Washington County has placed recycling bins in the Town. The bins are located at the rear of the Smithsburg Fire Dept. on North Main Street. It is open daily.

WHAT IS RECYCLABLE?

Materials Accepted (two bin system)

• Mixed Paper: newspaper, junk mail, magazines, cereal box paper, phonebooks, small flat sheets corrugated cardboard less than 2 foot square
• Commingled Material: food & beverage cans, green/brown/clear food & beverage glass bottles/jars, #1 and #2 rigid plastic containers

Materials Not Accepted

• No paper contaminated with food, oil or grease
• No paper heavily coated with plastic
• No foam packaging
• No plastic bags, large plastic buckets or barrels
• No #3 through #7 plastics
• No window glass or ceramics
• No wire or metal scrap
• No recyclable material from businesses

A+ behaviors that will help the community recycling drop-off site

• Please be clean!
• Lightly rinse off recyclable containers
• Do not place any material outside of the recycling bin
• Close doors after dumping in recyclables
• Be careful not to drop glass or litter
• Try to deliver no more than one week accumulation of recyclables per visit
• Cut cardboard into small flat sheets
• Do not leave anything that is not accepted in the program

Contact the Washington County Recycling Office with questions or problems at 240-313-2790 or 240-313-2796.