Bedford's Recycling Center Grand Opening is Saturday

BEDFORD, NY — Check out the town's new Recycling Center at the Grand Opening on Saturday.

WHERE: 343 Railroad Ave., Katonah

WHEN: 10 a.m. Oct. 29

By the way, the Town Recycling Center accepts electronic waste (ewaste) from Town residents. This service reduces pollution to the environment at no cost to the Town or its residents, with the exception of CRT monitors and televisions, which can be disposed of at a fee. Click here for the EWaste Guide of what is accepted/not accepted at the Recycling Center and for the Ewaste Fee Notice for CRT TVs and monitors. CRTs are contained in older style televisions and computer monitors (the type with the large back portion, not the newer style flat televisions and computer monitors).

In order to recycle Ewaste containing CRTs, residents must complete a CRT Recycling Application and pay the appropriate fee at the Town Clerk’s Office, 321 Bedford Road, Bedford Hills, 666-4534. Payment may not be made at the Recycling Center.

And while we're on the subject: recycle your cell phone.

As of June 1, 2006, it is against the law in Westchester to throw your cell phone in the trash. Fines range from a warning to up to $250.A cell phone drop-off box is located in the Town Clerk’s Office in the Town House.