Northern Recycling Center

Northern Recycling Center in Glen Burnie is the local drop-off spot for household recyclables and common bulky items that residents want kept out of the landfill. People from around the neighborhood and nearby parts of Anne Arundel County bring sorted loads here, especially during cleanup season.

The site has the feel of a working facility - concrete pads, large roll-off containers and traffic lanes for cars and small trucks. Many centers in this corridor have an entrance booth and a scale, so plan for a short stop at the driveway before being directed to the sorting areas. Recycling containers and bays are grouped by material type, often off to the right just past the entrance area, and peak times (weekends and spring) can have lines. It’s an industrial, high-volume operation rather than a neat retail lot, so expect noise, trucks, and staff moving material around.