Change Art Contest (PDF, 3.92MB) Press Release: Montgomery County Announces Climate Change Art Contest
Connecting with young people on climate and environmental topics: Do’s and Don’ts
November 4, 2020 11:11 am 6 CommentsBy Omotola Fadeyi, Resilience Ambassador and Junior at Paint Branch High School In the past three months working as a
County’s Streetlight Conversion Yields Financial Savings and Reduces GHG Emissions
July 21, 2020 7:43 pm 4 CommentsBy Julia Henderson, Climate Intern Interview with Dan Sanayi, Traffic Engineering Design and Operations, Montgomery County Department of Transportation, July
Backyard Composting
July 12, 2020 4:30 pm 6 CommentsDid you know that composting transforms your yard and garden trimmings, such as grass clippings, leaves, and garden prunings, into
Show Your Plants Some Love – Use Compost
May 2, 2020 3:29 pm 1 CommentThis year’s theme for International Compost Awareness Week (May 3-9, 2020) is “Soil Loves Compost”. Composting transforms your yard and
Let’s keep our recyclables clean!
December 26, 2018 3:44 pm 228 CommentsUpdated: May 2021 The Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection’s Recycle and Resource Management Division has seen an increase
Recycle your electronics right here!
November 30, 2018 9:25 am 25 CommentsRecycle your new and old electronics Ever wonder what to do with that old TV with the rabbit ears? Or
Montgomery County continues to recycle glass bottles and jars
November 19, 2018 5:20 am 8 CommentsMontgomery County has been recycling glass bottles and jars for decades. In fact, glass bottles and jars are one of
