Composting is an easy way to transform your landscape trimmings and your fruit and vegetable kitchen scraps into a dark, crumbly, sweet smelling soil amendment. The DeKalb County Sanitation Division collects separated yard trimmings from 176,000 residents on a weekly basis for composting and other beneficial uses. It's one day to inform, educate and get neighbors, friends and community leaders excited about what can be accomplished when everyone works together. America Recycles Day (ARD) is the only nationally recognized day dedicated to the promotion of recycling programs in the United States. Please visit the Event Schedule menu link for more information. In order to capture all things recyclable, the Sanitation Division hosts several recycling events throughout the year. DeKalb County Sanitation Division's Central Transfer Stationįor information on site locations, visit the DeKalb Recycles menu link. The county offers permanent drop-off sites that are open year round for residents' convenience to dispose of electronic materials:Ģ. To date, DeKalb County has collected one million pounds of electronics from residents. The county’s goal is to promote the recovery, reuse and recycling of obsolete electronic equipment, while diverting electronics from Seminole Road Landfill.
Information on the next Household Hazardous Waste event can be found on the Event Schedule menu link. Improper disposal of these wastes can pollute the environment and pose a threat to human health. Improper disposal of HHW can include pouring them down the drain, dumping on the ground, into storm drains, or in some cases putting it out with the trash.
To date, the County has captured over 200,000 pounds of paint. DeKalb County is proud to offer its residents an opportunity to recycle unwanted HHW every fall and spring, helping to divert harmful products from the County’s Seminole Road Landfill. Products such as paints, cleaners, oils, batteries, and pesticides that contain potentially hazardous ingredients require special care when being disposed. Leftover household products containing corrosive, toxic, ignitable or reactive ingredients are considered to be household hazardous waste (HHW).
More than half of the waste that goes to the landfill could have been recycled.įor more information on how to sign up for DeKalb County’s residential single-stream curbside recycling program, or to view accepted materials, please visit the DeKalb Recycles menu link.
Recycling saves valuable raw materials and cuts down on waste collection by diverting recyclables from the County’s Seminole Road Landfill. The Winters Rail Terminal project is expected to break ground in 2021 and is projected to take three years to complete.DeKalb County’s Single-Stream Curbside Recycling ProgramĭeKalb County recognizes recycling yields environmental and economic benefits for the community. DeKalb’s comprehensive recycling program allows county residents the opportunity to recycle a large variety of household materials conveniently. will work with the Town of Brookhaven and the local community to create and execute a plan to build this necessary infrastructure and to facilitate a seamless closure of the landfill. Because of the inherent sustainability of rail, which improves air quality by taking away truck traffic and eliminating congestion, the Winters Rail Terminal will provide the critical and necessary infrastructure to serve Long Island for the next 50-plus years.
What’s more, 30 percent of the land has been set aside in a conservation easement for green space. This means that waste will be able to be processed and then transported by rail to distant landfills for proper disposal. The facility will have rail infrastructure, an indoor solid waste transfer facility and direct access to interstate rail transportation that will allow for goods to be shipped to and from Long Island. The planned Winters Rail Terminal will be located on 228 acres of property in Yaphank.