Westchester's 1st Household Recycling Day For 2022 Is Saturday

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY — The first 2022 Household Recycling Day for Westchester County residents will be held Saturday at FDR State Park.

The upcoming HRD event in Yorktown will be the first of four planned for 2022, to give residents across the county a chance to safely dispose of their household waste conveniently.

In addition to properly labeled household chemicals, tires, scrap metal, electronics, appliances and other special wastes found in a typical household, residents can bring documents for shredding and even expired or unwanted medications for disposal to the HRD event on April 23.

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

• 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 OTC and prescription
• Personal documents for shredding (limit of four (4) file-size boxes per household)
• Tires

Also accepted will be 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, and furniture polishes and waxes; wood preservatives
• Fertilizers, pesticides, insecticides, herbicides
• Photographic and swimming pool chemicals

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 Department of Environmental Facilities will hosting the event.

• WHEN: from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 23
• WHERE: FDR State Park, 2957 Crompond Road (Route 202) in Yorktown.

In 2021, DEF held four HRD events that welcomed more than 2,500 county residents, and accepted over 160,000 pounds of household waste for disposal. HRD events return in 2022 looking to reach even more residents.

If you are unable to attend the HRD Event, you can still dispose of your hard-to-get-rid-of household waste by making a convenient appointment for the County’s Household-Material Recycling Facility (H-MRF), 15 Woods Road, Valhalla. The H-MRF is open Tuesday through 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 https://environment.westchestergov.com/facilities/h-mrf or call (914) 813-5425.