Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan for the Years 2009 through 2019

Montgomery County Approval Date: February 9, 2010
(approved by The County Council for Montgomery County, Maryland)

Maryland Department of the Environment Approval Date:
August 17, 2010

• Entire Comprehensive Solid Waste Plan (pdf, 12.9 MB)

Plan Introduction and Chapters

• Introduction (pdf, 797 kb)
  • Cover
  • Table of Contents
  • Executive Summary
  • Council Resolution 16-894 - Comprehensive Amendment to the Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan
• Chapter 1: Rules Governing Solid Waste Management (pdf, 113 kb)
• Chapter 2: Population, Employment, and Land Use (pdf, 966 kb)
• Chapter 3: Solid Waste Generation, Collection, and Acceptance Systems (pdf, 531 kb)
• Chapter 4: Assessment of Solid Waste Management Needs (pdf, 2.04 MB)
• Chapter 5: Solid Waste Management System Plan of Action (pdf, 153 kb)

Appendices

• Appendix A: Definitions and Acronyms (pdf, 36 kb)
• Appendix B: Material Flow Diagram and Recycling Calculations: Fiscal Year 2008 (pdf, 42 kb)
• Appendix C: Landfill Site Selection Criteria (pdf, 309 kb)
• Appendix D: Community Agreements (pdf, 5.16 MB)
  1. Circuit Court Civil Action No 186857 "Stipulated Order of Dismissal IN THE CASE OF Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Montgomery County Site Two.
  2. "Agreement of Settlement and Compromise" dated April 19, 1996 by and between the Sugarloaf Citizens Association, Inc. and Montgomery County.
  3. "First Amendment to Agreement of Settlement and Compromise" dated April 19, 1996 by and between the Sugarloaf Citizens Association, Inc and Montgomery County.
• Appendix E: Council Resolution 13-1498 “Creation of Facilities Implementation Group” (pdf, 362 kb)
• Appendix F: Montgomery County Executive Regulation 6-99AM Expansion of Leaf Vacuuming Collection District (pdf, 2.63 MB)
• Appendix G: Recommendations provided by the Maryland–National Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) and the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) (pdf, 93 kb)

School Recycling Plans

The following two School Recycling Plans, responsive to the Maryland Schools Recycling Plan Law and Section 9-1703(b) and (g) of the Environmental Article, Annotated code of Maryland, were approved by County Council Resolution 16-1486, and adopted by reference into the County’s Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan, on September 28, 2010:

• Montgomery County Public Schools Recycling Action Plan (PDF, 2.8 MB)
• Montgomery County Recycling Plan for Publicly Funded Colleges and Special Schools (PDF, 2.1 MB)

Reference Index