Household Recycling Days Coming For Westchester Residents

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY — All those old lawn chemicals and cleaning products, batteries and tires, stuff your garbage collector won't take — Westchester will. Westchester County’s Department of Environmental Facilities will conduct three Household Recycling Days this fall.

The first Household Recycling Day will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Material Recovery Facility (MRF), located off of Exit 6A (Stew Leonard Drive) of the New York State Thruway.

The second will be Oct. 13 at Roosevelt Park in Yorktown Heights. The third will be Nov. 3 at Playland Park in Rye.

In addition to properly labelled household chemicals and other special wastes found in a typical household, residents can bring documents for shredding and expired or unwanted medications for disposal.

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

Properly labelled 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, furniture polishes and waxes; wood preservatives
• Fertilizers, pesticides, insecticides, herbicides
• Photographic and swimming pool chemicals

In addition, there's a whole host of things you've wanted to get rid of:

• Batteries – only vehicle, rechargeable, or button cell
• Fluorescent light bulbs & CFLs
• Fire extinguishers
• BBQ propane tanks (up to 20 lbs.)
• Mercury containing devices (thermometers and thermostats)
• Electronic waste (TVs, computer monitors and towers)
• Expired or unwanted medications, both over-the-counter 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, cell phones, 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.

The October HRD event is scheduled for October 13 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Franklin D. Roosevelt Park in Yorktown Heights. The November event is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Playland Park in Rye on the 3rd.

DID YOU KNOW: If you can’t make it to any of the HRD 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 on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 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, visit this website or call (914)813-5425.