Thursday, October 10, 2013

Columbus Day 2013 - normal recycling and trash collection schedule

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Monday, October 14, 2013 - Columbus Day - is a regular recycling and trash collection day. All County-provided recycling and trash collections will be made on their normal schedule.


If your collection day is
Your collection day this week is
Monday Monday, October 14, 2013 (no change)
Tuesday Tuesday, October 15, 2013 (no change)
Wednesday Wednesday, October 16, 2013 (no change)
Thursday Thursday, October 17, 2013 (no change)
Friday Friday, October 18, 2013 (no change)


If you have questions or concerns about your County-provided collection, please call the Montgomery County Customer Service Center (MC311) at 311 (out-of-County: 240-777-0311, TTY: 301-251-4850).

If you (or your community) have a private contract for your trash collection, or if you live in a municipality, our schedule announcements may not apply to your trash service -- check with your hauler or community manager.

To add our recycling/trash collection schedule changes directly to your electronic calendar, subscribe to this link.

Shady Grove Processing Facility and Transfer Station

Transfer Station location, hours and other details
  • Saturday, October 12, 2013: Open with normal hours.
  • Sunday, October 13, 2013: Open with normal hours.
  • Monday, October 14, 2013: Open with normal hours.

Poolesville Beauty Spot

Beauty Spot location, hours and other details
  • Saturday, October 12, 2013: Open with normal hours.
  • Sunday, October 13, 2013: Open with normal hours.

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Drop off your bulky rigid plastics for recycling.


We now accept bulky rigid plastics for recycling drop-off at the Transfer Station. These include lawn furniture, toys, plastic hangers, garbage cans, and much more. See a detailed list of accepted bulky rigid plastics, and our downloadable flyer. Bulky rigid plastics are not accepted for recycling in our curbside recycling program.

Come to our electronics recycling and paper shredding events in November.


We have these community drop-off events on our November calendar:

Electronics recycling

See list of accepted electronics and related items

Sunday, November 3, 2013, 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm - add this event to your calendar
Walt Whitman High School

7100 Whittier Boulevard
Bethesda, MD 20817
get directions via Google Maps

Paper shredding and household items donation


See list of accepted paper materials and household items

Saturday, November 9, 2013, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm - add this event to your calendar
Northwest High School

13501 Richter Farm Road,
Germantown, MD 20874
get directions via Google Maps