Harford County Office of Recycling

08/31/2026

Happy Back-to-School day Harford County Public Schools!
The Harford County Office of Recylcing looks forward to a year of attending school events, providing recycling lessons to students, and hosting field trips at the Harford Waste Dispsoal Center and the Harford Mulch and Compost facility.

If your public school, private school, or homeschool group is interested in utilizing the Harford County Office of Recycling for any of these services, please call (410)638-3417 or email [email protected] ♻🎒✏

08/28/2026

Consider these sustainable party-planning tips for the upcoming holiday weekend! ♻

Are you starting to plan for your end of summer festivities next weekend? We've got a few tips to help you keep that fun a bit more sustainable. What would you add to the list, we'd love to know!

08/26/2026

Confused about what goes in Single Stream, curbside recycling in Harford County? This guide can help!

Please visit https://www.harfordcountymd.gov/299/Single-Stream-Recycling, email [email protected], or call (410) 638-3417 for more inforamtion.

08/24/2026

Free for Harford County Residents!
At the Harford Waste Disposal Center, we recycle your car, boat, and cell phone batteries, as well as other rechargeable batteries.

Alkaline (AA,AAA,D,9V) batteries can be disposed of in the regular trash, or can be taken to some retailers for recycling.

For more information, call (410)638-3417 or email [email protected]

08/20/2026

Did you know?
Harford County residents can recycle up to 5 tires per year at the Harford Waste Disposal Center!

For more information, visit https://www.harfordcountymd.gov/1858/HWDC-Disposal-Fees-and-Information, call (410)638-3417, or email [email protected]

08/19/2026

Paint Recycling!

Harford County residents can utilize any PaintCare drop-off locations to recycle unused paint for free. For more information on PaintCare, including acceptable paint, please visit https://www.paintcare.org/

At the Harford Waste Disposal Center, we accept Latex paint year-round subject to standard trash disposal fees found at https://www.harfordcountymd.gov/1858/HWDC-Disposal-Fees-and-Information

Oil-based paint can be brought to any Harford County Household Hazardous Waste collection event for free recycling. More information about these events can be found at https://www.harfordcountymd.gov/276/Household-Hazardous-Waste

08/17/2026

Attention Harford County residents! Recycle your old and broken electronics and appliances at the Harford Waste Disposal Center!

For an extended list of accepted items please visit https://www.harfordcountymd.gov/263/Electronics-Recycling

For questions please call (410)638-3417

08/14/2026

Do you know about Maryland's DME program?

We collect used medical equipment at the Harford Waste Disposal Center for Maryland's Durable Medical Equipment Re-Use program!

For more information on the program and to see a list of accepted items, please visit https://aging.maryland.gov/pages/dme.aspx

08/13/2026

Return nutrients and water back to your lawn by GrassCycling!
For more information on GrassCycling, please visit https://www.harfordcountymd.gov/1864/Home-Composting

As an alternative, Harford County residents can compost their grass clippings at one of the Harford County Yard Trim Drop-Off locations. More information on these drop-off sites can be found at https://www.harfordcountymd.gov/309/Yard-Trim-Drop-Off-Sites

08/11/2026

Did You Know?
Harford County residents can bring residential yard trim to either the Harford Mulch and Compost Facility or the Tollgate Residential Yard Trim Drop-off.
We accept brush and bush trimmings, grass clippings, leaves, and more! It's free for residents to drop off their yard trim, which we then recycle to make our mulch and compost!

Both the Harford Mulch and Compost Facility and the Tollgate Residential Yard Trim Drop-off are open until 3:00pm on operating days. Please arrive by 2:45pm.

For more information, please visit https://www.harfordcountymd.gov/309/Yard-Trim-Drop-Off-Sites