Refuse: [Recycling]

Our Recycling Center has re-opened! During the summer, the Recycling Center will be open on Saturday mornings from 9 a.m. until noon. Anyone needing to recycle during the week can call the Town Clerk's Office at 763-3511. The Recycling Center is located behind the Town House at 11 Main Street, South Salem, NY. Link here to learn more about the proper disposal of unwanted items and to see a list of acceptable items at the recycling center.

The residential carters licensed in Lewisboro are:

Bria Carting Corporation, PO Box 397, Somers, NY 10589
277-4211

Once a week curbside: $38.00/month
Once a week driveway: $49.00/month

Call for information regarding bringing a large bulk drop off to the transfer station.

Mayfield Carting Service, 131 Plainfield Avenue, Bedford Hills, NY 10507
666-2300

Once a week curbside: $45.00/month
Once a week driveway: $55.00/month

County Waste Management, P.O. Box 548, Harrison, NY 10529
592-5007 or 800-776-8537

Once a week curbside: $40.00-45.00/month
Once a week driveway: $45.00-56.00/month

 

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Recycling: [Refuse]

 Recycling Center & Residential Refuse Disposal

 

                                          
CURBSIDE RECYCLING & RESIDENTIAL REFUSE PICKUP

• Bria Carting Corporation, PO Box 151, Croton Falls, NY 10519 277-4211

  Newspapers should be tied and bundled including phone books. Call for other recycling.

• Mayfield Carting Service, 131 Plainfield Avenue, Bedford Hills, NY 10507 666-2300

  Phone books, magazines, catalogs may be bundled with newspapers. Call for other recycling.

• County Waste Management, P.O. Box 548, Harrison, NY 10529 592-5007 or 800-776-8537

  Co-mingled glass, metal & plastic (#'s 1 & 2) placed in blue recycling bag put alongside regular trash pickup. Newspapers & magazines should be separately bundled & tied or placed in brown paper bags alongside regular trash pickup. Cardboard should be flattened, tied and placed alongside regular trash pickup also.

 

PROPER DISPOSAL & RECYCLING - other

Household paint:  oil-based, water based or latex paint may be legally and safely disposed of in your garbage by hardening the paint by mixing the paint with kitty litter or other absorbent pellet material until no liquid remains. The lid must be off.

Motor Oil:  take to service station or retail outlet that sells motor oil.

Oil Filters:  Drain oil from the filter,  may be accepted by recycling center, curbside collection, local scrap metal dealers. As last resort wrap drained filter in newspaper and dispose of the the garbage.

Vehicle Batteries:  Take vehicle batteries to retailers that sell them.                 

Household Batteries:

Type	Disposition
Non-rechargeable	Household trash
Rechargeable	Alkaline in household trash
Rechargeable	Nickel cadmium, sealed lead acid, nickel hydride & lithium - local drop-off site or County Household Chemical Clean-Up Day.
Button Cell	Silver oxide, mercuric oxide, lithium & zinc air - local drop-off site or County Household Chemical Clean-up Day

Since 1992 85% of household batteries have significantly lowered mercury content.

Propane Gas Tanks

20 pound tanks accepted by:
Sal's Servicecenter 880 Route 35 Cross River, NY 763-5151	Tech Air White Plains, NY 914-949-5151
1 pound tanks should be burned off and may be disposed of in garbage or bulk refuse drop-off.

  TIRES

WESTCHESTER COUNTY TIRE DISCARD:

Westchester County has initiated a program to help residents discard old tires which might become a mosquito breeding ground.

The following Mavis Tire Outlets will accept old tires for a $1.00 fee for each tire:

186 North Bedford Road, Mount Kisco 241-1030
9 Marble Avenue, Pleasantville, 747-3100
344 Kear Street, Yorktown, 962-3171

Please call ahead for hours and regulations.

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Grass Recycling

Reducing Waste Generation

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GOODS THAT ARE WORTH PASSING ON

Many nonprofit and charitable organizations welcome donations i.e. Junior League thrift shops or tag sales sponsored by churches and synagogues. Others are:

Westchester County through its website Department of Environmental Facilities is a clearing house for large household or office items.

Westchester Access is open to businesses that want to donate old computers and related equipment to nonprofit organizations.

