Recycling Center

The 57,000 square foot center sits on approximately nine acres of land on Route 355, just south of Shady Grove Road. The facility is near the County's Solid Waste Transfer Station.

Construction of an approximately 7,000 square foot addition to the Recycling Center's tip floor was completed in November 2001. The addition, which was added to the west side of the existing building, provides more area for receipt of commingled material and allows for more flexibility in operating the Recycling Center. The addition also accommodates the ability to handle more material as the population of the County continues to grow. A new processing system was installed in Summer 2002.

The Montgomery County Recycling Center would like to thank you for recycling! When you separate recyclables from your trash, you start the important process of recycling. But that is just the start. After you put your recyclables at the curb, the recyclables are collected and brought to the Recycling Center.

The Montgomery County Recycling Center plays an important role in the recycling system. It makes recycling easier for residents. You don't have to sort your glass, cans and plastic bottles because the Recycling Center does it for you.

At the Recycling Center, glass, cans and plastic bottles are inspected, sorted, baled and trucked to mills and plants where the recycled material is made into something new. Waste paper is shipped to paper recyclers. Yard trim is collected and then composted at the Montgomery County Compost Facility.

The preparation steps at the Recycling Center are important. Because the recyclables are used as raw material for new products, they must be free of any contaminating material. That's why it's so important for residents to know and follow the guidelines for preparing recyclables.

Once recyclable materials are made into new products, then it is up to you again. To complete the recycling process, buy products made with recycled materials. That closes the recycling loop!

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