The County's Paper Recovery Facility accepts loads of cardboard and office paper from small and large businesses, shopping malls and residents at no cost. A program to evaluate, track, and encourage businesses to recycle is in place. Letters and report forms, to obtain recycling tonnages, are sent annually to haulers, businesses and processors. The County in conjunction with the Anne Arundel Chamber of Commerce co-sponsors an annual recycling award to outstanding business recyclers. The County provides a guidebook and educational materials to multi-family property managers.
Technical assistance is provided to businesses and institutions.
In addition, the County published its first business recycling digest in the form of a newsletter in January of 1998. The County school system, of 120 schools, collects polystyrene, cardboard, aluminum cans, white paper, and mixed paper. Fort Meade operates a volunteer program that accepts aluminum cans, newspaper, cardboard, white office paper, wooden pallets, laser print cartridges, scrap metals, antifreeze and oil. The county has a buy recycled policy for printing and writing papers. The Board of Education has approved materials for use in classrooms.