Recycling

NOTE: Recycling of E-waste (computers, monitors, TV's, printers, and the like) NO LONGER ACCEPTED at the Pound Ridge RECYCLING CENTER.

The recycling center is now available for all residents, making it much easier for us to meet our obligation to be environmentally conscious and recycle. 

POUND RIDGE RECYCLING CENTER

HOURS - 9 AM - 12 PM, WEDNESDAYS & SATURDAYS

CLOSED HOLIDAY WEEKENDS

ACCEPTED FOR RECYCLING

1) PLASTICS - #1 through #7,   NO PLASTIC BAGS  -Styrofoam with recycling numbers

2) METAL CANS -  MUST BE WASHED

3) NEWSPAPERS -   NO PLASTIC BAGS

4) GLOSSY PAPER -   NO HARD COVERED BOOKS   

5) CORRUGATED CARDBOARD BOXES -   NO WAXED CARDBOARD SUCH AS MILK CARTONS, GRAY CARDBOARD, PLASTIC OR STYROFOAM PACKING MATERIAL

6) METAL - WASHERS, DRIERS, STOVES, SWING SETS, LAWN MOWERS, WEED WHACKERS, BICYCLES, TOOLS, FENCING AND MISC. HARDWARE (NUTS, BOLTS, HANGERS)

(FREEZERS, REFRIGERATORS AND AIR CONDITIONERS MUST HAVE FREON REMOVED - LOCAL FREON REMOVAL SERVICE AVAILABE  AT: (WESCO GAS SERVICE IN MT. KISCO 666-8003 or MT. KISCO MECH. CORP. IN BEDFORD HILLS 241-2460)

7)NO MEDICAL WASTE (UNUSED PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUGS, SYRINGES)

8) NO FLUORESCENT BULBS, PLASTIC BAGS, CELL PHONES

9) NO PAINT CANS OR METAL CONTAINERS THAT CONTAINED HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

A PERMIT IS REQUIRED FOR DUMPSTER:

ACCEPTED: FURNITURE, RUGS, LAMPS, ETC.

NOT ACCEPTED: CARS OR VEHICLES, PAINT OR CHEMICALS, TOXIC WASTE, TIRES, BATTERIES, HOUSE HOLD GARBAGE, CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS OF ANY KIND, BRUSH OR YARD WASTE, E-WASTE

PURCHASE PERMITS AT TOWN HOUSE MONDAY THRU FRIDAY 9 AM TO 4 PM AS FOLLOWS:

 Mulch & Chips

When available, mulch can be purchased for $20/yard in minimum orders of 6 yards @ $120.00 which can be delivered to your home on Friday mornings between 8:00 am and 10:00 am. The Town Clerk's office handles all purchases of mulch. Residents must be at home at delivery time to direct the location of a drop-off.

Wood Chips are free. 6 yards can be loaded into your truck for $30 or delivered to your home in 6-yard lots for $30.

Call the Town House at 914-764-5511 for more information.
 

Packing "Peanuts" Recycling

OBEX, INC. in Stamford, is not collecting plastic recyclables until further notice. However, you can call 1-800-828-2214 for the nearest Peanut Hotline Collection Site or take your packaging materials to:

• The Packaging Store
  927 High Ridge Road, Stamford, CT

• Mailboxes, Etc.
  5 River Road (Wilton Super Stop & Shop Plaza) Wilton, CT

• Mailboxes, Etc.
  304 Main Street (Perry Plaza Shopping Center) Norwalk, CT

Textile Recycling

The Textile Recycling bins are located in the Trinity Corners Shopping Center parking lot next to the pond.

All clothing items and shoes, boots, sneakers, and handbags as well as household items such as fabrics, curtains, sheets blankets, bedspreads, sleeping bags, table linens and cloth toys may be left. Please do not contaminate bins with items that are not recyclable!

Big Brothers Big Sisters Bins for Charitable Donations

The Town has a clothing collection bin at the Pound Ridge Fire Department for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Family Service of Westchester, a United Way Agency, which will enable residents to donate new or usable clothing and other small household items to a worthy cause. A small percentage of the clothing collected is used by them, but the bulk is sold to the market place to generate revenue for the organization.

Downtown Don't Waste It

A recycling group in Tucson called "Downtown Don't Waste It" has created an innovative project that harnesses the power of e-mail to connect people with things they want to throw away with others who would like to have those things. That way it doesn't wind up in the garbage. Through a simple Yahoo! Groups e-mail list, any member of the community can post a note about an item they'd like to give away, or an item they are seeking. The only rule: Every item posted must be free. The concept has found an eager audience. Nearly 800 people have joined the list since its inception in mid-March 2003.