# Sec. 21-103. Collection and disposal license; special license

Codified through Bill No. CB-018-2026, adopted May 12, 2026, effective July 24, 2026. Source: Municode, Supplement 2026 Update 2. Editorial notes and legislative history omitted.

## Sec. 21-103. Collection and disposal license; special license

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 21-103 (2026)

(a) Any person, prior to initiating any recycling facility or solid waste acceptance facility or other system for the collection, processing, or disposal of refuse or recyclable materials, or both, shall obtain a written license from the Department of the Environment. No such license shall be issued unless the issuance of such license is in conformity with the Zoning Ordinance of the County.

(b) A special, limited license shall be issued for a sanitary landfill in which a single category or related categories of industrial refuse, only, shall be buried. This license will limit the burial of refuse in a sanitary landfill to such single category or related categories of industrial refuse, only, and will exclude the burial of commercial refuse, garbage, offal, rubbish, trash, or any other sort of refuse other than the specified category of industrial refuse, such as fly and bottom ash.

(c) No person, except the employees of the County engaged in public work or persons under contract with the County for public work, shall engage in collection, transportation or disposal of refuse without a written license from the Department of the Environment.