Courtesy: St. Mary’s County Public Information Office
As St. Mary’s County faces an increased recycling rate in 2015 commissioners congratulated citizen efforts during a special ceremony for America Recycles Week at its weekly business meeting.
In 2012 the State of Maryland mandated recycling rate was increased from 15 to 20 percent for counties with populations below 150,000. Commissioner Todd Morgan noted “St. Mary’s County’s volunteer recycling program has already exceeded the new State mandated goals and has obtained an approved Maryland Department of the Environment waste diversion recycling rate of 38.78 percent for calendar year 2012.”
The theme for the 2014 America Recycles Day, to be recognized the week of November 10 – 16, is “I Want to be Recycled” and is designed to help educate citizens about how important recycling is to our economy and environmental well-being as well as motivate occasional recyclers to become everyday recyclers.
The Commissioners of St. Mary’s County also reminded citizens of the County’s Single-Stream recycling program located at the six Convenience Centers. The service has made it easier for residents and small businesses to recycle larger quantities of materials, improve the county’s recycling rate and reduce the amount of material disposed into landfills.
