Visitors as well as residents will have more opportunities to recycle and keep the City of Baltimore beautiful, thanks to a $10,580 grant from Keep America Beautiful and Coca-Cola for 20 public recycling bins.

The Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) will be closed Independence Day, Tuesday, July 4. Trash and recycling WILL NOT BE COLLECTED on Tuesday, July 4. The make-up day for trash and recycling will be Saturday, July 8.

Baltimore’s small commercial waste haulers are responding enthusiastically to the opportunity to dispose of refuse at the Northwest Transfer Station. Results from the first two months of operation show that, on average, more than 41 tons of waste is making its way each day to the facility at 5030 Reisterstown Road.

The Baltimore Clean Drain Campaign is offering a chance to help Baltimore’s food banks and food pantries feed the hungry, while also taking steps that will help reduce sewer overflows and basement backups.

Now that Christmas is over, the Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) is encouraging residents to recycle their Christmas tree into mulch.  DPW will offer tree mulching for Baltimore City