Montgomery County Legislature adopts local law requiring source separation for recyclables

The Montgomery County Legislature voted to adopt Introductory Local Law C (Local Law 3 of 2026), a measure that requires source separation and segregation of recyclable or reusable materials from solid waste. Sponsors listed on the record were Legislators Pollock and Majuski.

The measure moved through the Legislature without discussion and passed on a voice vote. A public hearing on the proposed recycling law was held at the start of the meeting; the chair invited public comment and none was offered, after which the public hearing was formally adjourned.

Legislators described the vote as an operating local law change to require households and entities to separate recyclable or reusable materials from their solid waste streams. The resolution’s text was read into the record by the clerk as “adopting introductory local law C, local law 3 of 2026, a local law requiring source separation and segregation of recyclable or reusable materials from solid waste.” The record does not include an effective date or implementation timeline in the reading; those details were not specified on the transcript.

The adoption was recorded alongside a package of other routine resolutions and budget amendments considered that evening. No public comments on the proposed recycling law were captured on the transcript during the public hearing portion of the meeting.