What is plogging?? It started as a fitness trend in Sweden! People organized picking up trash while jogging to better enjoy their route. They would post photos of them
OPEN TO TOWN OF CHEVY CHASE RESIDENTS The Town’s spring Trash and Treasures is scheduled for the weekend of April 30 & May 1. The Town offers this curbside bulk
The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is excited to announce our first Trash Trap successfully installed in the Anacostia Watershed! Photo Credit: Anacostia Riverkeeper Learn how
Written by Mubassira Nur and Ona Olisa, 2022 Montgomery County Climate Interns Spring Cleaning Season is upon us! Read on for details on what do to with your unwanted items.
Tools in the fight against plastic pollution: Did you know that stormwater management facilities can often keep plastics out of the Chesapeake Bay? Many stormwater management structures
Materials improperly placed into the trash can be significant fire hazards, capable of starting fires when: mixed in loads of waste in refuse collection trucks, on rail cars on the
Cordless appliances and tools are everywhere. What happens when it’s time to throw them away? DO NOT toss batteries into the trash or recycling bin. Cordless appliances and tools have rechargeable batteries that release
Montgomery County is a leader in solid waste management in the nation. While the County has achieved an overall recycling rate of 55 percent and a waste diversion rate of 60
Materials improperly placed into the trash can be significant fire hazards, capable of starting fires when: mixed in loads of waste in refuse collection trucks, on rail cars on the
Updated: July, 21, 2022 Montgomery County residents are urged to put their cut Christmas tree at the curb for recycling, and give their tree a second life after the holidays.
On Saturday, October 28 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., community members can drop off unused, unwanted, or expired prescription drugs as Montgomery County once again participates in the Washington Division
Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett held an event today to increase awareness of the importance of the safe disposal of household waste materials that could become a fire hazard when
Dana Hollister, a student at the University of Maryland, recently created an art installation that brings awareness to the issue of trash and littering. Read more about the project in
On a recent Saturday, I went out on the Chesapeake Bay with my 15 year old daughter, Lillian, for a “trash trawl,” gathering water samples for lab evaluation to better
Those colorful autumn leaves are a treat for the eyes. As they drop, their crunch underfoot speaks that it’s definitely Fall. But, at some point, the leaves may simply need
Recycling your sample ballot, newsprint voting guides, and brochures and postcards you might have received from candidates and organizations is simple: just add them to your other paper recyclables.
We all know we should recycle, but do you know all the materials that can be recycled or resources available to help people recycle at school or work? The Division of