Tag: Baltimore

December 18, 2023

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott announced Monday that the city’s free, public Wi-Fi network will expand to reach recreation centers — like Middle Branch’s Fitness and Wellness Center, where the announcement was made — as part of larger plans to bridge […]

March 13, 2023

Baltimore/Washington International (BWI) Thurgood Marshall Airport in Maryland will begin collecting used cooking oil from its 50 dining locations and will use that oil to produce sustainable aviation fuel and other renewable products. This process will be part of BWI’s […]

February 19, 2021

Approximately 200,000 residents in Baltimore who receive trash removal or recycling pickup services from the city will receive new recycling carts this Spring to encourage recycling. The new program is part of a public-private partnership, funded by solid waste producers […]

November 8, 2019

Baltimore’s City Council has approved a ban on retailers’ use of plastic bags and has set a 5-cent fee on paper bags. The legislation applies to grocery stores, convenience stores, pharmacies, restaurants and gas stations, although some types of products […]

October 30, 2019

A Baltimore City Council committee advanced a plastic bag ban proposal that would also require retailers to charge 5 cents for paper bags. The bill is scheduled for a preliminary vote from the full council on November 4, according to […]

October 10, 2019

A Baltimore City Council committee just voted to amend a proposed ban on plastics bags by reducing the threshold for banned bags to 2.25 mils from 4 mils. Representatives of retailers and grocery chains in the city told the City […]

September 2, 2016

After hearing two hours of testimony, the city’s Board of Estimates voted Wednesday to approve an increase to the city’s water and sewage rates. Comptroller Joan M. Pratt and City Council President Bernard C. “Jack” Young voted against what amounts […]