Shredding personal documents serves a double purpose-- to recycle paper as well as protect sensitive information against identity theft -- the fastest growing crime in the nation. Westchester residents may bring confidential personal papers for shredding to any one of the following events. Residents can bring up to four file-sized (10”x12”x15”) boxes of confidential papers per household. Remove all large binder clips and covers. Papers from businesses, institutions or commercial enterprises are not acceptable and will be rejected, as will any junk mail or newspapers.

Upcoming Public Events - For more information, call the Recycling HelpLine (914)813-5425

•  2/04/26 - Mount Kisco: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
  • Fox Senior Center - 198 Carpenter Ave, Mount Kisco, NY
• 2/07/26 - Sleepy Hollow: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
  • Lot 21 (Across from Village Hall) - 21 Beekman Ave., Sleepy Hollow, NY
• 2/13/26 - Valhalla: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
  • Community Center - 1 Lozza Dr., Valhalla, NY
• CANCELED rescheduled to March 19: 2/19/26 - Yonkers: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
  • Murray's Skating Center - 348 Tuckahoe Rd., Yonkers, NY
• 2/28/26 - Briarcliff Manor: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
  • Public Works - 10 Buckhout Rd., Briarcliff Manor, NY
• 3/7/26 - Larchmont: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
  • Recycling Facility - 40 Maxwell Ave., Larchmont, NY
• 3/12/26 - Dobbs Ferry: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
  • Water Front - 11 Station Plaza, Dobbs Ferry, NY
• 3/13/26 - Valhalla: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
  • Community Center - 1 Lozza Dr., Valhalla, NY
• 3/14/26 - Port Chester: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. 
  • Parking Lot - 222 Grace Church St., Port Chester, NY
• 3/19/26 - Yonkers: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
  • Murray's Skating Center - 348 Tuckahoe Rd., Yonkers, NY
• 3/21/26 - Armonk: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
  • Town Hall - 1 15 Bedford Rd., Armonk, NY
• 3/26/26 - Mt. Kisco: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
  • Fox Senior Center - 198 Carpenter Ave., Mt. Kisco, NY
• 3/27/26 - Dobbs Ferry: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
  • Water Front - 11 Station Plaza, Dobbs Ferry, NY
• 3/28/26 - Hastings-on-Hudson: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
  • Chemka Pool Parking Lot - 1 Chemka Pool rd., Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
• 4/4/26 - Montrose: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
  • Hendrick Hudson Free Library - 185 Kings Ferry, Montrose
• 4/9/26 - Dobbs Ferry: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
  • Water Front - 11 Station Plaza, Dobbs Ferry
• 4/10/26 - Valhalla: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
  • Community Center - 1 Lozza Dr., Valhalla
• 4/11/26 - Tarrytown: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
  • Green St Parking Lot - Green Street, Section F, Tarrytown
• 4/17/26 - North Salem: 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
  • Town Court/Police Station - 66 June Rd., North Salem
• 4/21/26 - Mt. Kisco: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
  • Fox Senior Center - 198 Carpenter Ave., Mt. Kisco
• 4/22/26 - Rye: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
  • Recreation Tennis Lot - 281 Midland Ave., Rye
• 4/23/26 - Dobbs Ferry: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
  • Water Front - 11 Station Plaza, Dobbs Ferry
• 4/23/26 - South Salem: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
  • Town Park - 1079 Route 35., South Salem
• 4/24/26 - Cortlandt Manor: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
  • Town Hall - 1 Heady St., Cortlandt Manor
• 4/30/26 - Yonkers: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
  • Murray's Skating Center - 348 Tuckahoe Rd., Yonkers

Important Information
Service at the events works on a first-come-first-served basis, as the Mobile Shredder unit can reach its maximum capacity before closing time.

It is important to be aware of what you place the paper to be shredded, no matches, lighters or anything combustible. Staff at the events will be checking the material prior to being shredded.

