Tiptoeing, ecologically speaking, is impossible without recycling. It saves water and energy; keeps products out of landfills; decreases
the impact of a product's life cycle; and minimizes the need to mine more
raw materials. Knowing where to recycle specific items, however, can be difficult. These four resources will help with most recycling queries.
Pawling Transfer Station
accepts:
appliances, corrugated cardboard, glass, metal, plastics #1& #2,
bulk magazines & newspapers, motor oil, newspapers, scrap metal,
tires, and yard waste. Residents, with a permit purchased annually at
the town hall, may bring these items to124 River Road between the
hours of 6:00 am and 4:00 pm, Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays.
Royal Carting, in Hopewell Junction and Wingdale, recycles many types of plastic and paper that the Pawling Transfer Station does
not accept. These are NYS DEC Transfer Stations, so there is no charge. The Wingdale site is even opened on Saturdays from 7:00-3:00. The following paper and plastic items do not have to be saved separately, they can be combined when dropped off at the station.
- Plastics #3, #5, and #7
- Telephone books, paperback books, junk mail (including envelopes and coupons)
- All dry, loose or bagged white and colored ledgers
- Copy paper, note pads, loose-leaf fillers, computer print-outs
- Single wall, non-corrugated boxes used to package dry food
- Cereal boxes, shoe boxes and other similar packaging
- Paper egg cartons, construction paper
Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Day in Pawling This annual event is organized by Dutchess County's Resource Recovery Agency and requires preregistration, including a $5 fee. You'll be assigned a drop-off time to bring items that can not safely be recycled at the local transfer station: “photo chemicals, non latex driveway sealer, pool
chemicals, creosote, kerosene, flammable liquids, metal polish,
turpentine, stains, varnishes, strippers, thinners, gasoline/oil
mixture, brake fluid, auto fluids, pesticides, herbicides,
fungicides, chemical fertilizers, adhesives, resins, solvents, oil &
lead based paints, mercury containing devices, button cell batteries
for watches & hearing aids, compact fluorescent lights and
fluorescent tubes. Difficult to recycle electronics can also be
dropped off that day: computer monitors, central processing units
(CPU's), modems, CRT's, terminals, laptops, keyboards, mouses, fax
machines, printers, scanners, copiers, typewriters, TV's, VCR's, DVD
Players, CD Players, tape players, radios, stereo equipment, cables,
answering machines, telephones & video game systems."
Earth911 offers extensive recycling resources by zip code. Search by item to find the nearest site for an array of recyclables: automotive,
batteries, construction, electronics, garden, glass, hazardous,
household, metal, paint, paper, and plastic.
Recycling
has been with us for years, therefore, it lacks the glamour of some current high tech alternative energies, but recycling is one
of the simplest, most accessible ways to decrease our individual ecological footprint.
