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County Waste Diversion Rates* for 2001 through
2006
As Reported by the Maryland Department of the Environment
HARFORD County led the
state in 2006
* A waste diversion rate equals a county's recycling rate plus
a credit for waste prevention activities on a scale from 0% to 5% depending
on what a county has implemented on a Maryland Department of the
Environment (MDE) checklist of options. MRC, in
cooperation with MDE, spearheaded the successful effort in the year 2000 to
enact a voluntary statewide goal of at least 40% waste diversion by 2005, a goal
Maryland met in 2005. This achievement is cause for
celebration by the state as a whole, and MRC in particular!
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County |
Waste Diversion Rate 2001 |
Waste Diversion Rate 2002 |
Waste Diversion Rate 2003 |
Waste Diversion Rate 2004
(3) |
Waste Diversion Rate 2005
(4) |
Waste Diversion Rate 2006
(5) |
|
Allegany |
23% |
27% |
29% |
29% |
30% |
32% |
|
Anne Arundel |
41% |
44% |
44% |
40% |
46% |
49% |
|
Baltimore City (1) |
40% |
42% |
40% |
30% |
35% |
42% |
|
Baltimore |
|
|
|
46% |
51% |
50% |
|
Calvert |
16% |
33% |
41% |
40% |
50% |
52% |
|
Carroll |
59% |
48% |
44% |
32% |
38% |
30% |
|
Cecil |
23% |
28% |
24% |
22% |
18% |
37% |
|
Charles |
29% |
34% |
38% |
35% |
48% |
45% |
|
Dorchester |
27% |
31% |
36% |
38% |
27% |
18% |
|
Frederick |
40% |
42% |
40% |
38% |
36% |
39% |
|
Garrett |
19% |
17% |
20% |
51% |
46% |
52% |
|
Harford |
54% |
56% |
57% |
64% |
56% |
57% |
|
Howard |
44% |
43% |
43% |
42% |
45% |
47% |
|
Mid-Shore (2) |
49% |
39% |
47% |
48% |
47% |
48% |
|
Montgomery |
38% |
35% |
37% |
39% |
38% |
42% |
|
Prince George's |
38% |
39% |
38% |
39% |
44% |
46% |
|
Somerset |
29% |
28% |
30% |
34% |
46% |
27% |
|
St. Mary's |
20% |
24% |
25% |
23% |
34% |
36% |
|
Washington |
26% |
24% |
21% |
23% |
19% |
30% |
|
Wicomico |
24% |
22% |
24% |
21% |
26% |
21% |
|
Worcester |
42% |
44% |
42% |
33% |
33% |
32% |
|
TOTAL: |
39.0% |
39.50% |
39.60% |
38.70% |
42.60% |
44.7% |
(1) Baltimore Region includes Baltimore City and Baltimore
County and reported as one region until 2004.
(2) Mid-Shore Regional Recycling Program includes Caroline,
Kent, Queen Anne's and Talbot Counties
(3) Source: Maryland Department of the Environment (October,
2005)
(4) Source: Maryland Department of the Environment (October,
2006)
(5) Source: Maryland Department of the Environment (November,
2007)
The new Mid-Shore Regional Recycling
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