Baltimore County Opens $23M Recycling Facility

Baltimore County’s new $23 million recycling facility opened in Cockeysville on Tuesday.

The new “single stream facility” will process 35 tons of recycling an hour and has the ability to sort 70,000 tons of recycling a year, and is expected to generate between $750,000 and $2 million a year, according to a county news release.

"Recycling is the right thing to do—both for the environment and for the bottom line," County Executive Kevin Kamenetz said in a news release. "This new facility allows Baltimore County to manage our solid waste stream ourselves, and to sort our recyclables locally, keeping the full economic benefit for our taxpayers."

The development of the 55,000 square –feet facility, which the county started developing in 2012 and partially opened in May, is expected to create 13 new jobs.