FY2023 Adopted Operating and Capital Budget

FY2023 Adopted Budget Organizational Budgets

Solid Waste and Recycling Division

Solid Waste and Recycling Division The Division of Solid Waste and Recycling became a separate division in FY2021. Previously included in the Division of Utilities and Solid Waste Management, the new Division provides a solid waste disposal infrastructure and its allied waste reduction and recycling programs. A Solid Waste Fund operates as a separate, self-supporting Enterprise Fund to ensure financial sustainability of this critical public service. The Division of Solid Waste and Recycling is responsible for the operation and management RI WKH &RXQW\¶V VROLG ZDVWH disposal and recycling programs, which are complementary disposal alternatives. The Solid Waste facilities are open to County residents and accept all solid wastes except hazardous materials, pathological (medical) wastes, and scrap vehicles. Private contractors collect solid waste in all the County's election districts and local municipalities except in Frederick City, which employs their own collection crews. Management of the County's waste stream includes: monitoring the original, closed Site A Landfill and management of the currently operating Site B Landfill, RSHUDWLRQ RI WKH &RXQW\¶V 3URFHVVLQJ DQG Transfer station, oversight of the curbside recycling program, operation of a recycling drop-off center, operation of the yard waste recycling center, coordination of numerous waste-oil recycling centers, management of the Frederick County Government Office Recycling Program, and provision of other waste management programs and services, including twice-yearly household hazardous waste drop-off events.

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