Waste & Recycling

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Find your collection day

Learn more about the schedule

Trash

⏰ Set your container out for collection either the night before or by 6:00 am the day of your trash collection.

✅ Trash must be in bags and in your city-provided cart.

✅ No bag limits, but the lid must close.

❌ Prohibited Items:

  • Appliances
  • Furniture
  • Lumber
  • Large Items
  • Tires
  • Construction Debris
  • Yard Waste

 

Trash Container Information

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  • 35 Gallon Container - $8/Month
  • 65 Gallon Container - $10/Month
  • 95 Gallon Container - $12/Month

 

Sidewalk With No Grass Median

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Place the roll-off cart with the front facing the street and wheels tight against the curb, if possible. In some cases, the cart may need to be placed on the sidewalk.

 

 

 

Sidewalk With Grass Median

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Place the roll-off cart with the front facing the street in the grass and close to the edge of the curb and at least four feet from trees or other obstructions.

 

 

 

Driveway With No Sidewalk

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Place the roll-off cart with the front facing the street in the grass at the edge of the driveway on the opposite side of the mailbox or other obstructions.

 

 

 

Recycling

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Glass Recycling Drop-off Locations

  • Frederick Douglass Park (617 Smithfield Ave)
  • Jim Barnett Park (parking lot beside the BMX track, near Cork Street)
  • TEMPORARILY CLOSED - Parking lot at 621 W. Jubal Early Dr (moved from Park Place Park)
  • Weaver Park (167 Bruce Dr)
  • Whittier Park (900 Whittier Avenue)

Yard Waste

Yard waste is collected curbside city-wide on Fridays from mid-March through mid-January, excluding holiday weeks.

  • Grass clippings, bush/plant trimmings, and leaves must be placed into open containers (i.e. small trash cans) or biodegradable PAPER lawn bags.
  • Brush and small limbs (3” max. diameter) must be cut and tied into tight bundles no longer than four feet and no larger than 18 inches in diameter.

❌ NO: Plastic bags, containers, or bundles over 75 lbs in weight, dirt, clay or rocks, loose trimmings.

5️⃣ There is a limit of five containers, bags, or bundles that will be collected each week (except during leaf collection season: biodegradable bags must be used, and there is no limit).

🎄Christmas trees: Undecorated Christmas trees are collected curbside (weather permitting) on Friday, January 16, 2026, with regular yard waste.

Hazardous Waste

Paint, electronics such as televisions, computers, computer monitors, printers, etc., can be disposed of at the Frederick County Regional Landfill.

Holiday Schedule

Christmas
Thursday, December 25, 2025
No trash or recycling service on this day. Thursday service will be delayed by one day. Yard waste collection is canceled.

New Year's Day
Thursday, January 1, 2026
No trash or recycling service on this day. Thursday service will be delayed by one day. Yard waste collection is canceled. 

Christmas Tree Collection & Last Day for Yard Waste
Friday, January 16, 2026
Yard waste collection will resume on Friday, March 13. 

Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Monday, January 19, 2026
No trash or recycling service on this day. Monday-Thursday service will be delayed by one day. Yard waste collection is canceled.

President's Day
Monday, February 16, 2026
No trash or recycling service on this day. Monday-Thursday service will be delayed by one day. Yard waste collection is canceled.

Yard Waste Collection Begins
Friday, March 13, 2026

Apple Blossom
Friday, May 1, 2026
Yard waste collection is canceled.

Memorial Day
Monday, May25, 2026
No trash or recycling service on this day. Monday-Thursday service will be delayed by one day. Yard waste collection is canceled.

Juneteenth
Friday, June 19, 2026
Yard waste collection is canceled.

Independence Day
Friday, July 4, 2026
Yard waste collection is canceled.

Labor Day
Monday, September 7, 2026
No trash or recycling service on this day. Monday-Thursday service will be delayed by one day. Yard waste collection is canceled.

Indigenous Peoples' Day
Monday, October 12, 2026
No trash or recycling service on this day. Monday-Thursday service will be delayed by one day. Yard waste collection is canceled.

Veterans Day
Wednesday, November 11, 2026
No trash or recycling service on this day. Wednesday-Thursday service will be delayed by one day. Yard waste collection is canceled.

Thanksgiving
Thursday, November 26, 2026
No trash or recycling service on this day. Thursday service will be delayed by one day. Yard waste collection is canceled.

Christmas
Friday, December 25, 2026
Yard waste collection is canceled.

New Year's Day
Friday, January 1, 2027
Yard waste collection is canceled.

          

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