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MPA’s goal is to increase the current rate of recycling by 10%. Both large- and small-scale recycling projects, such as those listed below, are already underway to meet this goal.
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Recycling various oils and fluids, oil and fuel filters, wire rope from cranes, metal, tires, batteries, fluorescent lamps, lamp ballasts, paper, cardboard, bottles, and cans at all MPA facilities.
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Recycling cans, bottles, paper, and salvageable metals at the dredged material placement sites of Poplar Island and Hart-Miller Island. Special efforts are made to transport materials from the islands to the mainland.
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Re-using up to 1,000 tons of concrete accumulated during cleanup at the former Kurt Iron & Metal shipyard for substrate improvement in Masonville Cove (pending regulatory approvals).
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Salvaging timber decking from Pier 2 at Clinton Street for reuse by a recycler.
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Removing 5,400 tons of sunken wooden barges from the Patapsco River at Masonville and shipping them via water to a recycler in Virginia
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Recycling asphalt and concrete that is removed during underground utility repair.
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Re-using waste oil from construction equipment for heating facilities at the dredged material placement sites of Hart-Miller Island, Poplar Island, and Cox Creek.
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Capturing the liquids and gases from spent aerosol cans and recycling the cans
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Replacing steel and bituminous safety stops along wharf edges with stops made from recycled plastic
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