County Hosting Household Recycling Day Event

Westchester County’s Department of Environmental Facilities (DEF) will be conducting a Household Recycling Day (HRD) Event from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 18 at the county’s Material Recovery Facility (MRF), located in Yonkers, at exit 6A off I-87, opposite Home Depot and Stew Leonard’s. On April 6, DEF conducted the first HRD Event of the year at FDR State Park, in Yorktown Heights. More than 3,000 households delivered 82,000 pounds of household waste, and 18,000 pounds of documents for shredding to that event.

Last year, the department held three HRD Events, the first ones held in the county since 2012, and they were a huge success. Events held at the MRF, FDR State Park and Rye Playland attracted over 7,250 visitors, who delivered over 200,000 pounds of household waste.

Generally, the following items are accepted for safe disposal or recycling:

Properly labeled household chemicals, such as:

• Household cleaning products
• Most automotive fluids (antifreeze, brake fluid, gasoline but not motor oil)
• Flammable liquids (kerosene, butane, lighter fluid, turpentine)
• Metal, jewelry and furniture polishes and waxes; wood preservatives
• Fertilizers, pesticides, insecticides, herbicides
• Photographic and swimming pool chemicals

Batteries – only vehicle, rechargeable or button cell

Fluorescent light bulbs & CFLs

Fire extinguishers

BBQ propane tanks (up to 20 pounds)

Mercury containing devices (thermometers and thermostats)

Electronic waste (TVs, computer monitors and towers)

Expired or unwanted medications, both OTC and prescription

Personal documents for shredding (limit of four file-size boxes per household)

Tires

Items that will not be accepted and should not be brought to the Household Recycling Day include paint (both latex and oil), non-rechargeable alkaline and carbon zinc batteries (they can be safely discarded in the trash), motor oil, smoke detectors, cellphones, explosives (flares, fireworks, ammunition), construction debris and hypodermic needles. Also, waste from businesses, schools or other institutions will not be accepted.

For more information on what to bring to this event, visit www.westchestergov.com/recycling or call 914-813-5425.

If you can’t make it to a recycling events, you can still dispose of your hard-to-get-rid-of household waste by visiting the county’s Household-Material Recycling Facility (H-MRF), 15 Woods Rd., Valhalla. The H-MRF is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday by appointment, and accepts the same items that are accepted at the HRD events. For more information about the H-MRF or to make an appointment, go here or call 914-813-5425.

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