ALPHA RIDGE LANDFILL

2350 Marriottsville Road
Marriottsville, MD 21104
410-313-6419

Jeff Dannis, Operations Division Chief

Howard County residents can dispose of trash and recycling items at the Alpha Ridge Landfill. Residents using the landfill are required to show their driver's licenses as proof of residence in Howard County each time they enter.

NEW! Residential Used Cooking Oil Collection Program at Alpha Ridge Landfill. For details click here.

NOTE: Residents disposing of construction, demolition, and home improvement waste will be charged the commercial tipping fee ($65/ton). This includes deliveries mixed with household waste.

Hours of Operation:
Monday - Saturday, 8 am to 4:00 pm (residential)
Monday - Saturday, 8 am to 3:30 pm (commercial)
Sundays - Closed

Closed on the following holidays:

New Year's Day
Memorial Day (observed)
Independence Day
Labor Day
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day

Directions: From Route 29 north, take Interstate 70 west to exit 83. Turn right onto Marriottsville Road. The landfill entrance is on the left.

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Household Hazardous Waste Drop-off: for information, click here: Household Hazardous Waste

For special exceptions, click here: Residential Special Exception

For COMMERCIAL Permits, click here for the application:
Commercial Permit Application.

Please follow the directions on the application for payment.

LANDFILL RECYCLING CENTER

The recycling center at the Alpha Ridge Landfill (410-313-6444) accepts metal cans, glass bottles and jars, plastic bottles, mixed paper, cardboard, usable building materials, oil, antifreeze, automobile batteries, scrap metal, tires, propane tanks, carpet, rigid plastics, cooking oil, latex paint, roof shingles, polyurethane foam, old clothing and textiles, electronic equipment including computer monitors and TV's, and Christmas trees. Residents with brush or wood waste will be directed to the yard waste drop-off site.

• A complete guide to recycling at the Alpha Ridge Landfill

RECYCLING: for information, click here: Recycling

• A complete guide to trash disposal at the Alpha Ridge Landfill

RESIDENTIAL TRASH: For information, click here: Residential Trash

PROHIBITED ITEMS

• What you may NOT bring or dispose of at the Landfill

COMMUNITY CLEANUP

Communities can call Environmental Services (410-313-6444) to request a reservation form to complete for delivery of a dumpster for a specified site for a weekend community clean up. The limit is twice yearly; there is no fee.