Big Brothers and Big Sisters (914-963-4453) picks us usable donations of large items.

The Salvation Army needs sellable, usable items. Information (914-664-0800)

Goodwill accepts clothing, toys, books, shoes and small houseware items. Information (718-728-5400)

Planned Parenthood of the Hudson-Peconic region runs an annual fund-raiser with donated items. Call the Auction Line at (914-467-7320)

The YMCA in White Plains (914-428-1130) accepts donations on behalf of the women who line in the 135 room residence that the agency runs.

Family Services of Westchester information call (914-420-0656)

New Beginnings based in Ossining accepts household items call (914-923-4889)

The Career Closet provides new and gently used appropriate interview attire for men and women who are moving from welfare to work. For information on Saturday mornings call (914-944-1472)

The Gifts in Kind Program run by United Way of Westchester and Putnam places excess product office equipment that ca be used by others. Information (914-997-6700 extension 755)

Children's Village accepts furniture, computers, lamps office chairs, new clothes, new books and new sporting equipment. Call (914-693-0600 extension 1587)

My Sister's Place, a shelter for abused women, welcomes donations of kitchen items, linens, bedding and towels to help client set up homes once they leave the shelter. Call (14-683-1333 extension 150)

The Family Resource Center in Peekskill helps homeless families with functional items. (914-739-0411)

A-Home, a Mount Kisco based coalition of civic and religious organizations develops low income housing accepts furniture, bed frames, lamps, end tables an bookcases. (Information 914-666-0740)

The Piggy Bank, a Scarsdale thrift shop that operates for the benefit of the White Plains Hospital Center accepts seasonally clothing. Store at 4 Grey Rock Road, M-Sat 9:30 to 4 p.m.

Junior Leagues thrift shops welcome clean clothing , household items. Bedford Hills Thrift shop (914-666-2290)

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WESTCHESTER COUNTY 2010
HOUSEHOLD CHEMICAL CLEAN-UP DAYS

Chemicals must be in original or labeled containers. Close all bags and bottles tightly. Place all chemicals in a sturdy box in the trunk of your car. Only residential chemicals are acceptable. Pre-registration id required for 100 pounds or more of solid material or 25 gallons of more of liquids. To Pre-register, call (914) 813-5425. Call Household Chemical Info-Line (914)813-5425.

Receive a FREE mercury-free thermometer when you trade-in your old oral thermometer. One per customer while supplies last. Compliments of Wheelabrator Westchester, L.P.

ITEMS ACCEPTED:

Properly labeled household chemicals including:

most automotive fluids - antifreeze, brake fluid, gasoline

car tires (maximum 10)

fire starter fluid - kerosene, butane, charcoal fluid, turpentine, solvents

polishes and waxes - metal, jewelry, furniture, and wood preservatives

pesticides, insecticides, herbicides

photographic and swimming pool chemicals

fluorescent light bulbs

fire extinguishers & small propane tanks ( 1 & 2 pound ONLY)

rechargeable & button cell batteries

mercury (including thermometers & thermostats)

cell phones

TV's, monitors & computers

Prescription or over the counter pills, liquids, ointments, lotions and pet medications (put all in sealable plastic bags)

also plastic bags will be collected

ITEMS NOT ACCEPTED:

Paint- oil & latex - dispose of with household trash in solid form.  Air dry, use kitty litter or paint hardener

Motor oil -  take to service station or motor oil retail outlet

Vehicle batteries - take to service station, a local scrap metal dealer or any vehicle battery retail outlet

Non-rechargeable batteries - dispose of in trash

Compressed gas cylinders - helium, oxygen, & bbq/propane tanks 20 pounds

Freon & appliances with freon - air conditioners & dehumidifiers

Pharmaceutical/medical/biological waste

Smoke & fire detectors

Materials from commercial & institutional users

Empty chemical containers - dispose with household trash

Explosives, ammunition, flares and fireworks

Construction and demolition debris

For more information call (914) 813-5425.

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BULK REFUSE DROP-OFF
October, TBD
(residents only)

Recycling Center (behind the Town House)
11 Main Street,
South Salem

Accepted: mattresses, furniture, carpeting, construction debris, etc.

NO hazardous materials, garbage, brush, tires

Fee: Approximately $40/car, $75 & up/truck.

