Public Works / Bureau of Solid Waste / Services

Bureau Responsibilities & Services

• Provides weekly trash and single stream recycling collections to 210,000 households;
• Provides street, alley and lot cleaning;
• Provides monthly collection and disposal of bulk waste;
• Supports more than 1,000 community clean-ups annually through the Community Pitch-In Program;
• Coordinates special recycling collections including leaves and Christmas trees.

Solid Waste Services

For the following services, call 311 or fill out the online 311 Service Request Form. You can also access all Baltimore City Services phone numbers.

• Missed Bulk Trash
• Missed Residential Collection
• Evictions
• Fire Debris Removal
• Graffiti Removal
• Community Pitch-In Program
• Business District Cleaning