The City is expanding curbside collection services to include weekly food scrap collection!

COLLECTIONS START TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2022!

Food scrap collection will be a voluntary component of weekly curbside collection, but residents must opt-in at: www.collegeparkmd.gov/CurbsideCollectionApp

If your household currently receives curbside trash and recycling collection within the City of College Park, then you are eligible to participate in the new program; residential collections only.

Collections begin on Tuesday, November 15th for those that sign up by November 7; late sign-ups will be added bi-monthly. Tuesday will be the weekly assigned collection day throughout the city. To ensure collection, have your containers out by 7:00 a.m. Don’t start collecting your food scraps until November 9th.

· No fee for collection, but residents must use a city-supplied cost-share container. Choose from a 12-gallon wheeled cart with a locking lid ($13), or a 5-gallon bucket with a gamma seal lid ($9). Participants currently using the drop-off program can continue to use their city-supplied 5-gallon bucket. An optional small kitchen countertop pail ($5) is available to store food scraps inside the home.

· No personal containers can be used for weekly curbside collections.

· Food scraps must be placed in compostable bags (no plastic bags) before placing in the collection container.

· Purchase and pick up your container at Public Works, 9217 51st Avenue, College Park, Monday – Friday 8:00 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.

Getting started is as easy as 1-2-3!

1. Source separate food scraps and food-soiled paper products from your regular household waste. Place food scraps in a tight-fitting container (coffee can, kitchen pail, or whatever works for you.)

2. When the container is full, empty the contents into the larger collection container (lined with a compostable bag). Only city-issued 5-gallon buckets or 12-gallon carts can be used.

3. On your collection day, place the cart or bucket at the curb by 7:00 a.m. Please ensure your collection container is visible and accessible from the street.

For more information, call 240-487-3590 or visit collegeparkmd.gov/foodscraps.