Department of Public Works

Municipal Trash Cans

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, August 21, 2015

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Baltimore City Trash Cans

Baltimore is World’s First City to Generate Electricity from Waterway-Reclaimed Litter

Tentative agreement will allow trash collected by the Inner Harbor Water Wheel to fuel electricity for Baltimore homes.

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Inner Harbor Water Wheel

Major Improvements to Rat Eradication Efforts

Improved program will involve training and reassigning current DPW employees, concentrating on one of DPW's nine districts at a time.

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Mayor Announces Initiative to Clean Up Homeless Encampments in Midtown Baltimore

Cleanups will prevent hazards to health and safety; outreach workers will assist with housing, placement services.

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Winners of Growing Green Design Competition Announced

Winners of the Growing Green Design Competition: Vacant Lots Transformed winning projects were awarded nearly $300,000 for design and construction.

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IMAGE: Mayor Rawlings-Blake poses with Turtle, mascot of the Growing Green Initiative

A City's Infrastructure

To grow our city, we have to find innovative ways to attract new residents, while giving those already here more reasons to stay.

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IMAGE: Mayor Rawlings-Blake and a number of City and State officials unveil a new welcome sign at Penn Station