Want to learn more about how to reduce waste? Join us for an educational program where participants will learn about reducing, reusing, and recycling, with the goal of becoming better stewards of our Earth. After exploring these concepts, children will …
What does it take to confront an industry that has so thoroughly embedded itself in modern life it can seem almost invisible? In this conversation, Judith Enck — founder of Beyond Plastics, former EPA Regional Administrator, and author of The …
There will be a Sullivan County Legislature meeting on Thursday, May 21, at 10:30 AM at the Government Center located at 100 North Street, Monticello, NY 12701. Item 20 on the Agenda is “Resolution to authorize amendments to Section 620.1 …
Waste Minimization Workshop
Where: SUNY Sullivan, Loch Sheldrake, NY
When: Friday, May 15th from 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM
From Caroline Baillie, Rebekah Creshkoff, and Eric Feinblatt for Sustainable Sullivan:
We’ve been resisting legislators’ plans to bring in a trash …
An October 2025 poll from the Environmental Defense Fund found that 92 percent of Americans believe …
Let the threat of an incinerator in our community be the push that catapults us all into the ZERO WASTE/ZERO PLASTIC movement!
Here are some guidelines to help your family achieve Zero Waste AND Zero Plastic ~ By Jane Cyphers…
INCINERATOR ACTION ALERT!!!
Sullivan County has issued a Draft Request for Proposals (RFP) for companies to submit proposals for a “Waste-to-Energy” facility (an incinerator) to be built in Sullivan County on the site of the old landfill in Monticello.
While …
Last September 14 we posted extensive information related to the Sullivan County Legislature proposing to build a so-called “waste-to- energy” incinerator in eastern Sullivan County to solve Sullivan County’s waste disposal problem citing concerns about the pending loss of the …
NY Is Not Disposable!
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Got waste?
We all do, and way too much of it. And 40% of New York’s waste stream consists of discarded packaging.…
Let the threat of an incinerator in our community be the push that catapults us all into the ZERO WASTE/ZERO PLASTIC movement!
These are the guidelines I use to help my family reach Zero Waste AND Zero Plastic:
Download the …
Even though the first comment period is over, your comments will still have an impact if sent to the attention of the legislators – addressed to your own Sullivan County legislator as well as to recycling@sullivanny.us.
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Release date: May 18, 2024
Contact: B. Arrindell, dcs@DamascusCitizens.org, 845-252-6677
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237 places in PA and 8 in NY are!
