Yorktown Selects Recycling Logo Winners
Two Yorktown residents submitted winning logo designs for the town’s food scraps recycling program.
Lucia Roberta submitted a design that will be placed on reusable tote bags and second-place winner Becky Woolley’s design will appear on the top of the recycling bins’ lids. The food-scrap recycling logos are inspired by environmentalism, waste reduction and composting.
“Thanks to all our residents who submitted designs for the contest,” said Supervisor Matt Slater. “It’s inspiring that our community has so many talented and creative residents. I look forward to seeing Lucia’s and Becky’s designs around town.”
Yorktown’s food-scraps recycling is a partnership with the Teatown Lake Reservation and Westchester County.
“A recycling program needs visibility so that it is embraced by a community. This design contest accomplished two goals: reminding Yorktown’s residents that the program exists and calling their attention to the recycling site through attractive logos,” said Kevin Carter, Teatown’s executive director.
The food-scrap drop-off bins will be placed in the lower parking lot at Downing Park. Residents will be able empty their food scraps at the drop-off bins and a Westchester County contractor will collect the scraps weekly for composting.
Yorktown’s food-scraps recycling is a partnership with the Teatown Lake Reservation and Westchester County.
The composting bins accept bread, dairy, tea bags, eggshells, coffee grounds and filters, meat, pasta, fruit, bones, and vegetables. If trash bags are used, they must be compostable.
Yorktown is the latest Westchester community to join the food-scraps recycling program. According to Westchester County’s Food Waste Study, 22 percent of Westchester’s residential waste stream is comprised of food scraps, while food waste comprises 21 percent of the commercial waste stream.
Currently, only 22,000 tons of commercial food waste are recycled annually in Westchester County, mostly at supermarkets. It is difficult to estimate the amount of Westchester County’s residential food scraps being recycled since many residents compost in their backyards.
