Collection Schedules

The Town of Elkton provides several residential collection services to it's residents every week. These collection services include: brush, grass, leaves, solid waste, and household recyclable. We ask all residents to place their collectable items out the night before their designated pick-up day.

Be Advised, the Town does not pick-up building materials (i.e.: fencing,drywall) or dirt piles.

Grass & Leaf Collection Schedule

Download: Grass & leaf schedule (right-click to Save As)

Grass & leaves are collected:

Monday - Friday 7:30am- 3:30pm
The Town of Elkton is now collecting loose (not bagged) grass clippings placed inside plastic containers.
The plastic containers must:

Have a maximum capacity of 32 gallons

All containers must have lids

Be visibly marked with the word “GRASS” (note: all letters must be 4 inches or taller)

Grass & Leaf collection Criteria

Each type of yard debris (waste) must be in a separate pile for service.

Grass and leaves may be mixed in one pile.

Tree branches, garden waste or mulch cannot be mixed with anything. All must be in individual separate piles.

Brush Collection Schedule

Download: Brush Schedule (right-click to Save As)

Brush is collected: 

Monday - Friday 7:30am- 3:30pm

We ask residents to please set their brush out the night before so we can have time to complete our designated routes. It is not the Town's obligation to go back through collection routes once they have been thoroughly completed.

Brush Collection Criteria:

Brush should not be longer than six feet and placed in a pile with branches all going the same way

Town of Elkton

Public Notice

Elkton Recycles Program

The Town of Elkton has initiated the Elkton Recycles Program, scheduled to begin on Thursday, May 5, and Friday, May 6, depending on the collection route.  

Consistent with our previous announcements, containers for recyclable materials must be prominently marked with the white letter “R” (or other contrasting color), or with the word “RECYCLABLES”, or with the white (circling arrows) recycling logo prominently displayed on the container in order for our contractor to easily identify containers with recyclables during collection.  We recommend the purchase of a 34-gallon plastic container that displays the recycling logo, available at local retail stores for about $20.00, or a plain, similarly sized container, that displays the RECYCLABLES sticker.   “RECYCLABLES” stickers are available free of charge at the administration office.

Collection customers should NOT bag recyclables, but place loose recyclable materials in marked containers, as described.   Bagging interferes with the identification and processing of recyclables.

Single stream recycling allows customers to mix recyclable materials together for collection, including Paper: newspaper, milk & juice containers, cardboard (flattened), mixed paper (flattened boxes), bagged shredded paper, and office paper. Plastics: bottles & jugs, yogurt containers, butter tubs, small toys, crates, flower pots, laundry baskets, bagged grocery bags, buckets, totes & bins, other food containers, and cups.  Metals: aluminum, tin, steel, and bi-metal cans, aluminum foil, aluminum pie plates and food trays. Glass: bottles, drinking glasses, and glass dishes.  For more information please go to: www.ccrecycling.org

The Elkton Recycles Program applies to residential customers served by the Town of Elkton and will be implemented on all collection routes.   As previously indicated, Waste Management of Delaware, the Town’s collection contractor, will begin collecting recyclables on Thursday, May 5, and Friday, May 6 – the second day of the twice-weekly collection schedule, depending on the route.

Please contact the Town of Elkton’s Administration Office by telephone at (410) 398-0970 or by email at  administration@elkton.org with any questions, comments, or recommendations.

Joseph L. Fisona,
Mayor