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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)

Recycling Center: Online Tour

Recycling Center home

Tipping Floor
Pre-Sort Station
Light Item Sorting
The Blower System
Glass Sorting
Balers

Tipping Floor

Recycling collection trucks unload glass, plastic, steel and aluminum containers onto the tipping floor.

 

Photo of recycling truck unloading containers.

The trucks also unload mixed paper, which is then taken to Office Paper Systems where it is processed for sale to paper mills.

 

Photo of recycling truck unloading mixed paper.
Front-end loaders then push the commingled materials onto a conveyer belt that leads to the processing area. The materials then fall onto an inclined conveyer that carries them to the pre-sort station. Photo of conveyer belt leading to processing area.
Last edited: 8/8/2008