Priced separately: computers & electronic equipment

For further information call the Town clerk's office at 763-3511
or email townclerk@lewisborogov.com

 

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SHARPS

Many people use sharps (needles, syringes, & lancets) as part of their home medical care. Proper disposal of sharps is important to the safety of the sharps user and the workers who handle trash. Follow the guidelines in the brochure to keep your self and others safe.

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TO RECYCLE CELL PHONES and EYEGLASSES:

Residents can recycle eyeglasses at th Town Clerk's office. The eyeglasses will be recycled to persons in need through the Lewisboro Lions Club.

Town Clerk's Office
Certified Cell Phone Acceptance Center

Westchester County March 1, 2006 legislation mandated all cell phones be recycled rather than disposed in the trash. Westchester County Commissioner of Environmental Facilities has designated the Town Clerk's Office as the acceptance center for cell phones.

You may drop off the cell phones at the Town Clerk's Office Monday - Friday 9 am to 5 pm or at the Town's Recycling Center on Saturdays 9 am to 5 pm.

Questions: call 763-3511 or email Town Clerk

Additionally:

Two independent studies funded by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the State of California respectively, reveal that obsolete or non-working mobile phones qualify as hazardous waste even with their batteries removed. The toxicity is due to the use of the toxic metal lead in the phones and their propensity to leach the lead content when deposited in a municipal landfill.

Bring to:

Cell Phone Recycling with HopeLine:
Westchester County and Verizon are teaming up to increase the number of old, unwanted cell phones recycled in Westchester County through the HopeLine Program.
Cell phones contain several materials that should not be disposed of in a solid waste facility. Instead, spent cell phones should be recycled, and with the Verizon's help, a cell phone and related equipment (e.g.chargers) collection box is located in the Town Clerk's Office, 11 Main Street, South Salem. Cell phones that are reusable will be refurbished and donated with pre-programmed minutes to domestic violence victims. Those that are not will be recycled.


For all donations to the D.A.'s Office, the cell phones need to come with their chargers and be disconnected from any service provider. The phones are programmed and, in turn, go to senior citizens and domestic abuse victims for emergency purposes.
WESTCHESTER COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Janet DiFiore's OFFICE - contact Eileen Conklin at 914-995-3000
The Special Prosecution Division (across from the County Courthouse)
110 Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard
White Plains, NY 10566

-and/or-

Any of the eight branches of the D.A's Office:
GREENBURGH OFFICE (914)-995-4075
MT. VERNON OFFICE (914)-665-2440
NEW ROCHELLE OFFICE (914)-654-2074
NORTHERN WESTCHESTER OFFICE (914)-864-7122
PEEKSKILL OFFICE (914)-862-5170
RYE OFFICE (914)-813-7257
WHITE PLAINS OFFICE (914)-422-6265
YONKERS CITY COURT BUREAU (914) 377-6400


Charitable Recycling is an international company that "is dedicated to keeping today's used cell phones from tomorrow's landfills, where they are toxic to our earth." Their three goals are to help safeguard the environment, provide emergency communication to those in need, and to partnering with charities nationwide to significantly increase and exceed their fundraising expectations.
You can designate any organization (Schools, Centers, local businesses for example-or even NRDC...) to be collection points. As the sites collect and send the phones (in increments of $50 or more), Charitable Recycling provides marketing kits, promotional posters, collection boxes and prepaid postage for free. The return is $1.00 per phone, and the profits go only to the Designated Organization(s). Phones that cannot be reused/recycled are disposed in compliance with EPA disposal regulations.
They Partner with with The Wireless Source (www.thewirelesssource.com http://www.thewirelesssource.com>) for disposition of the used cell phones collected.
To join, they request contact information, a tax ID# with a copy faxed to them.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Charitable Recycling The Wireless Source
Jonnie Sullivan Beth Morawski
Marketing Manager Charitable Recycling Manager
794 Industrial Court 794-A Industrial Court
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302
p. 248.661.1815 p.248.335.0440/888.675.5081(toll free)
f. 248.335.4264 f.248.335.4264
www.charitablerecycling.com bmorawski@twsmail1.com

Any participating STAPLES locations (also PDAs, and pagers too), but they partner with an organization called "Collective Good International" where the proceeds go back to Staples who, in turn, donated the proceeds to the Sierra Club.