Residents are required to stay in their vehicles. Staff will attend to you. This is for your own safety. No walk ups, please.

In extreme weather, events may be cancelled or terminated early. Please call the county's Recycling Helpline at (914) 813-5425 to check on a cancellation or early closure.

Since its unveiling, thousands of residents have brought their confidential papers to be shredded and hundreds of tons of paper have been recycled. Can't make a Mobile Shredder Event date? No problem! Check out our Household Material Recovery Facility (H-MRF) where residents can bring their documents for shredding, as well as hard-to-get-rid-of household chemicals and other materials.

Bring the shredder to your community
Contact your local municipality if you would like to have the Mobile Shredder come to your neighborhood. Municipal departments who want to schedule a ‘shred-a-thon’ can e-mail us with the request at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Shared public services
Besides residential use, county departments and local municipal offices use the Mobile Shredder to free up valuable inventory space often occupied by outdated documents, while at the same time, it ensures that confidentiality is preserved. Several municipalities had been paying private shredding companies to dispose of their documents, but the county will now be providing this service to them free of charge.

As part of the county’s commitment to sharing services and developing strategies to consolidate and help reduce costs, the use of the Mobile Shredder is offered to all Westchester public schools. As schools are often vast repositories of personal information about students and their families, the Mobile Shredder serves as an important tool in the proper and complete disposal of these sensitive documents.

If you would like to schedule the Mobile Shredder for your school or public office, e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or contact us.

Kinds of documents to shred
Remember, it's best to shred documents you're no longer using, that contain personal identifying information such as name, address, phone number, credit card number or social security number. Such documents should be shredded before they are thrown out for recycling. Some examples are:

• expired credit card statements and receipts
• old tax returns or any other personal documents containing you name, address or other identifying information.
• pre-approved credit card applications
• licenses

As this service is gaining in popularity, residents should be prepared to wait as lines are sometimes long. However, the wait doesn't have to be that long. Come prepared. This means you've removed all metal clips, fasteners, binders, folders and hard covers and placed the papers loosely in a box. Hard covers – cardboard or plastic covers on items such as ledger books, marble composition books and hard-cover books – cannot be shredded and will be turned away. Residents must rip pages out from hard cover books for shredding and throw the covers in their regular household trash. Up to four boxes of papers are allowed for shredding.

For more information about identity theft, call the Dept. of Consumer Protection (914) 995-2155. For questions about recycling, call (914) 813-5425, the Recycling Helpline.

Styrofoam and other plastic packaging materials should not be placed in your recycling bin. However, packaging outlets such as Mail Boxes Etc. and The UPS Store, located throughout Westchester County, do take back Styrofoam, bubble wrap and other packaging materials. Visit www.earth911.com and enter the search terms "packing peanuts" and "other packing materials" to find the location closest to you.

Also, plastic bags used for product packaging, either to wrap goods or inflated to protect items during shipping, can be recycled along with plastic grocery bags and dry cleaning bags at large grocery and retail stores. Please be sure to punch holes in all inflated packaging materials prior to recycling.

Retailers with stores 10,000 square feet or greater, who distribute plastic bags to their customers, are required by the New York State Plastic Bag Reduction, Reuse and Recycling Law to establish an in-store collection and recycling program. You will find receptacles near or at the entrance to the store.

Remember, it's usually not just plastic grocery bags that can go in the bin - clean plastic newspaper bags, bread bags, dry cleaning bags, packaging for toilet paper and paper towels, durable retail bags with hard plastic and string handles removed, clean cling wrap and sandwich bags are often collected for recycling as well.

We know we can’t stop greenhouse gases on our own. But if everyone takes steps to reduce their impacts, small changes can add up. One step in this direction is to replace old-fashioned incandescent bulbs with more energy-efficient bulbs, such as compact fluorescent lights (CFLs).

