Municipal E-Waste Collection is a program the county offers to all Refuse Disposal District (RDD) member municipalities. It's a year-round disposal option for residentially generated electronic waste. Electronic waste includes items such as

• old computers
• monitors and TVs
• copiers and printers
• phones and fax machines
• radios, stereos and speakers

Currently 21 RDD member municipalities serve as host sites for deliveries of municipally collected electronic waste, and an additional 12 RDD member municipalities deliver residential e-waste to one of the 21 municipal sites. The county arranges for a private company to collect and recycle the electronic waste delivered to the various host municipal depots.

For additional information contact Peter Costa by phone at (914) 813-5427 or by e-mail at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

The Organic Yard Waste Transfer Program offers the county’s municipalities a mechanism for disposing yard waste in an environmentally sound and fiscally responsible manner. Each participating host municipality provides a site where yard waste from that community, as well as others, is collected. Eleven additional municipalities deliver yard waste to one of the host sites. The county provides transportation of the yard waste from the municipal sites to a composting facility.

Benefits of the program include an opportunity to increase local recycling rates and to provide economic savings for diverting the organic waste from the waste stream. For instance, RDD member municipalities pay approximately $15 per ton to collect organic yard waste under this program, versus $25 per ton had it been disposed of as garbage.

For additional information or a copy of the Intermunicipal Agreement with the county, municipalities may contact Mario Parise by phone at (914) 813-5453 or by e-mail at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

DEF heads up an aggressive tire recycling program, not only to boost the recycling average, but also to minimize pesticide use and help eliminate mosquito breeding areas. RDD municipalities are able to deliver municipally collected tires to any of 4 conveniently located drop off points located in Yonkers, White Plains, Mount Vernon and Yorktown.

Further, residents can deliver tires to any of the county’s Household Recycling Days (eight such events are scheduled for 2009), and the county’s offers information on how residents can dispose of and recycle tires year-round, specific to any location throughout the county.

For additional information, contact Mario Parise at 914-813-5453 or at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Besides residential use, county departments, local municipalities and schools use the Mobile Shredder to free up valuable inventory space often occupied by outdated documents, while at the same time, they ensure that confidentiality is preserved.

To reserve the Mobile Shredder for your municipality or school district, contact Peter Costa by phone at (914) 813-5427 or by e-mail at  This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

The Veggie Van travels the county providing educational outreach to children and people of all ages, and promoting biodiesel fuel and other renewable energies. The Veggie Van actually runs on vegetable oil collected through the county’s Used Vegetable Oil Collection Program. It is equipped with a mobile classroom, where visitors can view DVDs on global warming and pollution, and learn more about alternative fuels. You can watch a school visit on YouTube.

For additional information or to book the Veggie Van for your municipality or school district, contact Peter Costa by phone at (914) 813-5427 or by e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .