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Memorial Day, May 27, 2013: No County-provided recycling or trash collections on May 27; all pickups this week slide by one day. Transfer Station closed May 27.
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Shred your confidential documents at our Community Paper Shredding event - June 8 (Rockville)

Civic Loop Newsletter

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We publish the "Civic Loop" periodically to help give your community practical recycling information.

2012

  • Fall/Winter 2012 Civic Loop (.pdf, 2 MB)
    • 70% Recycling Goal Means Recycle More Now!
    • Holiday Recycling Slide Collection Schedule for Christmas Day 2012 and New Year's Day 2013
    • Turn Fall Leaves into Compost - Compost Bins Still Available
    • Reducing Waste During the Holiday Season
    • Have You Seen these New Recycling Bins at Special Events?
    • County Residents Participate in Confidential Paper Shredding/ Recycling and Electronics Recycling Collection Events
    • Facility Schedule Changes
  • Summer 2012 Civic Loop (.pdf, 695 kb)
    • New Recycling Efforts Announced!
    • Holiday Recycling Slide Collection Schedule for Labor Day 2012
    • Now Recyclable: #1 PET Thermoform Plastic Packaging
    • Congratulations to the 2012 Recycling Achievement Award Recipients
    • Upcoming Events and Activities
  • Winter 2012 Civic Loop (.pdf, 641 kb)
    • This Holiday: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Buy Local.
    • Holiday Recycling Slide Collection Schedules for Christmas Day 2011, New Year's Day 2012, and Martin Luther King, Jr., Day 2012
    • Recycling Achievement Increases in Montgomery County
    • Thanks for Making America Recycles Day a Success!
    • Environmentally-Friendly Holiday Tips on Reducing Waste
    • Christmas Tree Recycling
    • Recycle Old Holiday Lights

2011

  • Fall 2011 Civic Loop (.pdf, 959 kb)
    • Safe disposal of medicines
    • Holiday Slide Collection Schedules for Thanksgiving Day 2011
    • Celebrate America Recycles Day 2011... Reduce, reuse, recycle and buy recycled!
    • Calendar of upcoming events
  • Summer 2011 Civic Loop (.pdf, 838 kb)
    • Congratulations to Montgomery County's Recycling Achievement Recipients
    • Holiday Slide Collection Schedules for Labor Day 2011
    • Upcoming Events and Activities
  • Spring 2011 Civic Loop (.pdf, 844 kb)
    • Recycling Awareness Week is May 23 through 27, 2011
    • Holiday Slide Collection Schedules for Memorial Day 2011
    • Spring is Here. It's time to Grasscycle.
    • New Locations to Pick-up Compost Bins
    • Upcoming Events and Activities
  • Winter 2011 Civic Loop (.pdf, 709 kb)
    • Think green this holiday season
    • Holiday Slide Collection Schedules for Christmas Day 2010, New Year's Day 2011, and Martin Luther King, Jr., Day 2011
    • Montgomery County Celebrates America Recycles Day 2010
    • Recycling and Waste Reduction Tips for the Holidays
    • Calendar of Upcoming Events

2010

  • Fall 2010 Civic Loop (.pdf, 877 kb)
    • Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.
    • Thanksgiving Day 2010 Recycling Slide Collection Schedule
    • Celebrate America Recycles Day 2010
    • Take the America Recycles Day Pledge
    • Don’t Rake and Collect Leaves, Compost Them Instead
    • What Else Can We Do?
    • NBC4 Community Shred Event… A Great Success!
    • Calendar of Events
  • Summer 2010 Civic Loop (.pdf, 645 kb)
    • 2010 Recycling Achievement Award Winners
    • Waste Reduction Tips – Ways to Reduce Trash
    • New Locations to Pick-Up Compost Bins
    • Calendar of Events
    • Labor Day 2010 Recycling Collection Schedule
  • Spring 2010 Civic Loop (.pdf, 737 kb)
    • Earth Day... 40 years later
    • Holiday Recycling Slide Collection Schedule for Memorial Day 2010
    • Recycling at Neighborhood Pools
    • Educating Residents
    • Earth Day 2010, Spring – A Great Time to Grasscycle and Compost
  • Winter 2010 Civic Loop (.pdf, 2.85 MB)
    • Letter from the Editor
    • Montgomery County's Mulch Preserves
    • Raising Recycling Awareness in the Community
    • America Recycles Day 2009
    • Electronics Recycling Collection
    • Waste Reduction Tips

2009

  • November 2009 Civic Loop (.pdf, 1.26 MB)
    • Montgomery County’s recycling program expanded to include additional materials
    • Holiday recycling slide collection schedule
    • Expanded recycling program: What happens to recyclable materials after they are collected?
    • Are you interested in seeing Montgomery County’s Recycling Center in operation?
    • America Recycles Day 2009
    • Fall – A Great Time to Compost
  • June 2009 Civic Loop (.pdf, 631 kb)
    • Earth Day 2009 Celebration: a huge success
    • Holiday collection schedule
    • Disposal of prescriptions/medicines
    • E-cycling event wrap-up
    • Think recycling!
    • It’s cool to recycle at your community pool
  • April 2009 Civic Loop (.pdf, 770 kb)
    • Celebrate Earth Day 2009
    • Grasscycling
    • Scrap metal recycling
    • Community education tools

2008

  • December 2008 Civic Loop (.pdf, 506 kb)
    • Recycling rate update
    • Plastics recycling
    • Waste reduction resolutions for 2009
    • Holiday collection schedule
  • June 2008 Civic Loop (.pdf, 531 kb)
    • Expanded plastic recycling
    • Recycling in summer
    • Electronics recycling drop-offs

2007

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Last edited: 12/3/2012