Spring Cleaning Extras!

The City of Laurel is happy to bring you our annual Spring Clean-Up Events!  During the month of April and May the Department of Public Works will be holding various events and specials to help our residents clean up their homes and gardens! If you have questions about the events below or other Department of Public Works services, please call at 301-725-0088 or email DPW@laurel.md.us.

Extra Yard Debris Collections on Mondays in May 

During the Month of May the Department of Public Works will be offering Monday Yard Debris collections in addition to Wednesday yard debris collections.  Yard debris pickups are FREE!  But residents must still call, email or submit online a request for yard debris pickups. The deadline for our Monday pickup is the Thursday before.  The deadline for our Wednesday pickup is the Monday before.  For more information on how to prepare your yard debris collection, please see our Yard Debris page.

$10 Discount for First 100 Bulk Pickup Requests for April 9th and 23rd Bulky Pickups

The first 100 residents to request a bulk pickup for either our Wednesday, April 9th and Wednesday, April 23rd pickups will have the base-fee of $10.00 waived. This is not a "free" pickup. Extra-charge or billable items (such as sofas, appliances, and electronics) will still have a fee. For more information on what has extra charges and how to properly prepare your pickup, please see our Bulky Item pickup page:

• We will start accepting requests for April 9th's pickup on Tuesday, April 1st.
• We will start accepting requests for April 23rd's pickup on Tuesday, April 15th.
• We will not be scheduling these pickups prior to those dates.

Community Dumpsters

Multiple Home Owner's Associations (HOAs) in the City of Laurel will have community Dumpsters available for residents to dispose of their bulky items on select Saturdays in March, April, and May from 8:00 a.m. until noon. Each Home Owner's Association will contact their members with information on the specific date and items allowed. For the specific dates and locations of your HOA's dumpster, please contact your HOA. Participating HOAs for 2025 include:

• Arbory (North)
• Arbory (South)
• Ashford
• Cherrywood
• Contee Crossing
• Crescent at Cherry Lane
• Cromwell (Dorset Road)
• Cromwell (Millbrook Road)
• Haines Ridge
• Laurelton Forest
• Patuxent Glen
• Stonewood

If your HOA or community is interested in requesting a dumpster for the 2026 spring clean-up event or future clean-up events please have your HOA representatives, board members, or interested residents (where there is no HOA) reach out to the Department of Public Works at 301-725-0088 or send an email to DPW@laurel.md.us for more information!

April 19th Electronics Recycling and Paper Shredding Drop-Off Event!

As part of the City of Laurel’s on-going commitment to reduce landfill waste and promote reuse, repurpose, and recycle, Public Works is happy to bring back our April Recycling Event. Gather up your old, important papers, old electronics, and lightly used home goods, wet or dry paint, and Styrofoam and come down to Public Works, 305-307 First Street, on Saturday, April 19, 2025, from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm (noon). Remember - not all areas located in "Laurel, Maryland" are in the City Limits for the City of Laurel.  Please be sure to verify you live within City Limits before attending this event.

For complete information about this event see our separate announcement here for all the details!