High School Junior Encourages Food Scrap Collection
Have you ever thought about food scrap recycling? Maybe it’s never even crossed your mind! Either way, I highly recommend beginning to collect food scraps within your household!
View ArticleOCRA Food Scrap Pickup Expands Free Service
The food scrap recycling initiative designed and run by OCRA (Original Civic Research and Action) Mamaroneck High School seniors Arielle Herz and Cameron Lee, expanded its free pickup service this fall...
View ArticleLarchmont/Mamaroneck Food Pantry Update by President Malcolm Frouman
We have some meaningful updates to share with the community including our new indoor space and a substantial increase in food distribution. After conducting weekly outdoor walk-through distributions...
View ArticleVictory Farms at The Grange: Neighbors Growing Food for Neighbors
Victory Farms is a local suburban farm – a network of backyard, side yard and front yard gardens. The first year there were 40 families. The second year, it grew to 140 families, churches, and a nature...
View ArticleBig Step Towards Curbside Pickup of Food Scraps in Village Mamaroneck
The Village of Mamaroneck Board of Trustees gave their unanimous approval on January 24, 2022 for food scraps to be classified as a recyclable item. This classification paves the way for curbside...
View ArticleLarchmont Native Starts Community Fridges in Bronx
The Mott Haven Fridge Network grew out of the pandemic to encourage neighbors to help feed neighbors in need.
View ArticleProtect Long Island Sound by Composting Instead of Using Garbage Disposal
Composting food scraps helps keep our beaches open for swimming.
View ArticleSaving Taxpayers’ Money by Recycling Food Scraps
The Larchmont-Mamaroneck Joint Sanitation Commission officially joined Westchester County’s Residential Food Scrap Transportation and Disposal Program.
View ArticleFourth Anniversary of Larchmont-Mamaroneck Food Scrap Recycling
The Town of Mamaroneck’s Sustainability Collaborative and Larchmont Environmental Committee thank sanitation staff for their vital work and tremendous efforts throughout the year.
View ArticleLocal Resident Shops to Raise Money for Food Pantries
When COVID-19 expanded the number of food insecure families, a concerned Larchmont resident figured out a way to raise money for local food pantries while wasting less food in the process.
View ArticleVictory Farms Flourish in Second Year
Local gardens have produced hundreds of pounds of food for the Larchmont-Mamaroneck Hunger Task Force, more than doubling what they grew in 2020.
View ArticleHigh School Students Develop “Green Mamaroneck” App
Mamaroneck residents eager to lessen their environmental footprint can now help make the community greener, thanks to a new smartphone application developed by Mamaroneck High School students.
View ArticleLocal Students Pilot Residential Food Scrap Pick-Up
Students collect neighborhood food scraps on their bikes to help our community compost.
View ArticleMamaroneck School District’s Food Rescue
Mamaroneck School District’s food rescue has been going strong at the start of summer 2021.
View ArticleComposting Tips From Our Community
Local Sustainability Ambassadors, Ellen Silver, Elizabeth Poyet, and Judy Caputo, shared their insights and tips on municipal food scrap recycling
View ArticleFood Scrap Recycling Metrics for Maxwell Avenue Recycling Center
Food scrap diversion has been going up!
View ArticleComposting Made Easy on Zoom
Local residents share their passion and tips for backyard composting and food scrap recycling.
View ArticlePedal-Powered Pickup of Food Scraps
Mamaroneck High School students are piloting pedal-powered curbside pickup of food scraps.
View ArticleCompost Giveback 2021
The fourth annual Compost Giveback was held on April 24th and May 1st for Town of Mamaroneck/Village of Larchmont and Village of Mamaroneck respectively.
View ArticleMiddle Schooler Petitions for Curbside Pickup of Food Scraps
Hommocks Middle School student Noah Berman, is on a mission! He would like food scrap recycling to be a routine way of life that is picked up from the curbside, like other forms of recycling in our...
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