Where totes empty in the DC metro

By jurisdiction

What the pages say, and what they do not

Each area page describes where totes get emptied in that county, which large employers and industries are there, which roads a pickup would use and which cities sit under it. They are about the area. They are not a list of places a truck already goes.

Nobody has confirmed pickups in Loudoun or Prince William counties, so those pages and the Prince William page describe the area and invite a request without promising one. Send the request, and we will say whether a pickup reaches the site.

Cities and corridors

Under the counties are cities and corridors with a reason to empty totes: Ashburn and Herndon for data centers, Rockville and Gaithersburg for biotech, Hyattsville for breweries, Landover for food plants, and New York Avenue NE for yards. Cities with no sourced tote-emptying industry have no page.

How to find your page

Start with the county in the first table, then open the city if one exists. A site on New York Avenue NE has a corridor page; a site in Bowie, Silver Spring or Alexandria has only its county, because our sources name no tote-emptying industry there. If your town is not listed, use the nearest county page and say where you are in the request.

In this section

• Washington, DCUsed IBC totes in the District come from Ward 5 yards, New York Avenue NE and utility land. The Office of Planning counts the acres; DOEE sets the rules.
• Loudoun County, VALoudoun County has about 233 data center buildings. This page describes the chiller-plant totes they empty; no pickup is confirmed in the county yet.
• Fairfax County, VAFairfax County empties totes from fulfillment, grocery and contractor sites along I-95, Route 28 and US 1. See the cities, the roads and the DEQ rules.
• Prince William County, VAPrince William County has foodservice distribution, fulfillment and a life-sciences employer. No pickup is confirmed here; this page invites a request.
• Montgomery County, MDMontgomery County has over 300 biotech companies along I-270 and Route 29, plus the 93,000 acre Agricultural Reserve. Rules come from MDE.
• Prince George's County, MDPrince George’s County runs on trade, transport and utilities: supermarkets, coffee roasting, breweries. See the roads, the cities and the MDE rules.
• Frederick County, MDFrederick County has distribution centers, biomanufacturing and HVAC makers on I-70 and I-270. See the employers, the roads and MDE’s rules.
• Warren County, VAWarren County has coatings and plastics makers and the Virginia Inland Port at Front Royal. Read what its totes held and the DEQ rules.