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OPERATING STATUS: Recycling/trash collection - normal schedule. Transfer Station recycling/trash drop-offs - modified hours. Be in the know - Sign up for service updates and reminders.
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Effective Monday, April 6, 2020 we will stop accepting cash and checks at the Shady Grove Transfer Station Scale House. We will continue to accept credit cards and corporate accounts.
Effective March 30, 2020 Shady Grove Transfer Station hours are:
Only come to the Shady Grove Transfer Station if you do not have County-provided or private trash collection. If you do not have County-provided or private trash collection and need to dispose of trash at the Transfer Station, DO NOT bring any waste that does not require immediate disposal and DO NOT bring any other waste such as construction debris, bulky/large items, or large amounts of trash from cleaning your house or property (e.g. spring cleaning).
If you live in a single family home, the County provides recycling and yard trim pickup. You will be instructed to place this recyclable material (green waste, yard trim, recyclables) at the curb for the next regular County collection.
Scrap metal should not be brought to the Transfer Station. Call 311 to arrange for pickup or work with your private trash provider.
We modified Transfer Station hours and operations to minimize exposure of our customers and employees to COVID-19.
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You are eligible to receive five bulk trash collections each calendar year.
Bulk trash collections must be scheduled in advance of your collection day.
Make an itemized list of the non-metal items you want us to pick up. (See details about scrap metal recycling for metal items.)
Request your bulk trash collection
If you request your pick up after the deadline, we'll collect your bulk items the following week on your trash collection day.
Disassemble extremely large bulk items. At least one side of the item must be less than 4 feet wide. Items with all sides larger than 4 feet will not fit in our collection truck, so we will not collect them.
On your collection day, place your bulk trash items adjacent to your regular household trash. Keep them separate from recyclables, yard trim or scrap metal you set out for pickup.
Set all of your bulk trash items, regular household trash, recycling, yard trim, and scrap metal at the curb by 7 a.m. on your collection day.
If your trash service is privately-provided, contact your trash collector. Some private collectors may charge additional fees to collect bulk trash. Learn more about private-subscription trash service.
In municipalities, check with your town or city for service details.
Or, bring the items to the Shady Grove Processing Facility and Transfer Station or the Poolesville Beauty Spot. Dispose of loads of trash under 500 pounds at no charge. The Transfer Station also accepts trash loads of 500 pounds or more - see fee schedule.
Use our Collection Day Lookup tool to see how your trash service is provided. Or, call 311 (from out-of-County: 240-777-0311).
Then, follow the bulk trash instructions for your trash service provider.
Call Montgomery County's Customer Service Center at 311 (or 240-777-0311) by 7:00 p.m. on the business day before your collection day. Thank you for the courtesy call!
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We accept these general item types as bulk trash. If you have an item to be collected that is not on this list, please call 311 (or 240-777-0311).
County residents may bring items not accepted for bulk trash collection to the Shady Grove Processing Facility and Transfer Station or the Poolesville Beauty Spot. Dispose of loads of trash under 500 pounds at no charge. The Transfer Station also accepts trash loads of 500 pounds or more - see fee schedule.
Tree stumps more than three feet in diameter, and large auto parts cannot be disposed of at the Transfer Station.
Call the Montgomery County Customer Service Center at 311 (or 240-777-0311).