Vegetable and Fryer Oil Collection

New Paltz has been accepting used motor fluids (transmission fluid, waste oil) for a long time.  Now we are ready to accept vegetable oil and used fryer oil.  Bring all of your oil into the New Paltz Recycling and ReUse center Tuesday through Saturday from 9-5pm!

Styrofoam Peanuts and Bubble Wrap

The New Paltz Recycling and ReUse Center is now accepting Styrofoam peanuts and bubble wrap (large and small bubbles!) packaging material at the recycling center located on 3 Clearwater Road in New Paltz off Route 32 by the ballfields. We’ll accept it Tuesday through Saturday from 9am to 4:30pm.  

CLEAN, BAGGED peanuts and bubble wrap only.  NO MOLDED Styrofoam block OR dirty material will be accepted.  Call for more information (845) 255-8456 or email at recycling@townofnewpaltz.org

REMINDER! Meeting of Creative Minds

Just a reminder that we are opening the ReUse Center to creative minds. We’ve invited all creative minds to come out to the ReUse Center located at 3 Clearwater Road off Route 32 in New Paltz by the ballfields. We need your artistic imagination so we can create "recipes" for people wondering what to do with all of the stuff we’ve rescued! We will type up your ideas and post them by the materials you used so others can use them.

1) You can use anything in the ReUse Center. We have provided glue sticks, scissors, etc.

2) Please use boxes, bags, or cases of materials that are already opened so we don’t have lots of leftovers to cleanup.

3) NETWORK! This is a great opportunity to pick another creative mind for ideas and create resources for materials you need or would like to repurpose (i.e. packaging peanuts)

4) Write down your “recipe” for the art you have created. We will be sharing will everyone by posting it next to the materials you used.

5) Please supervise anyone under the age of eighteen, and be aware that New York State prohibits minors from using blades. This includes scalpels, box cutters and other sharp instruments.

Have fun. Looking forward to seeing all the ideas!

Dear Friends,

Hello and Happy New Year. What is the future of horizontal High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing (HVHF) in New York State? Also called fracking, this is a controversial form of drilling for shale gas where the potential risks to the air, water and public health far outweigh the benefits. Learn more at www.foodandwaterwatch.org/water/fracking which includes a comprehensive 150 second video at www.tinyurl.com/batakx3 .

The State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has issued draft regulations that would allow fracking. This rulebook of proposed regulations is complicated, long and tedious and we, the public, have until January 11 to speak out against these rules.

YOUR ACTION: SUBMIT COMMENTS TO THE DEC BY JANUARY 11
www.30daysoffrackingregs.com where you will be guided to easily submit at least one comment online. (Link to any dates on the left side.)

The DEC is taking our public comments before a Health Impact Assessment (HIA) is carried out so the potential risks to air, water and public health are not addressed.

YOUR ACTION: COME TO THE GOVERNOR'S STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS IN ALBANY
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9 (11am to 3pm)
INDOORS in the concourse hallways by the entrance to the Egg (200-243 State Street)
facebook.com/events/243510039113031/ or www.tinyurl.com/ax8ptya
Can you take the day off? Listed above are bus stops to invite others from all across the state!

Governor Cuomo has made no decision yet on whether to permit or prohibit fracking in our state. He said he wants the decision to be based on science and not on emotion!

YOUR ACTION: CALL GOVERNOR CUOMO AT 518-474-8390 AND/OR POST ON HIS FACEBOOK PAGE
and leave the message that....These current regulations are inadequate. No amount of regulation and oversight can protect the air, water and public health. Only a ban will protect us!

There are many uninformed and mis-informed state residents who do not understand the detrimental and dire effects of this form of toxic drilling. Can you get this info to them? 

YOUR ACTION: HELP INFORM OTHERS ACROSS THE STATE
**excellent web sites include www.nyagainstfracking.org and www.frackaction.com
** www.dear-governor-cuomo.com is a 70 minute documentary with amazing music.
Look for state-wide shows at facebook.com/DearGovernorCuomo?ref=ts&fref=ts

FULL DISCLOSURE: I have read scientific studies and stories from communities where fracking has been allowed. It can NOT be done safely. Rosalyn Cherry, New Paltz, N.Y. For any questions on actions listed above please email rosalyn@clutterkit.com .

