Westchester Recycling Day Event At Playland Park

RYE, NY — Westchester County’s Department of Environmental Facilities will be conducting a Household Recycling Day Event on November 13 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Playland Park in Rye.

In 2020, DEF hosted two Household Recycling Day events and residents delivered nearly 275,000 pounds of household waste and approximately 37,000 pounds of documents for shredding. The upcoming event in Rye is the fourth of 2021.

In addition to properly labeled household chemicals and other special wastes found in a typical household, residents can bring documents for shredding and expired or unwanted medications for disposal to the Saturday event at Playland.

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

Other difficult to dispose of items will also be accepted, including:

• Batteries – only vehicle, rechargeable, or button cell
• Fluorescent light bulbs & CFLs
• Fire extinguishers
• Barbecue 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 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, go here or call 914-813-5425.

Once again this year, the Playland event will be held in conjunction with the City of Rye’s Zero Waste Day. Several nonprofit and charity organizations will be on hand to collect additional items from residents:

• Furniture Sharehouse: gently used furniture
• The Guidance Center of Westchester: gently used dorm room essentials
• Mount Vernon Animal Shelter: pet food, bedding and towels
• Linking Handlebars: gently used bicycles
• Westchester County Diaper Bank: diapers (including open packages) newborn to toddler
• Rye Kicks It Forward: soccer gear
• The Sharing Self: gently used children and teen fall/winter clothing
• Rye City Lions Club: prescription eyeglasses

For more information on items that can be donated visit www.zero-waste-day.org .

If you can’t make it to the Household Recycling Day Event, you can still dispose of your hard-to-get-rid-of household waste by visiting the County’s Household-Material Recycling Facility, 15 Woods Road, 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 recycling events. For more information about the county's recycling facility or to make an appointment, go here or call 914-813-5425.

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