Tarrytown Residents Can Bring Food Scraps For Composting

TARRYTOWN, NY — Tarrytown village resident can drop off household food scraps between the Rec Center and the Senior Center, at Pierson Park, daily from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. There are specially marked bins in place to collect food scraps.

The collected scraps will be transferred to a commercial composting facility upstate to be recycled into nutrient-rich compost.

Acceptable items included fish and shellfish, including shells, dairy products, bread, pasta, egg shells, leftover or expired food, coffee grounds and filters, cut flower and compostable bags.

No plastic bags or wrappers will be accepted.

For a complete list of what is or is not acceptable, go here.

A complete compost storage kit — which includes kitchen counter caddie, roll of liner bags and a larger locking bulk transporter — is available for $20 from the Warner Library and the Tarrytown Rec Center.

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