Their benefits include:

• using 75 percent less energy than standard incandescent bulbs
• lasting up to 10 times longer than incandescent bulbs
• helping to save $30 or more in energy costs over each bulb’s lifetime

CFLs are cost-effective. Although initially more expensive, CFLs are a smart purchase because they save you money in the long run. A single 15-watt CFL used in place of a 60-watt incandescent will reduce your electric bill by $45 over its lifetime.

CFLs are also energy-efficient. Replacing just 1 light bulb in your home with a CFL prevents about 150 pounds of carbon dioxide from being emitted into the atmosphere each year. That is equivalent to not driving your car for 2 weeks!

Saving energy reduces pollution. CFLs emit the same amount of light as regular incandescent bulbs but use 75 percent less electricity. If every household in Westchester replaced just 1 bulb, we’d reduce pollution by more than 400 million pounds over the lifetime of the bulb.

Join us in thinking globally and acting locally by making the switch to compact fluorescent light bulbs.

Where can I buy CFLs?
Search for local retailers, read up on the economic and environmental benefits of CFLs and learn more about energy-saving light bulbs using the links below:

• Energy Star Web site

Where can I dispose fluorescent bulbs safely?
Fluorescent lighting contains mercury, so it should not be disposed with the household trash. Residentially-generated tube and compact fluorescent bulbs (CFLs) are accepted at the Household Material Recovery Facility. You can also refer to our Special Household Waste page for guidelines on other household items that require special handling.

The following retail locations accept only compact fluorescent bulbs (CFLs) - not tube-style bulbs - and also rechargeable batteries. Contact local stores for details.

Donating is a way to recycle clothing and household items that have reached the end of their life cycle with you. However, this doesn't mean these items are no longer usable. Perhaps someone else can use that shirt or set of mixing bowls. Consider carefully the condition of an item before tossing it in the garbage.

Furniture
Furniture Sharehouse provides free furniture and household items to economically disadvantaged individuals and families living in Westchester.

Clothing
In today's world where fashion trends quickly come and go, the tendancy is to purchase often and dispose quickly. Approximately 12 million tons of textile waste is generated annually in North America. This equates to about 68 pounds of textile waste per household per year. Now, that's a lot of clothes.

Organizations such as the Vietnam Veterans Association accepts clothing and other household donations.  An appointment for a pick up can be scheduled on their Web site. 

The Salvation Army and Goodwill are national organizations that also accept used clothing. Find the nearest location to your neighborhood.

Eyeglasses
Non-profit organizations can refurbish and distribute your old glasses to the needy, to improve the vision of children and adults both domestically and worldwide. Most large chain retailers, such as Pearle Vision or Lenscrafters, collect old glasses for donation. Call a location first to confirm program details.

Automobiles
Wheels For Wishes is a non-profit organization benefiting Make-A-Wish Hudson Valley. To benefit local kids, they tow away, auction off, or recycle old cars free of charge; the proceeds go to Make-A-Wish Hudson Valley.

Electronics
Donating used electronics for reuse extends the lives of valuable products and maximizes the energy and resources that went into making the products. By donating your used electronics, you allow schools, nonprofit organizations, and lower-income families to obtain electronics that they otherwise could not afford. Residents can check out the Environmental Protection Agency's donation and recycling Web site or the Goodwill to learn how to donate used computer equipment, televisions and other electronics. You may also be able to sell newer working electronics and cell phones. When purchasing new equipment, schools or businesses may wish to negotiate removal and recycling of old equipment with vendors.

Goodwill locations accept all electronics, working and non-working, including those covered under the NYS Electronic Equipment and Recycling and Reuse Act, less than ten years old, from any individual or business in New York. Items are accepted at any location in the county, as listed below, and they qualify for a tax deduction as a charitable donation. Please note that special arrangements must be made if electronic equipment exceeds ten units (or what can fit into the back of a small van). Stores have to plan to accommodate larger donations, which can be coordinated by contacting Goodwill’s Donation Department at (718) 777-6320 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. You can also visit Goodwill's Web site to find a location near you.

List of local charities
This list of charities can help you find locations in Westchester that take material donations.