Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan for the Years 2012 through 2023
Montgomery County Approval Date: March 31, 2015
(approved by the County Council for Montgomery County, Maryland)
Maryland Department of the Environment Approval Date: June 30, 2015
Entire Comprehensive Solid Waste Plan (PDF, 11 MB)
Plan Introduction and Chapters
- Introduction (PDF, 2 MB)
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
- Council Resolution 18-86 - Amendment to the Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan
- Chapter 1: Rules Governing Solid Waste Management (PDF, 175 kb)
- Chapter 2: Population, Employment, and Land Use (PDF, 310 kb)
- Chapter 3: Solid Waste Generation, Collection, and Acceptance Systems (PDF, 320 kb)
- Chapter 4: Assessment of Solid Waste Management Needs (PDF, 2 MB)
- Chapter 5: Solid Waste Management System Plan of Action (PDF, 215 kb)
Appendices
- Appendix A: Definitions and Acronyms (PDF, 98 kb)
- Appendix B: Material Flow Diagram and Recycling Calculations: Calendar Year 2012 (PDF, 72 kb)
- Appendix C: Landfill Site Selection Criteria (PDF, 309 kb)
- Circuit Court Civil Action No 186857 "Stipulated Order of Dismissal IN THE CASE OF Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Montgomery County Site Two.
- "Agreement of Settlement and Compromise" dated April 19, 1996 by and between the Sugarloaf Citizens Association, Inc. and Montgomery County.
- "First Amendment to Agreement of Settlement and Compromise" dated April 19, 1996 by and between the Sugarloaf Citizens Association, Inc and Montgomery County.
- Appendix E: Council Resolution 13-1498, “Creation of Facilities Implementation Group” (PDF, 363 kb)
- Appendix F: Montgomery County Executive Regulation 6-99AM "Expansion of Leaf Vacuuming Collection District" (PDF, 2.6 MB)
- Appendix G: Recommendations provided by the Maryland–National Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) (PDF, 65 kb)
- Appendix H: Montgomery County Executive Regulation 7-12, "Solid Waste and Recycling" (PDF, 189 kb)
- Appendix I: Montgomery County Executive Regulation 15-04AM, “Residential and Commercial Recycling” and Executive Regulation 18-04, “Collection, Transport, and Disposal of Solid Waste” (PDF, 9.5 MB)
School Recycling Plans
The following two School Recycling Plans, responsive to the Maryland Schools Recycling Plan Law and Section 9-1703(b) and (g) of the Environmental Article, Annotated code of Maryland, were approved by County Council Resolution 16-1486, and adopted by reference into the County’s Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan, on September 28, 2010: