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Thursday, November 26, 2009: Thanksgiving Day - No County-provided recycling or trash collections on November 26; Thursday and Friday collections that week shift by one day. Transfer Station closes at 5 p.m. on November 25; closed November 26.

Effective September 21, 2009, our recycling program expanded to accept additional blue bin and mixed paper items!

Earth Day Celebration

Saturday, April 25, 2009
11:00 am to 3:00 pm, rain or shine!

850 Hungerford Drive, Rockville, Maryland
(on the parking lot at the intersection of Hungerford Dr and Mannakee Street)

Topics and activities will include:

  • Take a tour of the award-winning Recycling Center
    • (Tour buses arrive/depart 850 Hungerford Drive every 15 minutes)
  • Leafgro® and compost bins available at no charge while supplies last
  • Make earth-friendly crafts
  • Learn more about:
    • Environmentally-friendly homes, vehicles & landscaping
    • Recycling and waste reduction
    • Buying recycled products
  • Special drop-offs (for Montgomery County residents only)
    • Bring your personal papers for on-site shredding provided at no charge by Office Paper Systems
      • (limit 3 paper bags or 1 office paper-sized box of paper per person)
    • Bring your unwanted jeans and denim clothing for recycling into insulation for houses in areas of need
      • a partnership between Cotton Incorporated and Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery County ReStore, in collaboration with Amicus Green Building Center

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Exhibitors

  • Amicus Green Building Center
  • The Arc of Montgomery County
  • Aquabarrel Rain Barrel
  • Bethesda Green
  • Cartridge World
  • Chesapeake Climate Action Network
  • ecobeco
  • Electric Vehicle Association
  • Green Building Institute
  • Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery County ReStore
  • Herson's Honda
  • HUVCO, Daylighting Solutions
  • Lathrop E. Smith Environmental Education Center
  • Maryland Home Performance with ENERGY STAR
  • Montgomery County Master Gardeners
  • Montgomery County Commuter Services
  • Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection -- Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Incentives
  • Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection - Rainscapes Program
  • Montgomery County Public Schools School Energy & Recycling Team "SERT"
  • Montgomery County Public Schools Outdoor and Environmental Education Programs
  • Montgomery Scrap Corporation
  • Montgomery Soil Conservation District
  • Office Paper Systems
  • Sheehy Ford
  • Standard Solar
  • Staples
  • 355 Toyota
  • Washington Gas Energy Services
  • Waste Management, Incorporated
Earth Day event flyer
Last edited: 4/22/2009