Residents Asked To Take Trash, Recycling Services Survey

BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD — The county has released new surveys seeking input from residents and businesses regarding the county's trash and recycling services. Officials hope to glean information from customers to help develop the county's tactical five-year plan for solid waste and recycling services.

Officials noted that the surveys take approximately 10 minutes to complete and will be open until Feb. 7. Results of the survey will be shared at the solid waste work group meeting Feb. 18. Details about the survey can be found at www.baltimorecountymd.gov/wastesurvey.

“Baltimore County residents deserve high quality services and a connected government that works collaboratively with them to improve services,” Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski said in a statement. “As we plan for a cleaner and more sustainable future in Baltimore County, our residents deserve to be included in the process of developing a plan to improve our solid waste services. I look forward to working with them and our solid waste workgroup to continue building a cleaner, greener Baltimore County.”

The workgroup will submit a report to the county executive by March 2021. Baltimore County’s current solid waste collection system operates according to regulations, practices and policies that date as far back as 1949. In the last five years, the county’s landfill input increased from 304 tons per day to 1,840 tons per day.