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Can you answer all these questions correctly? If so, you know your stuff about recycling!

Quiz: Are You A Baltimore County Recycling Expert?

Baltimore County has only one active landfill available to accept trash. The Eastern Sanitary Landfill is already more than halfway full and expected to be at capacity by approximately the year 2053.

How many active landfills does Baltimore County have?

The REsource is Baltimore County's Solid Waste REduction, REuse, REcycling, and REfuse Disposal newsletter. Visit Baltimore County's website to subscribe.

What is the name of Baltimore County Bureau of Solid Waste Management’s quarterly e-newsletter?

Pizza boxes are tricky. If the inside of the pizza box is greasy or covered in food, it cannot be recycled. However, if any part of the pizza box is clean (such as the lid), then cut it off and recycle it!

Since pizza boxes are made from cardboard, you can always recycle them.

“Single stream” recycling means that you can place all of your recyclables into the same container. At the recycling sorting facility, both machines and manual labor are used to sort out all the different types of recyclables.

What does the term “single stream” mean?

Baltimore County uses 39 private companies to collect and haul all trash and recycling.

Baltimore County uses private companies to collect and haul recycling and trash.

Recycling cannot be set out in plastic bags, which get caught in the equipment at the MRF. Place your curbside recycling in a correctly labeled container. Visit Baltimore County’s website for more information on how to properly set-out your recycling.

In Baltimore County, can you set your curbside recycling out in plastic bags?

Recycling containers must not have a maximum filled weight of more than 40 pounds and must not have a maximum capacity of more than 34 gallons. These same regulations apply for trash cans.

What is the maximum capacity for curbside recycling containers?

Baltimore County started its single stream recycling program in 2010.

When did Baltimore County start single stream recycling collection?

Grasscycling is the practice of cutting your grass and allowing the clippings to lie on the lawn, rather than bagging them for collection. Visit Baltimore County's website for more information on grasscycling guidelines.

Visit Baltimore County's website to schedule a tour of our Materials Recovery Facility (MRF), download your collection schedule, learn about vermicomposting or find more information on recycling!

Which of the following is the best way to learn more about how Baltimore County recycles?

Thanks for taking our quiz. We hoped you learned a thing or two! Please visit our website for more information on recycling.

Congrats! You’re pretty good at this whole recycling thing! We hope you continue to recycle and spread the word about recycling and all its benefits.

WOW! You are a recycling expert. Thanks for taking our quiz, and we hope you continue to recycle!

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Quiz: Are You A Baltimore County Recycling Expert?

For complete information on recycling collection, visit Baltimore County's Bureau of Solid Waste Management online.

Quiz: Are You A Baltimore County Recycling Expert?

For complete information on recycling collection, visit Baltimore County's Bureau of Solid Waste Management online.

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