The town of Orangetown has become the first in Rockland County to launch a food scrap recycling program. Bits of food waste are collected by homeowners in specially designed bins and compostable bags, and brought to the town’s facility off Route 303. Supervisor Teresa Kenny says it’s not as difficult as you might think…
Haverstraw supervisor Howard Phillips is the head of Rockland Green, Rockland’s solid waste management authority, and says so far Orangetown is the only town running the program…
The food scraps get processed into a nutrient-rich compost instead of being shipped to a landfill 320 miles away. For more information on the program click here.