REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE

REDUCE

ENERGY:

• SpectraWatt Solar, Hopewell Junction
• Smart Systems, Fishkill
• Solar Energy Consortium, Kingston
• Mid-Hudson Energy Smart Communities, Kingston
• Earthkind Energy, Kingston
• Hudson Valley Clean Energy, Rhinebeck
• Smart Grid Consortium, NYC
• ecopioneer, Highland 
• Center for Clean Tech Entrepreneurship, Syracuse  
• Solar Cookers International

  PAPER:

• 41 Pounds: save 41 lbs of paper & get no junk mail!
• Yellow Pages Opt Out
• Marcal Small Steps

REUSE

STYROFOAM: 

• Mail & Ship Plus, Beacon
• Express Depot, Fishkill
• Alliance of Foam Packaging Recyclers
• International Cushioning Company 
• The Plastic Loose Fill Council

BAN STYROFOAM: 

• Styrofoam Out of Schools NYC
• List of Cities that have Banned Foam

GOODS & MATERIALS:

• Craigslist Hudson Valley
• Hudson Valley E-Cycle
• Freecycle Hudson Valley
• Diggerslist
• New Paltz Reuse Center, New Paltz (formerly the Hudson Valley Materials Exchange)
• Habitat for Humanity RE-Store, Newburgh
• Hudson Valley Office Furniture, Poughkeepsie & Newburgh
• Zaborski Emporium, Kingston
• The Bookworm, Hopewell Junction 
• Materials for the Arts, Long Island City 
• NYC Stuff Exchange, NYC 
• NYC Wastematch, NYC
• NYC Materials Exchange Development Program, NYC 
• Materials Exchange Center for Community Arts, OR 
• Film Biz Recycling, Brooklyn 
• Furniture Sharehouse, Westchester 
• Recycler's Exchange

CLOTHES & TEXTILES:

• USAgain, has 3 drop boxes in Beacon
• GrowNYC, NYC 
• Salvation Army, Poughkeepsie
• Goodwill, Poughkeepsie & Newburgh
• Blackbird Attic Boutique, Beacon

BUILDING MATERIALS ONLY:

• Green Demolitions, Norwalk CT 
• Building Materials Reuse Association
• Planet Reuse
• Build it Green, NYC
• Significant Elements, Ithaca
• ERC Community Warehouse, Hoosick Falls
• Buffalo Reuse, Buffalo NY
• New England Demoltion & Salvage, MA
• Green Design Expo, Scarsdale NY
• The Green Depot, many locations! 
• EcoBuilding Bargains, Springfield MA 

ELECTRONICS: 

• PC Renew, Rockland County. (845) 638-1917
• National Cristina Foundation
  

PRINT CARTRIDGES: 

• NickBee's Eco Store, Millerton 

BICYCLES:

• Peoples Bicycle, Beacon
• Old Spokes Home, Woodstock 
• Grafe's Bike Drive, Middletown 
• Recycle a Bicycle, NYC 
• Troy Bike Rescue, Troy NY

REPAIR SHOPS:

• Charley Shoe Repair, Fishkill. (845) 897-4612
• Kim's Shoe Repair, Poughkeepsie. (845) 462-0395
• Monroe Shoe Repair, Monroe. (845) 783-6325
• Hudson Valley Vacuum Outlet, Newburgh. (845) 569-1800
• Sim's TV & VCR Repair, Wappinger Falls. (845) 298-1545 
• Elite Audio Repair & Restoration, Hopewell Junction

RECYCLE

PAPER, GLASS & PLASTIC:

• Hudson Baylor, Poughkeepsie & Newburgh 
• Royal Carting, Wappinger Falls 
• Waste Management, Kingston, Albany & Yonkers 
• Recycle Depot, Poughkeepsie

CARTONS:

• Carton Council
  

METAL:

• A&W Scrap, Wappingers Falls. (845) 831-1759
• Millens Recycling, Poughkeepsie 
• IScrap, Poughkeepsie
• Upstate Shredding, Owego

ELECTRONICS:

• Dutchess County Resource Recovery Agency, Poughkeepsie  
• Advanced Recovery, Port Jervis 
• We Recycle! Monsey
• The 4th Bin, NYC 
• Costco, Brookfield CT
• Target, Newburgh & Poughkeepsie
• Best Buy, Poughkeepsie
• Nationwide Retailer & Manufacturer Take-Back Programs 
• Brookfield Resource Management, various NY locations 
• EWaste.com, Victor NY 
• Mr. E-Waste, Hudson NY

CONCRETE:

•  Thalle Industries, Fishkill.

FLUORESCENT BULBS:

• American Lamp Recycling, Wappinger Falls 
• Home Depot

BATTERIES:

• Call2Recycle

PAPER:

•  Hudson Valley Shred and Recycle, Poughkeepsie        

CD's & DVD's:

• CD Recycling Center
• Greendisk

MATTRESSES:

• Conigliaro Industries, MA 
• Nationwide Mattress Recycling

RUBBER:

• Rubberform Recycled Products 

GLASS:

• Still looking!

PLASTIC BAGS:

• Plastic Bag Recycling
  

EXPIRED MEDICATION:

• CVS Pharmacy, Fishkill, Hopewell Junction, Poughkeepsie, Hyde Park
• Walgreens Pharmacy, Newburgh, Poughkeepsie, Wappingers Falls
• Rite-Aid Pharmacy, Beacon
  

LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS OF NOTE:

• The Beacon Institute for Rivers & Estuaries 
• Beacon Conservation Advisory Committee blog
• Sustainable Hudson Valley
• Clearwater
• Groundwork Hudson Valley 
• Sustainable Ulster County
• Children's Environmental Literacy Foundation  
• Environmental Advocates of NY
• Hudson Valley Smart Growth Alliance
• Green Guru Network
• Catskill Mountain Foundation
• Hudsonia
• Riverkeeper 
• NYPIRG
• Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) NY
• Center for Economic and Environmental Partnership 
• School of Jellyfish 
• GrowNYC 
• NESEA - Northeast Sustainable Energy Association
• New York State Association for Reduction, Reuse and Recycling

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS OF NOTE:

• Eco-Cycle
• Earth 911
• National Recycling Coalition
• Solid Waste Association of North America
• The Institute for Local Self-Reliance 
• The Natural Resources Defense Council
• Environmental Defense Fund
• The Sierra Club
• Basel Action Network
• Center for EcoTechnology 
• Building Materials Reuse Association
• Reuse Development Organization (ReDO) 

 

REUSE CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE USA

• BRING Planet Improvement Center, Eugene OR
• Urban Ore, Berkeley CA 
• The Scrap Exchange, Durham NC
• The Loading Dock, Baltimore MD
• ReSOURCE, Burlington VT
• Stardust Building Supplies, AZ