Community Guide to Trash, Recycling, and Organic Waste Disposal

We are working with Waste Management (www.WM.com) to handle our trash AND recycling collection at LHSC.

We have two dumpsters at both the front and rear locations:

One larger one only for trash;
One smaller only for recycling (see recycling label on dumpster).

Here's a handy video demonstrating how our dumpsters work:

Trash

Household trash should be bagged and tossed into the Trash dumpster
- We recommend using compostable bags since plastic is forever!
For large, bulky items (e.g., furniture, appliances, construction debris, etc.)
- Hold onto these and put them into the extra dumpsters we rent over Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends; or
- Take them to the Cochecton Transfer Station at 433 Mitchell Pond East Road open on Wednesday and Saturday, 7:45am – 2:45pm, https://townofcochectonny.org/government/transfer-station/.

Recycling

You can download and print this handy recycling poster.

Three Basic Rules for recycling:

Recycle bottles, cans, paper and cardboard.
Keep food and liquid out of your recycling.
No loose plastic bags and no bagged recyclables.

Organic Waste Disposal

Compost bins for garden/yard waste have been installed adjacent to the community garden. Please use these bins for all garden and yard waste (plants, flowers, weeds without seed heads, grass cutting, unwanted soil).

Please do not dispose of any organic waste in the wooded areas in and around the community. Larger woodier items like shrubs and branches should be carried to the cleared area on Outer Lane near the shed. This space is designated for organic waste and other Grounds & Maintenance and landscaping materials (gravel, mulch, wood chips, and the like).

The compost bins are not to be used for kitchen waste of any kind. At this time, there is no plan to resume kitchen waste composting.

Please inform any contractor doing work on your bungalow of these rules for the disposal of any organic waste.