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The Town of Cheverly Requires Residential Recycling

There are many inherent valuable reasons and facts that ought to make recycling a deep-seated characteristic of our daily life. It is thought-provoking to recognize that such an effortless act impacts us all independently, as a community, as a nation and as citizens of our planet.
 
Every ton of mixed-recycle, materials collected and disposed of at the recycling station saves the municipality $59. In a year, in our Town, that amounts to around thirty thousand dollars in savings. That is property tax money that does not need to be budgeted for tipping fees and buried at the landfill; but much more can be done. Many residents are still continuing to place their recycles inside their refuse containers. This is unacceptable. The Town of Cheverly is a Mandatory Recycle Community.

Recycling

All recycling bins need to be placed at the curb by 7:00 a.m. on Wednesdays, or after 7:00 pm the night before. PW does not do a specific route, so they will not be picking up your trash at a specific time each day. We are no longer doing late recycling pickup, so if you miss it, you miss it.  You will have to wait until the next scheduled pick up for your location.

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Regular Household Recycling.

You can now combine your recyclables. Use either blue or yellow bins to place plastic, paper, glass, newspaper, and cardboard together for collection on Wednesday. There is no need to separate these items. Excess materials can be placed next to bin in paper bags (labeled as RECYCLING) Please rinse all food and beverage containers prior to placing them in the container.
 

Request for a Recycling Bin/Cart

The Town of Cheverly wants to keep our town clean and conserve landfill capacity for future generations to come. You are encouraged to recycle your cans, glass bottles and jars, plastic containers, and paper. To request a recycling container, call 301-773-8360. Small recycle bins are free to Cheverly residents. Recycle Toters are $20.

Acceptable Items

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  •   Food and beverage containers

Metals

  • Aluminum foil
  • Aluminum, bimetal, ferrous, and steel food and beverage containers
  • Empty aerosol cans

Mixed Paper/Corrugated Cardboard

  • All paper
  • Aseptic/gable-top milk and juice cartons
  • Catalogs
  • Flattened corrugated cardboard (boxes)
  • Frozen food packaging
  • Hard- and soft- covered books
  • Kraft paper bags and wrapping paper
  • Magazines
  • Newspapers with inserts
  • Paper board (cereal and cracker boxes)
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  • Unsoiled pizza boxes (boxes MUST BE free of grease, cheese and other food remnants) 

Plastics

  • Drinking cups
  • Flowerpots
  • Narrow-neck containers with code identification numbers 1, 2, 3, 5, and 7.
  • Prescription bottles
  • Wide-mouth containers with code identification number 1, 2, 3, 5, and 7 including peanut butter, yogurt, cottage cheese, sour cream, mayonnaise and whipped topping and margarine/butter tubs

Remember to rinse all food and beverage containers and to recap or place the lids in the recycling cart/bin. 
Return coat hangers to the dry cleaners or place metal coat hangers in the scrap metal bins and plastic coat hangers in the rigid plastics bins at the public convenience centers.

 

 

 

 

Unacceptable Items

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Items Not Accepted
  • Auto parts
  • Batteries of any size
  • Broken glass
  • Bubble wrap
  • Dishes
  • Electronics
  • Gloves, masks and other personal protective equipment (PPE)
  • Hazardous materials
  • Light bulbs
  • Medical waste
  • Mirrors
  • Motor oil containers
  • Packing foam and peanuts
  • Pizza boxes w/food
  • Plastic bags (resin identification #4): Effective July 1, 2015, plastic bags of any color, size or shape, and plastic film are no longer accepted in the Prince George's County Residential Curbside Single-Stream Recycling Program
  • Toilet paper/Paper Towels
  • Plastic utensils
  • Polystyrene/Styrofoam (#6 plastic)
  • Windowpanes
We encourage you to recycle your clean and dry plastic bags at the local grocery stores and other retailers instead of placing it in your recycling bin or cart.

 

 What Not to Place in Your Cart/Bin 
  • Any plastic bag (grocery, retail, or trash bag) 
  • Bread bags
  • Crinkle bags for cereal, pasta, or snack bags
  • Dry cleaning bags
  • Wire & plastic clothes hangers
  • Fruit and vegetable bags (fresh/frozen)
  • Garden product bags (soil/mulch)
  • Newspaper bags
  • Zipper or stand-up pouches, bubble or cling wrap
  • Outer wrap from cases of soda, juice, and snacks
  • Outer wrap from meat or cheese products
  • Outer wrap from paper towel, napkin, and diaper packages
We recommend using reusable bags or totes when shopping or opt for paper bags where available. Find drop off locations.
 
ANOTHER RECYCLE TIP:

Consider donating building materials to Community Forklift in Bladensburg: www.communityforklift.org

Want more of your items to be Reused or Recycled?

There are numerous organizations in the area that will reuse, re-sell, donate, or recycle your things. Many will come pick up the items from your home. Enter the type of item and your zip code into the Earth 911 search engine for a list of possible organizations.

Community Shred

A few times a year, the Town partners with a shredding company to responsibly dispose of paper documents. Items brought for shredding must be free from paper clips, staples, binding, and other non-paper material.  Subscribe for Town alerts to be alerted of upcoming Community Shred events.

Electronics

Electronic equipment will be picked up with bulk trash on designated east or west side pick-up schedule. This includes flat screen TVs' (older model televisions that are not flat screens should be set out for bulk trash), computers, printers, etc. 

Click here for the streets by Eastside/Westside.

Yard Waste

Yard waste pick up is on Monday.  The Town of Cheverly deems yard waste a recycle commodity and cannot be placed with regular trash.  
UNACCEPTABLE: Bamboo Yard Waste in Plastic Bags Limbs over 4’ in length Branches over 4” in diameter Sticks not tied in bundles Dirt & Rocks
ACCEPTABLE: Yard waste in a container Sticks/Limbs cut to 4’ length & tied Yard Waste in Paper Bags

Used Motor Oil

Due to the construction of the William Eley Jr. Public Works facility we no longer accept oil disposal until further notice. Please review the Maryland Environmental Service website https://menv.com/service/used-oil-recycling-locations/ at for nearby used oil recycling locations.