Bulk Drop-off

Bulk Drop-off
2024 Schedule
Town Residents Only

DATES OF OPERATION:
Saturday, April 20th
Saturday, June 15th
Saturday, August 17th
Saturday, October 19th

HOURS OF OPERATION:
8:45 AM-11:45 AM

Coordinator: Margaret DiRubba
Administrative Services Coordinator
Putnam Valley Town Hall
(845) 526-9114

Place: Recycle Center next to PV Highway Dept.
265 Oscawana Lake Road

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$10.00   Contents of Cars, and Station Wagons.
Contents of Small Trucks/Pick-Up Trucks Mini Vans, Vans, and Trailers.
***  CHARGE IS ACCORDING TO SIZE OF LOAD. ***

NO CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS

This includes insulation, plasterboard, 2 x 4’s and any building lumber, roofing materials, door or window framing, and any other small or large renovation materials.

NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

This includes paint cans with any paint residue, pesticides, herbicides, oils, lubricants, acids, thinners, and any other materials or substances of a flammable or poisonous nature. No propane tanks, empty or otherwise.

NO MOTOR OIL

The town will no longer be able to accept used motor oil.

WE ACCEPT, WITH NO CHARGE

Most metal products:

(stoves, dishwashers, hot water tanks, holding tanks, metal sinks, tubs, bathroom fixtures, lawn machinery, car/truck batteries, and any predominantly metal item).

OTHER FEES:

***  We accept freezers, refrigerators, air conditioners, and dehumidifiers, there is a $10.00 fee to extract the Freon from refrigerators.  ***
$5.00 fee to extract the Freon from air conditioning units.
Tires are $5.00 each without rims, 13-15”
                  $5.00 each with rims, 13-15”
                  $8.00 each light truck tires (4×4) 16-19”

1.)  Appliances:  Many Stores will recycle your old appliance when you purchase a new one.  Goodwill accepts working appliances.  Go to www.goodwill.org or you can contact the Steel Recycling Institute to recycle them at www.recycle-steel.org

2.) Athletic shoes: One World Running will sell still-wearable shoes to athletes in need in Africa, Latin America, and Haiti: www.oneworldrunning.com  Nike’s Reuse-a-shoe program turns old shoes into playground and athletic flooring: www.nikereuseashoe.com

3.) Batteries: Contact www.batteryrecycling.com

4.) Clothes: Wearable clothes can go to your local Goodwill outlet or shelter.  Donate wearable women’s business clothing to the nonprofit Dress for Success, which gives them to low-income women as they search for jobs: www.dressforsuccess.org – Officer un-wearable clothes to local animal boarding and shelter facilities, which often use them as pet bedding.

5.) Compact fluorescent bulbs (CFL): Take them to your local IDEA store for recycling: www.ikea.com –  You can also order a Sylvania RecyclePak: www.sylvania.com/recycle/recyclepak

6.) Computers and electronics: To find the most responsible recyclers go to www.ban.org/pledge/Locations.html

7.) Foam packing peanuts:  Your local pack-and-ship store will likely accept these for reuse.  Or call the Plastic Loose Fill Producers Council to find a drop-off site: (800) 828-2214.  For places to drop off foam blocks for recycling, contact the Alliance of Foam Packaging Recyclers, (410) 451-8340. www.epspackaging.org/info.html

8.) Ink/toner cartridges: www.recycleplace.com

9.) Oil: Find used motor oil hotlines for each state: www.recycleoil.org

10.) Phones:  Collective Good will refurbish your phone and sell it to someone in a developing country: www.collectivegood.com – Call to Protect reprograms cell phones to dial 911 and gives them to domestic violence victims: www.donateaphone.com

11.) Household Hazardous Waste Drop-Off Days: Putnam County hosts two Household Hazardous Waste drop off dates each year, typically the first weekends of May and October at the Canopus Beach Parking Lot at Fahnestock State Park.   Pre-registration is required for Drop off Days.  Contact the Putnam County Department of Health at 845-808-1390 ext. 43150.  Visit www.putnamcountyny.com/health/recycle for more information and guidelines.