As we approach Earth Day, the City of Troy's recycling specialists are asking residents to participate in one of the recycling events coming up this month and in May.
"Since it takes so long for items to break down in landfills, it’s important that we do what we can to reduce what goes into our household garbage," says a City announcement. " If there’s a way to reduce it, reuse it, or recycle it, that preserves space in our landfills for the things that can’t be reduced, reused, or recycled. If you’re looking for information on the best way to do that, check out our recycling guide."
Earth Day cleanups
Saturday, April 20, to Sunday, April 28
City residents can register for their efforts and get supplies to support their cleanups. We have trash bags, leaf bags, prescription drug deactivation bags, and more. Register online or call the City Recycling Specialist at 518-279-7313 to be registered manually.
Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Event
Saturday, May 18, at the Troy Resource Management Facility (Alamo); 3000 Main Street.
Items such as gasoline, pesticides, fertilizer, paints, and more require special handling and disposal. Registration is required. Time slots will be assigned via email to control traffic. Please check your spam and junk folders for an email from naomi.pitkin@troyny.gov several days before the event.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Community-Based Sustainable Events
TROY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FACILITY (ALAMO) services Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. : food scrap drop-off, pallet pick-up, bagged leaf and branch drop-off, battery drop-off.
IMPORTANT LINKS
• Textile Reuse and Recycling Program: www.troyny.gov/textiles
• Rechargeable Battery Recycling Program: www.troyny.gov/batteries
• Food Scrap Drop-off: www.troyny.gov/foodscraps
• Recycling Information: www.troyny.gov/recycling
• Household Hazardous Waste Events: www.troyny.gov/hhw
• Electronics Recycling Events: www.troyny.gov/electronics
• Trash Information: www.troyny.gov/269/Garbage-Collection
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