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Refuse:
[Recycling] 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/fee regarding large bulk items to be brought to the transfer station.
Mayfield
Carting Service, 131 Plainfield Avenue, Bedford Hills, NY 10507 666-2300
Once
a week curbside: $39.50/month
Once a week driveway: $46.50/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
Rogan Brothers Sanitation, P.O. Box 1076,
Yonkers, NY 10703 476-2838
Once a week curbside: $35.00/month
Once a week driveway: $40.00-45.00/month
Recycling
Center & Residential Refuse Disposal
Recycling: [Refuse] The
Town of Lewisboro's Recycling Center is located behind the Town House at 11 Main
Street, South Salem. The Recycling Center is open on Saturday from 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m. ITEMS FOR RECYCLING CENTER PLASTICS: Only
the items which have the recycling triangle on the bottom showing number 1 or
2 in it are accepted. These are mostly bottles but could be some jars as
well. Not accepted are plastic toys, bottle caps or any other numbered plastics.
Numbers other than 1 & 2 do not melt at the same temperature and are not accepted
by the converters. GLASS: Clear,
brown & green glass. Place in separate containers, no metal rims or
caps please. Not accepted:
| perfume bottles | drinking
glasses | smoked glass |
| automobile glass | window
glasses | glass with any kind of color |
| windshields | ceramics | baby
bottles | METAL: All
metal objects excepting refrigerators, air conditioners and car parts.
Refrigerators and air conditioners need
to be certified that the Freon has been removed before the recycling process. Even a defective
appliance that probably has no Freon needs a sticker to insure and certify that there is no Freon remaining in the appliance. Westchester County issues "Freon Stickers" to certified refrigerant
extraction technicians who have documented that they own E.P.A. certified freon
extraction equipment. The following are several dealers who remove Freon.
A complete list is available at the Town Clerk's Office.
Brookfield Metal Company*
Elmsford, NY
592-5250
*Will accept window & wall a/c units without Freon- free of charge. The units have to be delivered to them. |
Clover Heating & Cooling
219 Gordon
Avenue
North Tarrytown, NY 10591
914-631-6744 |
Dako
Controls Corp.
17 Saint Charles Street
Thornwood, NY 10594
914-747-0525 |
Questions: Call the
Town Clerk at 914-763-3511 |
CHRISTMAS TREES:
Lewisboro
residents may bring their Christmas trees to the Town's recycling center, behind
the Town House at 11 Main Street, South Salem on Saturdays in January between
9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. The trees will be chipped by the Highway Department to
be recycled as mulch.
CURBSIDE RECYCLING & RESIDENTIAL
REFUSE PICKUP
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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.
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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.
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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
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Rogan Brothers Sanitation, P.O.
Box 1076, Yonkers, NY 10703 476-2838 Co-mingled
glass, metal & plastic (#'s 1 & 2) placed in blue/clear
recycling bag and 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 of 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.
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 www.westchestergov.com
link to 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)
WESTCHESTER COUNTY 2008
HOUSEHOLD CHEMICAL CLEAN-UP DAYS
Shred Mobile also available
Westchester County E-Waste 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 80 pounds or more
of solid material or 25 gallons of more of liquids. Call Household Chemical Info-Line
(914)813-5425 or http://www.westchestergov.com/envfacil/
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
- florescent
light bulbs
- fire extinguishers
& small propane tanks ( 1 & 2 pound ONLY)
- rechargeable
& button cell batteries
- mercury
(including thermometers & thermostats)
- cell
phones
- TV's, monitors and 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 a local scrap metal dealer or any 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
WESTCHESTER COUNTY 2008
HOUSEHOLD RECYCLING DAY
- Friday, May 9 from 1p.m.-3p.m.
- Saturday, May 10 from 9a.m.-3p.m.
Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) State Park, Yorktown Heights - Taconic State Parkway to exit for FDR State Park. Follow signs.
NOW YOU CAN BRING:
- Expired or unused medications. Keep them in their original containers.
- 20 or more plastic bags and get a new reusable bag.
For more information & future Household Recycling Days, go to http://www.westchestergov.com or call
(914) 813-5425.
TO
RECYCLE CELL PHONES and EYEGLASSES: Residents
can recycle eyeglasses at Lewisboro's Recycling Center on Saturdays (9 a.m. to
4 p.m.) The eyeglasses will be recycled to persons in need through the Lewisboro
Lions Club. Eyeglasses can also be left at the Town Clerk's Office during weekdays.
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.
The Town participates in the County's HopeLine Cell Phone Recycling Program. Recycled cell phones are collected and distributed to people at risk.
You may drop off the cell phones at the Town Clerk's Office Monday - Friday 9 am to 4:30 pm or at the Town's Recycling Center on Saturdays 9 am to 4 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
JEANINE
PIRRO'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.
Town
of Lewisboro
Annual Roadside Cleanup
Saturday April 19th and Sunday April 20th
Volunteers and organizations call Lewisboro Lion Jake Kommer 763-8788
This popular
Lewisboro Lions annual project involves volunteers from throughout the Town who
can give a few hours of their time to do some “spring cleaning”
of our scenic roadsides.
Neighborhood coordinators are needed. Anyone wishing to organize their neighborhood cleanup and local organizations should let Lion Jake Kommer know as soon as possible. Call 763-8788.
Organizations which have adopted
a local highway are encouraged to join in the cleanup.
Organizations wishing to adopt a highway should call the
Town Superintendent of Highways Peter Ripperger at 763-3166 or email: highway@lewisborogov.com
Bags can be picked up at the: Town Clerk's
Office, Town House,11 Main Street, South Salem.
Monday-Friday/9 am- 4:30
pm
BULK REFUSE DROP-OFF
dates to be selected
9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
(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 $25/car, $50 & up/truck.
Priced separately: computers & electronic equipment
For
further information call the Town clerk's office at 763-3511
and
ELECTRONICS RECYCLING
dates to be selected
9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Lewisboro Town House
11 Main Street, South Salem
A non-profit agency, Per Scholas will charge a small tax deductible fax (@ $3-$10) for each electronic item to be recycled. Included are desktops cpu's, docking stations
Document/Paper Shredding
to be selected
The Westchester County Shred Mobile
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