New Recycling Program in Baltimore County

From Baltimore County's Recycling Office:

This is a call to action intended for the approximately 13,000 members of Baltimore County's e-mail group.

Single stream recycling arrives in the County on Monday, February 1st. This means that wherever recycling collection has existed before, residents may place all their acceptable paper and bottles & cans out for collection, mixed together, each week. The range of acceptable recyclables has also significantly expanded. Please see www.bcrecyclescom for further details.

We are asking each of you to identify at least one neighbor (or friend) that you know hasn't been recycling in the past. Please contact them personally and encourage them to start now that recycling has become easier than ever before. You can let them know that recycling is also more important than ever with our landfill half full and the costs of trash disposal going up sharply.

We have promoted single stream recycling through a series of direct mail pieces and will be following up with media advertising. However, there's no substitute for a grassroots effort based on word of mouth. This is your chance to multiply the positive difference you are already making by recycling.

Thanks for helping to spread the good word!