Village of Ardsley
507 Ashford Avenue
Ardsley, NY 10502
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Village of Ardsley
Recycling Rules and Regulations
ARDSLEY RECYCLING DEPOT
Located at the Highway Garage, 3 Elm Street
Open Saturdays 7:00am - 12:00 noon
Telephone: 693-0117
WESTCHESTER COUNTY RECYCLING OFFICE
The Westchester County recycling hotline number is 813-5420.
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00am - 4:00pm
The used but re-usable hotline number is 813-5415.
GARDEN DEBRIS COLLECTION: Materials such as leaves and branches are collected in a separate pickup on your regular trash day twice a week. The Highway Foreman strongly encourages residents to utilize biodegradable paper bags for this purpose. Logs and branches should be no longer than four feet and tied, if possible, and left curbside for collection on the respective days as well.
Residents should be utilizing plastic trash cans which do not exceed 30 gallons. Anything beyond that weight could cause physical injuries to our workers. Should you have any questions regarding sanitation collection please do not hesitate to call the DPW at 693-0117 or refer to the online Village Code.
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CURBSIDE PICKUP |
DO INCLUDE |
DO NOT INCLUDE |
Paper /Cardboard
(Blue Container) |
Black and white or colored unsoiled newspaper, junk mail, office paper.
Gray cardboard, cereal and cracker cartons, corrugated cardboard, brown paper bags, telephone directories, manila folders, shirt and gift boxes, paper towel rolls. |
Carbon paper, books.
Cardboard coated with metal foil and plastic, cardboard with staples or styrofoam linings, string. |
Commingled Glass / Metal / Plastic
(Green Container) |
Unbroken clear, green and brown bottles and jars (rinsed clean).
Uncrushed food, juice and beverage cans (rinsed clean to prevent vermin attraction), aerosol cans (empty), aluminum foil and plates.
All (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) plastic bottle containers. Example: milk, soda*, laundry and some one gallon water containers (rinse out).
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Window panes, light bulbs, crystal, dishware, auto glass, mirrors, ceramics.
Oil cans, paint cans.
Clear plastic cups, styrofoam cups, containers of potentially hazardous materials such as motor oil, all non PET (1) and non HDPE (2) plastic containers, plastic bags, vinyl. |
To identify (1) - (7) plastic containers, look for one of the following symbols
on the bottom of a container:
*Soda bottles, plastic bottles and cans should be returned to the store for deposit.
Return plastic bags to the store.
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SPECIAL CURBSIDE PICKUP |
DO INCLUDE |
DO NOT INCLUDE |
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Bulk Waste |
Oversized items: Boilers, furniture, scrap metal, pipes, tubing, washing machines, stoves (call Highway Dept.). Residents only. No contractors. |
No large tree limbs, logs, boards, auto parts, construction debris. No wheel covers, hubcaps or wheel assemblies. |
PHONE THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT REGARDING FEDERAL REGULATIONS
FOR AIR CONDITIONERS AND REFRIGERATORS |
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Organic Yard Waste |
Grass, weeds, leaves and plant cuttings. Grass recycling encouraged. Tree limbs, logs maximum length 4 Ft. maximum weight 25 Lbs. |
No sand, stones and gravel. |
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Special Leaf Collection Regulations |
Autumn leaf curbside pickup mid-September thru mid-December. Two free leaf bags available at Village Hall. All leaves for pickup by Village must be in bags or rigid containers (Local Law #4 of 1996). |
Please register your leaf blower, as per law #3 of 2010. Biodegradable paper leaf bags are required. No plastic bags.
Do not mix bagged leaves with trash.
Do not blow or pile leaves into street. |
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Christmas Trees |
Leave curbside 2nd and 3rd week of January. Must be undecorated. |
No wreaths and other holiday wired/decorated items.
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Motor Oil |
Motor oil, transmission fluid and antifreeze may be dropped off at Highway Garage or local service stations. |
No paints or solvents.
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SET ASIDE |
DO INCLUDE |
DO NOT INCLUDE |
Household Chemicals
813-5425 |
To be collected at new permanent county facility in Valhalla.
Call: 914-813-5425 for details.
Must be properly labeled in original containers. May include oil cans, aerosol cans, batteries, computer monitors, keyboards, TVs and tires. |
Never mix computers, monitors, keyboards, or TVs with regular trash. Contact DPW for details. Automotive batteries (return to gasoline service station). Return household batteries to local retailer along with new compact fluorescent light bulbs. |
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COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS |
Trash may be placed curbside no earlier than 6:00pm* the night before collection and no later than 7:00am the day of collection. Residents must retrieve empty pails within 12 hours, and commercial establishments must do so within 4 hours.
*5:00pm for commercial trash |
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