| Locality |
Business
Recycling Law |
Recyclables
Required |
Reporting
Requirement |
Contact |
| Alexandria |
Voluntary
for all businesses. |
Voluntary |
Voluntary
for all businesses. |
Paula
Dade
(703)
751-5872
|
| Arlington
County |
Mandatory
for all businesses. |
Each
business must recycle the two recyclable materials
that it generates annually in the greatest quantities. |
Businesses
must file a recycling implementation plan and
report every three years on recycling activity
to the County (no recycling tonnage information
is required). |
(703)
228-6570 |
| District
of Columbia |
Mandatory
for all businesses. |
newspaper,
corrugated cardboard, office paper, aluminum
cans, steel cans, glass bottles and jars |
None
for waste generators.
|
Bill
Easley
(202)
645-0746
|
| Fairfax
County |
For
single businesses which generate an annual total
waste stream of 100 tons or more; business complexes
and institutions which generate an annual waste
stream of 100 tons or more; or office buildings
and commercial complexes having an average annual
occupancy of 200 persons or more |
Mandatory
for recyclable material that comprises the greatest
percentage of the combined waste stream. |
Annual
reporting is mandatory for all businesses, institutions,
and federal, state, and local government agencies.
|
Ed
Harris
(703)
324-5436
|
| Frederick
County |
Voluntary
|
Voluntary |
None |
Kim
Stavely
(301)
631-3041
|
| Loudoun |
Voluntary |
Voluntary |
Voluntary |
Scott
McDonald
(703)
777-0187
|
| Montgomery
County |
Mandatory
for all businesses. |
office
paper, newspaper, corrugated cardboard, steel/tin
cans, aluminum cans, glass bottles and jars,
plastic containers, and yard trimmings |
Mandatory
for businesses with 100 or more employees. Smaller
businesses are required to report upon notification
by the County. |
Eileen
Kao
(240)
777-6400
|
| Prince
George's County |
Voluntary |
Voluntary
|
Mandatory
twice a year for waste generating businesses.
|
Chelo
Cole
(301)
883-5045
|
Prince
William County
|
Mandatory
for all businesses. |
Mandatory
for the recyclable material that comprises the
greatest percentage of the business' waste stream. |
Mandatory
annual reporting. |
Stott
Mason
(703)
792-6001
|
Recycling