Village of Suffern Dept. of Public Works

Charles Sawicki, Director of Public Works

e-mail csawicki@suffernvillage.com

Tel:  845-357-2602

Street and Refuse Department
Water and Sewer Department
Wastewater Treatment Plant

Waste Disposal Guide

Solid Waste Pick-up:
The solid waste pickup schedule for homes which are served by the Refuse Department is based upon your location as follows:

Locations & Days:
East of Commuter Railroad Tracks and West of Woodland Drive
Monday and Thursday
East of Woodland Drive (including Woodland) and West of Commuter Railroad Tracks
Tuesday and Friday

Recycling

A) Commingled

Glass, plastic, and cans are picked up on either Thursday or Friday on the day which corresponds with your regular garbage pick-up. These items may be placed in the GREEN recycling bin and put out curbside the night before pick-up. Please note that only items with the numbers 1-7 are recyclable. Plastic bags are not recycled.

B) Paper

Newspapers, magazines, junk-mail and cardboard are picked up every Wednesday morning. These items may be placed in BLUE recycling bin and put out at curbside on Tuesday evening. Please note that pizza boxes are not recycled. Empty corrugated cartons should be flattened and tied into manageable bundles.

C) Leaves, Grass Clippings, Branches, Etc.

The Refuse Department also picks up leaf bags at the street. During the fall season, pickup is on a daily roving basis throughout the Village. During the other seasons brush and leaf pick-up is done east of commuter railroad tracks and west of Woodland Drive on the first and third Wednesday and first and third Thursday of each month, and east of Woodland Drive (including Woodland) and west of commuter railroad tracks on the second and fourth Wednesday and second and fourth Thursday of each month. Brush must be securely tied and bundled and not exceed 4 feet in length for pick-up. Leaves and grass clippings will only be picked up in biodegradable paper bags or open-top containers.

The above should be placed curbside after 6 p.m. the night before scheduled pick-up.

Bulk Item Pick-up
Bulk items are picked up on the last Wednesday of each month.

Bulk Items Not Picked Up
Construction materials such as: lumber cut-offs, vinyl or ceramic tiles, bricks, cement, rocks, paneling, plaster board, used lumber, floor or roofing products. No paint of any kind.

Bulk Item Drop-Off
Residents can dispose of waste oil, tires (off the rim), and batteries at the Street Department garage any working day during the month from 7:30am-3:00pm.

Household Hazardous Waste and Electronics
Residents must drop off these items at the Rockland County Facility located at the Fire Training Center in Pomona. Please call them at 364-2444 or visit their website www.rcswma.org for hours, dates, and acceptable materials.

Stormwater Management

The Village is a designated MS4 community.  This is an EPA designation for "municipal separate storm sewer systems" for conveyance of rainwater.  These systems typically consist of curbs, gutters, streets, ditches and storm draims.  Rainwater flows from city hardscape (impervious land cover such as asphalt and concrete) into these systems; it then travels into streams, lakes and rivers.

The MS4 designation applies to communities that meet the EPA's criteria based on U.S. Census Bureau urbanized area statistics.

The Village of Suffern was designated as an MS4 community in l999 when the EPA implemented Phase II regulations (communities under 100,000 populations).  The Village then obtained required discharge permit coverage under a State Pollutant Discharge Permit issued by the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation.  This permit requires the Village satisfy six principal measures regulated under the law.  One of these is to provide educational opportunities to the public to understand impacts from stormwater and how to improve stormwater quality.  The folowing links provide detailed information on this program.

http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/8468.html

http://cfpub1.epa.gov/npdes/stormwater/munic.cfm

Annual MS4 Stormwater Report

FREE MULCH AND TOP SOIL FOR VILLAGE RESIDENTS:

Residents of the Village of Suffern can obtain free mulch and top soil at the Village DPW, daily during working hours, and on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month, between 7:00-10:00 am.  For information, call the Village Hall at 845-357-2600.