More than 4 billion beverage containers are sold in Maryland each year, but only 22% are recycled for reuse as next-generation products. The remainder wind up in Maryland’s landfills and litter the state’s communities, waterways, parks and roadways.
Recycle For Real™ is a Maryland initiative that brings together industry and environmental communities to advance environmental progress without imposing new taxes. Learn why you should support the addition of a refundable beverage container deposit on aluminum, glass and plastic that complements curbside recovery efforts.
States with deposit programs have an average beverage container recycling rate of 76%.
• National average is 35%
• Maryland’s rate is 22%
In Maryland,
some 3 billion
beverage containers
are NOT
being recycled
each year.
The 10 States
with deposit laws
represent
more than 50%
of all recycled
beverage containers
in the United States.





