Baltimore City will begin rolling out free recycling carts to thousands of households starting September 28. Between September and February, the Department of Public Works plans to deliver 190,000 rolling, lidded, 65-gallon recycling carts to eligible homes in the city, free of charge. Any home that has garbage services provided by Baltimore is eligible to receive a cart.
The $9.5 million project consists of a $3 million total investment from The Recycling Partnership, which includes $1.65 million from the beverage industry, a plastic resin donation for recycling carts from Dow Packing & Specialty Plastics, and lidded rollout carts manufactured by Rehrig Pacific, as well as a $3 million investment from Closed Loop Partners’ Infrastructure Fund.
The city will begin a recycling education campaign to inform the community about the new carts and what can and cannot be recycled. Approximately 40 million new pounds of recyclables per year, or an 80 percent increase in recyclables per household, could be generated by providing Baltimore households with recycling carts, according to an estimate from The Recycling Partnership and Closed Loop Partners.
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