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Garrett refuse permits available

OAKLAND — The 2014 residential refuse permits are on sale at the landfill on Oakland Sang Run Road, at the Garrett County Tax Office and online, the Garrett County Department of Solid Waste & Recycling announced.

A permit purchased online goes in the mail the next business day.

Go to www.garrettcounty.org and look for the Solid Waste and Recycling tab.

The $50 fee can be paid using cash, check or money order at the sites listed above.

Applications are available at all collection sites, online, the Grantsville Library, the tax office and the landfill.

For more information, contact the Solid Waste & Recycling office at 301-387-0322.

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Garrett recycling rate noted

From Staff Reports Cumberland Times-News

OAKLAND — Garrett County has achieved a recycling rate of 45.17 percent for 2010, according to the county’s Department of Solid Waste & Recycling.
The Maryland Recycling Act requires each of Maryland’s jurisdictions to report the amount and types of materials recycled annually. Populations with less than 150,000, which includes Garrett County, are required to recycle 15 percent of their waste.
The county’s recycling rate for 2009 was 47.7 percent, according to the Maryland Department of the Environment, which ranked the county fourth in the state.
“It is now time for Garrett County businesses to report their annual recycling efforts to our office for 2011,” the department announced in a news release Tuesday.
All materials being recycled within the county or outside of the county and state are eligible and count toward the recycling rate. The 2011 recycling report forms are being mailed out with a deadline of March 16. Forms can be downloaded at www.garrettcounty.org.
Recycled materials include landscaping debris; carpet or cloth remnants; newspapers or catalogs sent back to manufacturers; wood waste to mulch/compost; oil filters; all mixed paper; toner cartridges; camera/film canisters; and all plastics. Common recyclables include aluminum cans; newspapers; cardboard; magazines; office paper; glass bottles and jars; electronics and mixed metal.
Businesses notice the benefits of recycling by enjoying a reduction in their monthly solid waste disposal fees. For additional information on recycling, call 301-387-0322 or email kmadigan@garrettcounty.org.

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Garrett County Recycling Rate Ranks Fourth

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Dec. 23, 2010

The Garrett County Solid Waste and Recycling Division announced Tuesday that the county’s recycling rate ranks fourth in the state, just behind Charles County; the MidShore Regional Recycling Program for Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne’s, and Talbot counties; and Hartford County.
Garrett County achieved its ranking by having a recycling rate of 47.7 percent, with a source reduction rate of 48.7 percent for calendar year 2009, as reported by the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) after a complete review of the county’s Maryland Recycling Act (MRA) Tonnage Report.

The MRA requires that Garrett County divert at least 15 percent of its waste to recycling programs. All counties in Maryland report their recycling tonnages to MDE for review and approval.

“It is our goal to continue to educate and encourage the residents and businesses to not only recycle, but to also reduce waste at the source,” said Kimberly Madigan, recycling coordinator for the Garrett County Solid Waste and Recycling Division.

Source reduction, she said, means the design, manufacture, purchase, or use of materials or products to reduce the amount of waste generated. It includes reuse, waste elimination, package reduction, and substitution.

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Grant Funding No Longer Available For GC Electronics Recycling Prog.

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Aug. 5, 2010

Garrett County government may need to explore alternative methods of operation to keep its popular electronics recycling program going next fiscal year, county recycling coordinator Kim Madigan told the county commissioners during a progress report on Tuesday. The county has conducted the program for three years.

To help defray costs, the Maryland Department of the Environment has provided the county’s Solid Waste and Recycling Division with two grants totaling $24,656.

Last fiscal year (July 1, 2009, to June 30, 2010) the county received $16,074 to expand the program. The division collected 75 tons of electronics during that period.

“The program had become so successful, we wanted to add an additional site for collection of materials,” the coordinator said. “We were already collecting at the Weber and Bumble Bee sites and wanted to add the Grantsville site as well.”

The county used $4,250 of last year’s grant on safety equipment – hydraulic lifts, straps, and ramps – to help site attendants manage the electronics, and the remaining was spent on hauling, processing, and collecting materials (container rentals).

Because recycling electronics has become so popular locally, the grant funding ran out quickly, and it is now costing the county money to keep the program going.

“In January, we realized the program would not make it through June 30,” the coordinator said. “We weighed our options of either shutting down a site or two, or closing the program early. But in the end, we were fortunate to have an extremely generous offer made by our electronics processor, PC Renewal (Morgantown, W.Va.), to accept all of the materials free of charge for the duration of the grant period.”

This allowed the program to continue without limitations. What also helped this year, as in the previous years, was that Solid Waste and Recycling provided additional funds.

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County Landfill, Airport Usage Down For 2009

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County Landfill, Airport Usage Down For 2009

Jan. 21, 2010

Garrett County landfill usage was down last year, General Services director Gary Mullich told the county commissioners during a departmental update report on Tuesday afternoon. The director also reported on airport usage and a possible location for the roads department office.
Mullich said the amount of construction waste being brought to the landfill was down 21 percent in 2009, compared to the previous year.

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