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Baltimore City Department of Public Works ReNews | AUGUST 2018
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Not all plastic is created equal! Here is a list of the plastic items to keep
out of your recycling container, and placed in your trash can or brought to one
of DPW’s drop-off locations to be recycled:
Plastic
bags and plastic wrap. These items can be taken to grocery stores to be
recycled. This plastic jams sorting equipment at the recycling facility, making
recycling less efficient. To find a location near you, please visit
plasticfilmrecycling.org.
Rigid
Plastics: laundry baskets, milk crates, or plastic toys. These items can be
recycled at most DPW drop-off convenience centers (click here to see centers 1-5). Such items are often too large to be sorted in single stream recycling, and
require a different recycling process.
Food
wrappers: chip bags and candy wrappers. These items are made up of
different types of plastic, making them very difficult to be recycled. Some
companies, such as Terracycle,
offer recycling options for these items, for a cost.
Garden
hoses, shoes, and umbrellas. These items have plastic parts, but separating
and recycling them is difficult.
Remember, when in doubt, throw it out! Consult our single
stream recycling guide and our FAQs or call the DPW Recycling
Office at (410) 396-4511.
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For five weeks this summer, the DPW Bureau of Solid Waste
employed 10 summer employees through the YouthWorks program. These young
workers gained valuable hands-on work experience. They learned what happens
to your trash and recycling once DPW collects it, and why we need to generate
less waste. You may have seen our youth workers and some of their work around
town! They kept busy painting boards to be put on vacant homes, passing out Clean City Guides,
planning and working a recycling bin sale, and helping at the DPW Artscape
booth. In addition to the youth workers assigned to the Bureau of Solid Waste, DPW
hired some 100 YouthWorks employees who had assignments in nearly every
division of the agency.
 DPW will offer free shredding for Baltimore City residents on Aug. 18 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Baltimore Polytechnic (“Poly”) High School, 1400 West Cold Spring Lane, 21209. Residents can bring up to two large garbage bags of papers to be shredded on site. Items you should shred include cancelled checks, medical records, old tax returns, and any other papers that have sensitive information on them. Recycling bins will also be on sale for a discounted price, the 25-gallon bins with lids will be $10 and the 18-gallon bins will be $4 (cash or check only).
For additional information, please call the DPW Office of Recycling, (410) 396-4511.
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Household hazardous waste (HHW) collection will occur on
Friday, Aug. 3, and Saturday, Aug. 4, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. HHW collection
days are generally the first consecutive Friday and Saturday of each month,
April through October. Collections are held at the Northwest Citizens’
Convenience Center, 2840 Sisson Street. Examples of accepted materials include old
batteries, oil-based paint, and pesticides. For a complete list of accepted and
unaccepted materials,please visit our website. |
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Everyone is invited to come to Dam Jam -- a fun-filled day of music, activities and water appreciation at Lake Montebello, Saturday, Aug. 25, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. This is your opportunity to tour the Montebello Water Filtration Plant. Plus, there will be bike riding, food trucks, animal exhibits and more! We will start the day with the smooth tunes of the Cold Spring Jazz Quartet and bring the Panama Band to the stage to deliver a headlining afternoon performance. Recycle bins will also be on sale during this event, 25-gallon bins with lids will be $10 and the 18-gallon bins will be $4 (cash or check only).
You can invite friends and neighbors to Dam Jam by heading to our Facebook event listing.
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The bright yellow Baltimore City recycling bins are NOT needed to recycle! Place any labeled container (except plastic bags) out for recycling collection. The DPW Office of Recycling offers free stickers to label your bin. Call us at (410) 396-4511 to request a sticker.
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You can use anything to hold your recyclables, except for plastic bags! If you use plastic bags to collect your recyclables, please be sure to empty the contents into a bin, paper bag, cardboard box, or other marked container before setting it out for collection.
Find where to recycle plastic bags
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