Green Ossining Committee

The next Household Recycling Day will be held Friday, May 7 from 1-3 p.m. and Saturday, May 8 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at FDR State Park in Yorktown.  For a complete and detailed list of what to bring and what’s not accepted, visit www.westchestergov.com/HRD or call 813-5425.

Generally, in addition to chemicals and other special wastes found in a typical household, residents can continue to bring their personal papers for shredding, plastic bags for recycling and unused medications for disposal.  They can also bring empty barbecue tanks and Freon-containing appliances such as air conditioners, refrigerators and dehumidifiers.

Pesticides, cleaning products, tires, computers, TVs and old cell phones may be brought in for safe disposal.  However, waste from businesses or schools will not be accepted.  Paint – whether from residents, businesses or schools – will also not be accepted.

See the latest photos from the Ossining Earth Day 40 event…

Ossining Earth Day 40 – Full Photo Album: http://tinyurl.com/26lguun

Westchester Community College and Entergy are pleased to be partnering with local high schools in Westchester County on an innovative program designed to introduce high school students entering the 11th and 12th grades to the field of energy.

26 students, government organizations to be honored for their effort at Earth Day Celebration Sunday

Last year, Westchester County residents and businesses reduced the amount of garbage they put out for disposal by almost 100,000 tons — helping the environment and saving themselves tax dollars.  About half of all garbage generated by residents was recycled, exceeding the state recycling goal of 40 percent.

At the annual Earth Day Celebration Sunday, Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino will recognize 26 local governments, school children and others from the community for their efforts to help make this happen.

The awards presentation will take place at 1 p.m. at the county’s Earth Day 2010 celebration, which is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 18 at Kensico Dam Plaza in Valhalla.

The county and its taxpayers save $85 for every ton of garbage that it doesn’t have to incinerate. Last year, the amount of municipally collected garbage was 842,000 tons – down from 941,000 in 2008. The amount recycled was 421,459 tons.  The recycled materials get sold for cash and the non-recycled materials get turned into electricity in the county’s waste-to-energy facility.

MEETING RESCHEDULED
Green Ossining Committee at 7:30 pm on Thursday, May 27, in the Armory.

After a few updates, we are going to devote the majority of the meeting to creating a work plan to complete the Community Action Plan for reducing the carbon footprint of the Town and Village of Ossining.

Sustainability Action Plan – Review of Other Municipalities [PDF, 112KB]

Please review the Planning Department’s initial work, the baseline inventory date for the town and village, and information from the county’s Global Warming Task Force, to help educate us on how to create a community plan and to guide our work.

Greenburgh Climate Action Plan

Bedford Climate Action Plan

Westchester County’s recommendations on:
http://environment.westchestergov.com/
http://climatechange.westchestergov.com/

Westchester County Global Warming Action Plan – A guide to help sectors reduce emissions and become more efficient.

We are also trying to arrange a field trip to Stone Barn to look at their compost operation in the hopes of creating a community compost site for Ossining.