Facility details
- Address
- 9691 Gerwig Lane
Columbia, MD 21046 - Phone
- (443) 228-6874
- Google reviews
- See visitor reviews on Google
- Website
- shredinstead.com
- Facility type
- Recycling
- County
- Howard County
- EPA Region
- 3
- Data sources
- EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-15
About this facility
A recycling center collects, sorts and prepares recoverable materials so they can be sold to mills and manufacturers instead of being landfilled. Some are public drop-off sites run by a city, county or hauler; others are commercial buy-back yards or processing plants that take material from collection routes and businesses. What a given site handles depends on its equipment and the markets it sells into, so one center may focus on cardboard and containers while another takes only scrap metal. Many sites pay for certain materials and charge for others. Hours, fees and accepted materials vary — call ahead to confirm what is taken, how it must be sorted and whether there is a minimum quantity.
Typically accepted at Recycling Center facilities
- Cardboard and mixed paper
- Plastic bottles and containers
- Aluminum and steel cans
- Glass bottles and jars
- Scrap metal
- Electronics (at some sites)
Hours, fees and accepted materials vary by site — call ahead before hauling a load.
Nearby facilities
- Budget Shred Recycling 0.5 mi · Columbia, MD
- Kline Paper Mill Supplies, Inc. Recycling 0.5 mi · Columbia, MD
- JEM Recycling & Packaging Sales, Inc. Recycling 2.7 mi · Columbia, MD
- Wilson's Boulevard Metals and Cores Recycling 2.9 mi · Jessup, MD
- Sage Sustainable Electronics LLC Recycling 3.1 mi · Jessup, MD
- Intera Materials Recycling 3.8 mi · Jessup, MD
- Sims Recycling Solutions Recycling 4.0 mi · Elkridge, MD
- Green Loop Export Recycling 4.0 mi · Columbia, MD
- WM - AmeriWaste Transfer Station Transfer Station 4.3 mi · Elkridge, MD
- TurboHaul Transfer Station 4.5 mi · Annapolis Junction, MD
Nearest landfill: Fort Meade SLF, Fort Meade — 5.4 mi
Waste haulers nearby
- Quick Servant Co Inc0.3 mi · Columbia, MD · 3 drivers
- Cargo Haulers LLC2.4 mi · Columbia, MD · 1 driver
- Two Men and a Junk Truck2.4 mi · Columbia, MD · 2 drivers
- Jong Pro Trash Out LLC2.9 mi · Laurel, MD · 1 driver
- MD Clean2.9 mi · Laurel, MD · 2 drivers
Area served
Serves Columbia, Laurel, Savage, Jessup, Annapolis Junction, Fulton, Elkridge, Clarksville, Ellicott City, Highland, Burtonsville, Hanover.
County context
One of 17 recycling centers in Howard County, MD.
20 waste haulers in Howard County, MD.
ZIP 21046 at a glance
- Population
- 15,608 (772 per sq mi)
- Median age
- 37
- Households
- Median income $127,813 · 72% earn six figures
- Housing
- 65% owner-occupied · median home value $481,232 · median rent $2,131
- Workforce
- 71% labor-force participation · 2.7% unemployment
ZIP figures are US Census estimates for the ZIP area, not the company.
Maryland solid-waste agency: Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE)