Contact Details
- Address: 9031 Reichs Ford Rd, Frederick, MD, United States, Maryland
- GPS: 39.37326178742,-77.349829784656
- Phone: (301) 600-2960
- Email: landfill@FrederickCountyMD.gov
- Mobile Phone: (301) 600-2960
- Website: https://frederickcountymd.gov/529/Landfill-Information
Opening Times
- Monday 7AM–4:30 PM
- Tuesday 7AM–4:30 PM
- Wednesday 7AM–4:30 PM
- Thursday 7AM–4:30 PM
- Friday 7AM–4:30 PM
- Saturday 7AM–4:30 PM
- Sunday Closed
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Frederick County (MD) Division of Solid Waste and Recycling is located on 9031 Reichs Ford Rd, Frederick, MD, United States, Maryland. This landfill is opened on the following hours:
- Monday: 7AM–4:30 PM
- Tuesday: 7AM–4:30 PM
- Wednesday: 7AM–4:30 PM
- Thursday: 7AM–4:30 PM
- Friday: 7AM–4:30 PM
- Saturday: 7AM–4:30 PM
- Sunday: closed
The landfill is closed on all US federal holidays. The dumps on the landfill are regulated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the applicable state laws.
Frederick County (MD) Division of Solid Waste and Recycling Maryland buries trash and garbage below secured and stratified layers of dirt and isolating material. The transfer station accepts Non-Friable Asbestos, Construction and Demolition, Cathode Ray Tube, Television, Monitor, Contaminated Soil, Dry Industrial, Scrap Metals, Municipal Solid Waste, Recyclables, Sludge, Tires (Auto), Wood, Asphalt, Concrete, Land Clearing Debris. For any other type of waste that you are not SURE ABOUT, you can reach them out at (301) 600-2960.
You may contact the Frederick County (MD) Division of Solid Waste and Recycling about any information regarding: waste managing policies, recycling policies, commercial garbage, accepted types of trash, industrial waste, household garbage, appliances disposal and hazardous waste management.
You can reach the Frederick County (MD) Division of Solid Waste and Recycling about their opening hours to the public and what is the visitor policy. They would gladly answer your questions.
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Popular questions at Frederick County (MD) Division of Solid Waste and Recycling
Sanitary landfills offer a more advanced waste management approach that further reduces the chances of environmental contamination. The basic unit of a sanitary landfill is still the cell. The idea is to create soil tranches. The garbage is deposited onto layers 1 to 3 meters high and then compacted by bulldozers to reduce the volume. Then the garbage is covered by a layer of dirt. Multiple of these layers are piled together until they reach maximum capacity and thus, we form a cell. The cell is then reinforced on all sides to prevent leakage to the soil.
When a load of waste is accepted, the garbage trucks go to the dumping point and offload the materials. During the processing of the waste, the main ideas are to confine the waste in the smallest space possible and to reduce the volume of the waste by compacting it. The garbage trucks are weighed when they enter and exit the landfill. The difference is the tons of garbage deposited and that affects the cost to use the landfill. Each landfill has its prices per ton depending on the type of waste that is deposited.
The schedule of each landfill differs and they different hours of operation. To find the opening hours regarding a specific landfill, you use the above site. After you have located the desired landfill to use, the operating hours can be seen on current page of site after clicking into the “Opening hours” section . There you will be able to locate the opening hours and any other facts about the business services of the landfill.
After all the cells in a landfill are used and are full, then we start the process of reclaiming. The idea is that the space on top of the landfill can be used for other purposes. Whatever is the type of landfill, the space on top of it is covered by layers of dirt, to recreate reusable soil. The space is compacted, and it is made sure to be leakproof so that there is no spillage onto the environment.
There is one detail to clear out. Landfills and dumps sound the same but are not. A landfill is engineered to maximally reduce the effect on the environment of the waste. The advantages of landfills over dumps are that landfills are managed with more care and landfills can even recycle the waste to produce other compounds or to even produce energy. Dumps are almost nonexistent today as they do not manage the waste and just leave things in the open.
