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Trash, Recycling and Yard Waste Collections

Trash Container Requirements:

  • Permanent-type, standard metal with bottoms intact and no excessive rust

  • securely tied, heavy-duty plastic bags

  • Watertight, heavy-duty plastic containers with handles and tight-fitting lids

Acceptable Materials:

  • Garbage: food wastes accumulated in normal household use

  • Trash: some plastics and ashes

  • Unwanted trash containers (old rigid plastic and metal trash can/carts/containers must be placed at curbside on regularly scheduled trash and recycling collection day turned upside down).

  • Bamboo: the proper disposal is to be prepared like yard waste no longer than 4 feet and tied in bundles placed out to be collected with the trash.
     

Bulky Trash Collection

Prince George's County offers bulky trash collection by appointment only.  To schedule a bulky trash pickup, call (301) 883-4748 or complete the online scheduling form using the link above.

Acceptable Materials:

  • Carpet and padding (Limit of carpet and padding is 324 sq. ft. rolled and tied on ends)

  • Doors and cabinets (limit of 3 each)

  • Furniture and refrigerators (Limit of 5 appliances per pickup; doors must be taped shut)

  • Hot water heaters and lawn mowers (Remove the gas tank and drain the oil from the lawn mowers)

  • Other large materials/furniture items generated in the household that are not picked up by refuse collection

  • Smaller household items:

    • must be placed in bags or boxes​

    • limit any combination of bags and boxes to 20

  • weight limit of 60 pounds per bag or box

  • ​Vehicle tires (Limit of 4; vehicle tires only, no truck tires)

  • Washing machines and dryers
     

Yard Waste Collection

Items Collected:

  • Limbs less than 4 feet in length and 3 inches in diameter, tied in bundles. (not to exceed 60 lbs.)

  • Dry grass and leaves (not to exceed 60 lbs.)

  • Wet grass and leaves (not to exceed 25 lbs.)

Acceptable Containers:

  • Heavy-duty paper bags

  • Heavy-duty trash cans with handles and lid.  Cans must be clearly labeled "Yard Waste/Trim"

Trash Collection
Recycling Collection

Prince George's County Yard Waste Collection occurs on Mondays only.  The County does not reschedule collection days when they fall on a holiday.  Collection runs from 6am - 8pm.  From the County website:

Collection for Senior Citizens and Disabled

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Backdoor collection of trash is available for senior citizens over 65 and disabled citizens (there must not be a resident of the home under 65 or physically able to transport the trash to the curb for collection).   Contact County Click 3-1-1 to make arrangements for this service.

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Holiday Collection Schedule

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Collection is not available on the following holidays:

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Collection is rescheduled for the following day if a holiday falls on a collection day (Tuesday - Friday).  

Prince George's County transitioned to a once-a-week trash collection schedule in 2016.  Collection runs from 6am - 8pm.  From the County website:

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Prince George's County Recycling Collection runs from 6am - 8pm.  The County accepts recyclables placed on the curb in a county-issued toter or any box or trash can marked with an "X" or the word "Recycling."  

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Yard Waste Collection

Monday

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Trash Collection

Tuesday

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Recycling Collection

Tuesday

County Collection Days

Unacceptable Materials:

  • Animal carcasses

  • Asbestos

  • Ash

  • Automobiles or auto parts

  • Chemical and/or petroleum cleanup waste Compressed cylinders of any size, shape or condition

  • Construction and demolition debris

  • Drums, tanks, kegs and barrels (plastic and metal) greater than 55 gallons in size unless the sides are removed and the vessel flattened prior to collection

  • Fencing;sheds/gazebos

  • Glass

  • Hazardous and bio-hazardous medical waste

  • Home renovation/remodeling debris

  • Household trash

  • Liquids, including paint, sewage and septic waste

  • Materials from evictions, foreclosures, unoccupied properties, commercial properties or apartment complexes

  • Mirrors

  • Plastic packing materials and plastic sheeting

  • Radioactive material

  • Riding lawnmowers

  • Shingles, roofing materials

  • Skids and pallets

  • Soil, rocks, grubbing material and spoil

  • Stumps and logs

  • Windows

  • Wood (unless it is a piece of furniture)

Collection for Senior Citizens and Disabled

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Backdoor collection of recycling is available for senior citizens over 65 and disabled citizens (there must not be a resident of the home under 65 or physically able to transport the recycling to the curb for collection).   Contact County Click 3-1-1 to make arrangements for this service.

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Holiday Collection Schedule

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Collection is not available on the following holidays:

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Collection is rescheduled for the following day if a holiday falls on a collection day (Tuesday - Friday).  

Unacceptable Containers:

  • Plastic bags

  • Leaves/Yard Waste left on the street or in improper containers will not be collected

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