Montgomery Community Media

On Saturday, Sept. 13, you can recycle and shred your sensitive documents at Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda. Find out more in this report: Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

As part of its annual Recycling Awareness Week activities, the Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) Division of Solid Waste Services (DSWS) recognized exceptional achievements in recycling, waste reduction, reuse, buying recycled-content products and educational efforts by local businesses, organizations, multi-family apartment and condominium properties, residents and individuals. Honorees were announced at the annual […]

The latest winter storm update from Montgomery County: Snowplow Status Snow crews remain focused on keeping emergency routes, main roads and secondary roads passable for emergency vehicles, ensuring that every household is within one-half mile of a cleared road. Once the snowfall ends later today, crews will complete plowing main roads and then focus on […]

Montgomery County-provided recycling and trash collections have been cancelled for Monday, March 3. A decision regarding collections on Tuesday the 4th will be made following an assessment of weather and road conditions on Monday. The County’s Shady Grove Transfer Station and Recycling Center will be closed on Monday. For updates about collections and services, visit […]

The city of Gaithersburg has declared a snow emergency beginning at 12 a.m. on March 3. All cars parked on snow emergency routes must be removed or they could be ticketed or towed. Gaithersburg officials have also announced that recycling and bulk pick-up for Monday, March 3 is being suspended. For those whose regular recycling […]

Montgomery County is offering a recycling seminar for businesses on Jan. 23 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Executive Office Building, 101 Monroe Street, Rockville. The seminar is open to all businesses to provide recycling regulations and best practices for businesses in Montgomery County. The cost to attend is $10. Light refreshments and materials […]

Officials with Gaithersburg’s public works department recently contacted the city’s recycling contractor, Unity Disposal & Recycling, to find out if the sanitation workers strike would impact the city’s recycling service. According to a daily briefing item emailed to the city’s elected leaders on Oct. 17, the contractor confirmed that the city of Gaithersburg’s recycling service […]

For the second day in a row, sanitation workers and union supporters were seen picketing outside the offices of Potomac Disposal, along Woodfield Road at Airpark Road, on Oct. 17. In this MyMCMedia extra, you will hear from one worker who says affordable healthcare is one of the issues that sparked this strike: Potomac Disposal […]

You can now recycle more items than ever at the Montgomery County’s Solid Waste Processing Facility. Find out more in this report from County Report This Week: Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming. Additional Coverage:

UPDATED Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett today (Sept. 4) announced that residents can now drop off a variety of newly added household items for recycling at the Solid Waste Processing Facility and Transfer Station under the latest expansion of the county’s nationally-recognized recycling program. Included among the many bulk rigid plastic items that can now […]