Recycling Centers in Maryland
268 recycling locations in 98 cities. Choose a city to see hours, what each center accepts, and who pays cash.
Maryland at a glance: 167 recycling centers, 53 scrap yards, 24 transfer stations, 19 electronics recyclers, 5 household hazardous waste facilities. Maryland has no statewide bottle deposit, so scrap yards are the main way to get paid for cans and metal.
Top cities for recycling in Maryland
- Baltimore54 locations
- Frederick14 locations
- Capitol Heights10 locations
- Rockville7 locations
- Hagerstown7 locations
- Elkridge7 locations
- Hyattsville6 locations
- Columbia6 locations
- Bel Air5 locations
- Glen Burnie5 locations
- Greenbelt4 locations
- Cumberland4 locations
- Elkton4 locations
- Hanover4 locations
- Huntingtown4 locations
- Silver Spring4 locations
- Annapolis3 locations
- Salisbury3 locations
- Laurel3 locations
- Westminster3 locations
- La Plata3 locations
- Clinton3 locations
- Halethorpe3 locations
- Jessup3 locations
All Maryland cities
- Annapolis 3
- Arbutus 1
- Baltimore 54
- Barstow 1
- Bel Air 5
- Beltsville 2
- Berwyn Heights 1
- Bethesda 1
- Bladensburg 1
- Brandywine 1
- Burtonsville 1
- Cambridge 2
- Capitol Heights 10
- Centreville 1
- Charlotte Hall 1
- Cheverly 1
- Clarksburg 1
- Clinton 3
- Cockeysville 2
- College Park 1
- Columbia 6
- Crofton 2
- Cumberland 4
- Curtis Bay 2
- Deale 1
- Delmar 1
- Denton 2
- Derwood 1
- District Heights 1
- Dundalk 2
- Edgewater 1
- Eldersburg 1
- Elkridge 7
- Elkton 4
- Federalsburg 1
- Finksburg 1
- Forest Hill 1
- Forestville 2
- Frederick 14
- Gaithersburg 2
- Glen Burnie 5
- Greenbelt 4
- Greensboro 1
- Hagerstown 7
- Halethorpe 3
- Hanover 4
- Hollywood 1
- Hughesville 1
- Huntingtown 4
- Hunt Valley 1
- Hurlock 1
- Hyattsville 6
- Jessup 3
- Joint Base Andrews 1
- Joppa 1
- Knoxville 1
- La Plata 3
- Laurel 3
- Linthicum Heights 1
- Lusby 2
- Morningside 1
- Mountain Lake Park 1
- Mount Airy 2
- North East 1
- Oakland 2
- Odenton 2
- Owings 2
- Owings Mills 2
- Pasadena 1
- Pikesville 1
- Poolesville 1
- Prince Frederick 1
- Queenstown 1
- Reisterstown 1
- Ridgely 1
- Rising Sun 1
- Rockville 7
- Rosedale 2
- Saint Leonard 1
- Salisbury 3
- Savage 1
- Severn 3
- Silver Spring 4
- Snow Hill 1
- Sparrows Point 1
- Street 2
- Sunderland 1
- Swanton 1
- Taneytown 1
- Temple Hills 1
- Upper Marlboro 2
- Valley Lee 1
- Waldorf 3
- Washington Grove 2
- Westminster 3
- Westover 1
- White Marsh 2
- Woodbine 2
Maryland recycling questions
How many recycling centers are there in Maryland?
We list 268 recycling locations across 98 cities in Maryland, including drop-off centers, scrap yards and specialty recyclers. Baltimore has the most, with 54.
Does Maryland pay for cans and bottles?
Maryland does not have a statewide bottle deposit law, so there is no standard deposit refund. Scrap yards often pay by the pound for loose aluminum cans, and the price changes with the metals market. Call ahead to confirm the current rate.