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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.

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.

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:

9:00am - 5:00pm DAILY - Recycling Center & Public Unloading Facility Scale House (355 entrance)
8:00am - 5:00pm MON to SAT - Trash & municipal solid waste Scale House (Shady Grove Road entrance)

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).

Residential Loads under 500-pounds will be permitted at the PUF subject to the County restrictions.
Residential loads over 500-pounds will be sent to the scales and must pay with credit or debit card.
Commercial/Business Loads will not be permitted at the PUF but they will need to use the scales.

If the County provides the service for residential customers, they will be instructed to place the material at their curb for the next regular County collection.

Green waste, yard trim, and recycling place at the curb for your next regular collection.
Scrap metal must call 311 to arrange for pickup.

We modified Transfer Station hours and operations to minimize exposure of our customers and employees to COVID-19.

How to recycle / dispose cooking oil

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Where may I take my liquid cooking and vegetable oil?

Residents may bring up to 5 gallons of liquid cooking and vegetable oil to our Shady Grove Processing Facility and Transfer Station.

Go to the Recycling area.
Look for the vegetable oil container/tank.
Pour in your vegetable oil.

So that the oil may be recycled, do not mix it with any other fluids.

May I set my liquid cooking or vegetable oil out for curbside trash collection?

Do not set liquid cooking or vegetable oil out with your curbside trash items. This prevents oil leaks and spills before and while your trash is collected.

What do I do with empty cooking or vegetable oil bottles, containers or jars?

We accept empty glass and plastic cooking and vegetable oil bottles, containers, and jars for recycling

in our curbside recycling collections
at the Shady Grove Processing Facility and Transfer Station

What happens to the oil accepted at the Transfer Station?

The oil is reused. Some of it is turned into animal feed. And, some of it is turned into biodiesel fuel.

What do I do with bacon fat or hamburger grease?

Pour fats and grease into a can, and allow the material to cool and solidify. Then, put the lidded can into your regular household trash.

See detailed instructions for fats and grease from the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission.

Locations accepted

Transfer Station

Material type

Other