BOTTOM LINE: NO AMOUNT OF REGULATION CAN UNDO THE TOXIC AND RADIOACTIVE WASTE WATER THAT IS A BY-PRODUCT EVERY TIME A WELL IS FRACKED. SOME OF THE WASTE WATER STAYS UNDERGROUND AND SOME COMES BACK UP TO THE SURFACE!

Calling All Creative Minds

January 12, 2013 ALL DAY We invite all creative minds to come out to the ReUse Center located at 3 Clearwater Road off Route 32 in New Paltz by the ballfields.  We need your artistic imagination so we can create "recipes" for people wondering what to do with the stuff!  We will type up your ideas and post them by the materials so others can use them.  Looking forward to seeing all the ideas! Call (845) 255-8456 if you have any questions or email your ideas to recycling@townofnewpaltz.org

2012 Winter Newsletter

Our newsletter is finally here.  Please take note that we have scheduled several amazing workshops for early next year.

2012 Winter Newsletter

Upcoming Workshops: 

• January 26th, 2013 10am to 1pm - “Tool Fix It” workshop with Wolf Bravo, Ulster County Tool Share 
• February 23rd, 2013 10am to 1pm “Container Gardening” 
• March 9th, 2013 10am to 1pm “Vertical Gardening and Window Farming” 
• April 13 2013 ”Compost 101” 9am to 10:30am—$10 per person and you receive a compost bin at the end of the class. Limited availability.

Call (845) 255-8456 or email recycling@townofnewpaltz.org for more information!

Holiday Giving

Want your holidays wrapped in more meaning — and less stuff? New Dream.org

The holidays, meant to be a time of peace, reflection, and celebration, too often exhaust rather than uplift us. If you sometimes feel trapped by the shopping, spending, crass displays, and frenzied preparations, you aren’t alone. Our national surveys consistently show that Americans feel put upon by the commercialization of the season and want more of what matters…not just more stuff.   

 This year, you don’t have to rack up credit card debt or get swept up in the season’s commercialism. Instead, consider creating holidays that instill more meaning into the season.

With a Simplify the Holidays campaign, we hope the tips and activities outlined here will help you reduce stress and increase personal fulfillment during this holiday season.

GIVE A HANDMADE GIFT like a memoir of cherished memories with that person, a book of family recipes, a collage of pictures and mementos, or a calendar filled with the birthdays and anniversaries of friends and family.
 OFFER TO TEACH A SKILL YOU POSSESS (e.g., knitting, photography, computer skills, financial planning, a foreign language, music lessons, canning tomatoes, cooking a favorite recipe).
 CONSIDER LESS GIMMICKY, LESS COMMERCIAL GIFTS for children, such as arts/crafts supplies, books, a magnifying glass, or building blocks.
 CREATE A PAPERLESS HOLIDAY LETTER on the computer and email it to friends and family.
 HAVE A WHITE ELEPHANT PARTY at the office instead of a traditional gift exchange, where each person brings a wrapped secondhand item in good condition.
 GIVE THE GIFT OF TIME by creating your own gift card for a service (e.g., babysitting, carwashing, petsitting, chores, making dinner, organizing an outing).
 SHOP FOR USED ITEMS for all or most of your holiday gifts (e.g., local thrift store, Craigslist, Freecycle, used products on Amazon or eBay).
 SHARE THE GIFT OF MUSIC by caroling, and include visits to elderly neighbors or a nursing home. Or, gather friends and family for an in-home holiday sing-a-long.
 GIVE BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY by preparing care packages for the homeless, or volunteering at an organization to help those in need during the holiday season.
 ADOPT A "LESS IS MORE" ATTITUDE toward holiday decorating. Opt for natural trimmings such as clippings from local evergreens and holly bushes.
 SAVE PAPER by wrapping gifts in newspaper comics, junk mail, paper bags decorated with markers, old maps, phone books, or other reused paper.
 PREPARE YOUR HOLIDAY MEALS with as many seasonal, locally grown, and/or organic foods as possible.
 REDUCE JUNK MAIL by removing your name from mailing lists of unwanted holiday catalogs.
 CELEBRATE BUY NOTHING DAY on November 23 and spend that day doing community service, visiting an elderly friend, helping a neighbor, or just enjoying time with family.