Electronics Recycling Collection Schedule and Fees

QUESTIONS???  CALL 301-777-5933 E 210

NON-RESIDENTIAL RECYCLERS: are required to register 48 hours in advance of the collection event with the Allegany County Department of Public Works/Recycling Coordinator/301-777-5933 E 210.

RESIDENTIAL RECYCLERS: are not required to register in advance of the collection event.

WHAT’S WHAT?

Residential: any type of home – single family home, apartment, condo, duplex, etc.

Non-Residential: businesses, institutions, commercial/industrial operations, etc.

WHERE

• Penn-Mar Recycling Center:  201 Riverside Avenue (behind Allegany County Office Complex, 701 Kelly Road), Cumberland, Maryland

WHEN

• Please check back for future dates.

FEE: Residential Recyclers Pay Per Item

• Free: telephones/cell phones, answering machines, pagers, and individual computer components (mouse, speaker, etc.), compact disc players, digital calculators, digital cameras, uninterruptible power supplies/surge protectors

• $1.00: computer monitors, computer printers, laptop/notebook computers, fax machines, scanners ,VCRs, tape players, camcorders, stereo electronics (no wooden speakers), all radios, electric typewriters, word processors, transparency makers, all adding machines

• $2.00: table top televisions,  complete computer systems (CPU, monitor, keyboard, mouse, speaker), photocopiers (table top models), microwave ovens

• $5.00: televisions (big screen and floor models), mainframe computers/servers, photocopiers (floor models)

FEE: Non-Residential Recyclers Pay Per Pound

Allegany County Government contracts with an electronics recycling company to recycle the electronic items.  The recycling company charges Allegany County Government a per pound fee. In turn, the County charges all non-residential recyclers the same per pound fee the County pays to the electronics recycling company.

NON-RESIDENTIAL RECYCLING REGULATIONS

Allegany County Government and Penn-Mar Recycling Center do not supply any manpower. A forklift operator will take the pallets from the back of trucks. Non-residential entities are responsible for delivering/handling/unloading electronics themselves.

• All electronics are to be delivered on pallets.

• The maximum size for each pallet is 42 inches x 48 inches in terms of floor space.

• The minimum weight for each pallet is 800 pounds.

• Each pallet must be shrink wrapped.

• Only one partial pallet is accepted from each non-residential recycler at every collection; full pallets are preferred.