Facility details
- Address
- 9475 Gerwig Ln
Columbia, MD 21046 - Phone
- (202) 656-4124
- Website
- budgetshred.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Howard County
- EPA Region
- 3
- Data sources
- Overture Maps 2026-05-20
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
About this facility
A recycling center collects, sorts and prepares recoverable materials so they can be sold to mills and manufacturers instead of being landfilled. Some are public drop-off sites run by a city, county or hauler; others are commercial buy-back yards or processing plants that take material from collection routes and businesses. What a given site handles depends on its equipment and the markets it sells into, so one center may focus on cardboard and containers while another takes only scrap metal. Many sites pay for certain materials and charge for others. Hours, fees and accepted materials vary — call ahead to confirm what is taken, how it must be sorted and whether there is a minimum quantity.
Typically accepted at Recycling Center facilities
- Cardboard and mixed paper
- Plastic bottles and containers
- Aluminum and steel cans
- Glass bottles and jars
- Scrap metal
- Electronics (at some sites)
Hours, fees and accepted materials vary by site — call ahead before hauling a load.
Nearby facilities
- Kline Paper Mill Supplies, Inc. Recycling same site · Columbia, MD
- Shred Instead Recycling 0.5 mi · Columbia, MD
- Wilson's Boulevard Metals and Cores Recycling 2.4 mi · Jessup, MD
- JEM Recycling & Packaging Sales, Inc. Recycling 2.5 mi · Columbia, MD
- Sage Sustainable Electronics LLC Recycling 2.6 mi · Jessup, MD
- Intera Materials Recycling 3.3 mi · Jessup, MD
- Sims Recycling Solutions Recycling 3.6 mi · Elkridge, MD
- WM - AmeriWaste Transfer Station Transfer Station 3.9 mi · Elkridge, MD
- TurboHaul Transfer Station 4.0 mi · Annapolis Junction, MD
- Waste Management Annapolis Junction Recycling and Transfer Station Recycling 4.1 mi · Jessup, MD
Nearest landfill: Fort Meade SLF, Fort Meade — 4.9 mi
Area served
Serves Columbia, Savage, Laurel, Jessup, Annapolis Junction, Fulton, Elkridge, Hanover, Ellicott City, Clarksville, Burtonsville, Highland.
County context
One of 17 recycling centers in Howard County, MD.
ZIP 21046 population 15,433.
Maryland solid-waste agency: Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE)