Carts & Bins for Collecting Recyclables

Use the links below to place online cart requests or call our office at 301-600-2960 if you need assistance.

These requests are for single-family residential addresses only. Frederick County Government does not provide waste collection (recycling or trash) for commercial properties/apartments/multi-family properties.
 
If you are a tenant or owner of a multi-family property, please visit: https://www.frederickcountymd.gov/5751
If your business would like information on recycling options, please visit www.FrederickCountyMD.gov/BusinessRecycle

  • To report a missed collection, please call us within 24 hours of collection. 
    Materials are required to be placed for pick-up by 06:00:00. The truck does not always come at the same time and it may have been on your street before you put out your materials.
  • If the cart/bin assigned to your house is missing, please call us, after a day or two. 
    Is your cart missing?  We find that in most cases, carts reappear, OR, another abandoned cart is left sitting out on the street nearby and can be adopted for use.
  • New home and need to order a recycling bin? Click here to use our online request form.
    FYI for CART ORDERS FOR NEW HOMES (built in the past 12 months): When a recycling cart is ordered for a newly built home, it will be delivered on the first scheduled recycling collection day of the following month. This means it can take 2 - 5 weeks to receive a new home's recycling cart and begin service. You do not need to contact the office to check up on the order, simply use the online form to request a cart and your service will start within the next month. Unfortunately, if you do not yet have a blue cart, you cannot recycle at home. (This is due to billing and contractual arrangements with the County's recycling contractor.)
  • If you already have a cart/bin but would like to exchange it for another size, click here.
  • If your existing cart/bin is damaged and needs repair/replacement, click here.
  • If you need to have a cart or hand-held bin removed/returned to our office, click here.