11/7/2025 – 5:00 PM EST
The Village of Irvington is pleased to announce the successful completion of a multi-municipal study to develop a working plan for curbside collection of food scraps across the Rivertown communities.
This effort was made possible through an Intermunicipal Agreement (IMA) among seven Westchester County villages: Ardsley, Dobbs Ferry, Elmsford, Hastings-on-Hudson, Irvington, Sleepy Hollow, and Tarrytown. The initiative was funded in part by a New York State Hudson River Valley Greenway Grant.
The study builds upon existing countywide recycling programs and reflects a unified regional commitment to sustainability, resource conservation, and waste reduction. By exploring curbside food scrap collection, the participating villages aim to make composting more accessible to residents and reduce the amount of organic waste sent to landfills.
The municipal consortium commissioned Andrew Buck, Senior Urban Planner/Technologist of VHB Engineering, Surveying, Landscape Architecture and Geology, P.C., to conduct the study. The final report of the “Rivertowns Food Scraps Study” is now available for public review.