By the Bronxville Green Committee

May 22, 2024: On Saturday, June 1st, 10AM-1PM, TAKE BACK DAY returns to Bronxville!

Here’s your chance to clean house by donating items for reuse or recycling – and make a positive environmental impact! By reducing, reusing, and recycling, we can eliminate much of our household solid waste stream and take important steps to ensure the health of our local environment.

New York State has set a goal of reducing solid waste to .6 pounds per person per day by 2030 and the Village of Bronxville has numerous programs that make it easier for residents to participate in this effort. By responsibly recycling glass, metal, and plastic in your curbside pickup; participating in Bronxville’s Food Scrap Recycling program; and donating items at TAKE BACK DAY, we can make significant strides in reaching this goal!

Two Drop-Off Sites:

-Shredding: Elementary School Parking Lot, for drop-off of sensitive documents to be shredded. Line up along Midland Avenue, going south as you would for school drop-off and pick-up.

Up to four file-sized (10”x12”x15”) boxes of personal confidential papers per household. The county requests that you remove all large binder clips and covers. Junk mail and newspapers belong in your recycling bin at home. Keep in mind that once the county’s mobile shredder is full, it won’t be able to accept more items, so plan to arrive early.

-Other Donations: From Midland Avenue, enter and exit Palumbo Place (behind Village Hall) for drop-off of the following:

*Electronics for safe dismantling and recycling by Westchester County, including desktops, laptops, and tablets; TVs; FAX machines, VCRs, printers, and related cords. No batteries. By New York State law, all electronics must be kept out of the regular waste stream. See our website for Westchester County security policies. NOTE: These days, many items have electronic components; we are not able to recycle all of them. Please bring only the items listed here.

*Gently used clothes, bed linens, purses, backpacks, and shoes: Collected by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Family Services of Westchester; proceeds support youth mentoring programs.

*Clean used towels and blankets (no sheets), to be distributed to local animal shelters. We can also accept small carriers and beds.

*BACK! Soccer Gear & Equipment: Collected by the Foundation for Education in Honduras; youth soccer balls, jerseys, shorts, socks, cleats, shin guards, pinnies and bags.

*NEW!  Gently used kitchenware collected by Neighbors for Refugees for families moving into apartments. These items include dishes: plates, bowls (no gold rims), serving dishes; kitchen items: Pyrex ovenware, stemless water glasses, water pitchers, kitchen utensils, cutlery, coffee makers, blenders; curtains.

Please show your respect to the staff of Bronxville’s Department of Public Works by NOT bringing items that are not accepted on Take Back Day. Place closed boxes and securely tied bags in trunks or hatchbacks, or on back seats. Volunteers will be happy to assist with unloading and distributing.

For a quick refresher on recycling rules and for more information on how to dispose of and recycle items that are not included in curbside pickup, please visit the Waste Not section of our website.

Thank you for supporting TAKE BACK DAY!

The Bronxville Green Committee is a volunteer organization that is part of the Village of Bronxville. We work to propose and implement environmentally sustainable programs in our community. Visit our website and follow us on Instagram @bxvgreencommittee to learn more.